{"id":8436,"date":"2017-09-13T18:31:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T18:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/?p=8436"},"modified":"2022-12-06T21:43:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T21:43:32","slug":"brooklyn-book-fest-here-we-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/brooklyn-book-fest-here-we-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Book Fest Here We come!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three of our authors, A-dZiko Simba Gegele (All Over Again), Tamika Gibson (Dreams Beyond the Shore) and Florenz Webbe Maxwell (Girlcott), are packing up and heading for the Brooklyn Book Festival 2017 where they will be bringing the literary heat! Blue Banyan Books, via ReadJamaica, is collaborating with The Caribbean Cultural Theatre and Poets and Passion to present two Bookend events.<\/p>\n<p>First up is The Long-Memoried Woman on Friday, September 15, 2017, in the Bronx. 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