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Brooklyn Library Announces Book Prize Readings

Friday, September 25, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Public Library will host the 2026 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Shortlist Readings on Friday, September 25, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Central Library's Dweck Center, 10 Grand Army Plaza. Six shortlisted authors will read from their work and discuss it with Jessica Harwick, a Brooklyn Public Library librarian and prize judge. The fiction and nonfiction selections include works by Sarah Aziza, Mohammed El-Kurd, Kate Folk, Stacy Horn, Emily Hunt Kivel, and Stephanie Wambugu.

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