![]() shipping orders only to their cart and checkout on will receive 50% off the item's actual retail price from August 22nd at 9:00 AM EST through Augat 11:59pm EST. This was her sixth time coming to the Book Festival.50% OFF FOR NATIONAL BANANA PUDDING WEEK (08/22/22-08/28/22)Īll customers who add an eligible Banana Pudding Week sale SKU for nationwide U.S. Julia Frampton, 28, expressed the joyful and exciting emotion of seeing the inclusivity of plus-sized authors and readers at the festival where there is often a lack of this representation in society. Akinaka works at the Penguin Young Readers branch of Penguin Random House.īookTok was not the only new literary trend represented at the event. “Tik Tok has really exploded in a lot of ways but in terms of books, I think it helped improve access between readers and their next great read as well as authors,” James Akinaka, 28, said. Bhuiyan often posts videos of her interests and meshes it into her author sphere she created one video promoting her book, “ A Show for Two,” to the sound of Stray Kids “Circus,” one of her favorite K-pop boy groups.īy incorporating music by a certain artist, having hashtags that relate to a niche community and including captions, users across different TikTok communities find the videos and thus boost community engagement. While fan reactions to her book brought Lockhart TikTok fame without her own influence, she believes that the platform is a more playful situation than Instagram and that it is a new outlet that authors can offer content on.īhuiyan expressed how her TikTok presence helped connect her with her readers and appreciated having a direct line to fan responses and comments. The discussion also ventured into how authors are using the platform to dive into the subculture of their genres and connect casually with users and readers on the platform. Many readers can cause a book to go viral on TikTok by filming a short video of their raw and emotive reactions to the book. Videos with the hashtag have been viewed over 80 billion times. #BookTok is a hashtag on Tiktok where users create content on recommending books, reviewing them, making memes out of them and more. Lockhart, known best for her Young Adult thriller “ We Were Liars,” Tashie Bhuiyan, an up and coming novelist and Jessica Goodman, New York Times Bestselling author of “ They’ll Never Catch Us” and “ They Wish They Were Us.” The authors spoke about how apps like TikTok have become a platform for readers to connect with each other, share their thoughts and ratings, recommend books to each other and become a sort of free-range book club online. One featured panel, “What’s Up with #BookTok?”, featured three authors: E. “I love learning about new worlds and about different cultures and bonding with other people who love books. Samantha Dockser, 28, explained why she came to Book Festival this year. Social media has expanded the reach of otherwise unknown authors. A book display of novels as a part of BookTok. The literary celebration aims to connect diverse readers with each other but also to the authors, creating a sense of community for many people. Festival day usually features a literary marketplace with 250 independent and major publishers, but due to the wind, the marketplace was canceled this year. On the day of the festival, there were nearly 200 authors in discussion and readings covering all various genres. “You really find people that connect with you.” “Books are a great way to connect with people who love the same things as I do and it’s a good source of community,” Jennifer Martin, an undergraduate student majoring in creative writing, said. This year’s production was hosted by the Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council and Brooklyn’s Borough President, Antonio Reynoso. “People just really love books and they love our authors.”īrooklyn’s Book Festival, New York City’s largest literary festival, is an eight-day free event filled with exciting programs and plenty of opportunities to meet literary authors from around the world across all five boroughs. “We had a line wrap around Borough Hall,” Anna Hotard, an admin at Book Festival, said. ![]() JENNA ZAZA/THE STATESMANĭespite New York City facing severe rainstorms due to Hurricane Ian, crowds of people trekked out to downtown Brooklyn to attend the 17th annual Book Festival on Oct. The festival lasted eight days and included nearly 200 authors. ![]() Lockhart, Jessica Goodman and Tashie Bhuiyan speaking at a panel for the 17th annual Book Festival in Brooklyn.
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