11 am – 1 pm Back-to-School Party and Backpack Giveaway Ages: 3 and upAttractions Books & Readings Family Kings Theatre CourtyardFlatbush
7 – 9 pm Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series Books & Readings Free Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City
10 am – noon Read Aloud in the Park August 30th! Ages: 5 – 8Books & Readings Community Family Prospect Park, Long MeadowPark Slope
7 – 8:15 pm The Art of the Short Story: Melissa Lozada-Oliva on Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive! with Alejandro Varela Books & Readings Talks The Center for FictionDowntown Brooklyn
7 – 8 pm Age of Union founder/environmentalist Dax Dasilva discusses & signs Echoes from Eden: A Daring Voyage to Protect Earth’s Last Wild Places Books & Readings Free WORD Bookstore
10 am – 4 pm Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day Ages: AllBooks & Readings Community Family Brooklyn Borough HallDowntown Brooklyn
Aug. 12, 7 pm Uncontaminated Sound Live: In Conversation with musician Jeffrey Lewis Pete’s Candy Store
Aug. 13, 7:30 pm Silent Clowns Film Series presents Harold Lloyn in “The Freshman at Cobble Hill Cinemas Cobble Hill Cinemas
Brooklyn Paper Proposed Coney Island casino could bring heavy traffic, overwhelm parking, according to environmental impact study