Seems that the New York Comic Con (NYCC) will have a "powerful presence" at this year's Brooklyn Book Festival (BBF) on Sunday September 13, 2009 at locations in and around Brooklyn Borough Hall.

For the 6th year in a row, the BBF willhave readings and panels
featuring international literary superstars, buzzworthy newcomers and
more than 150 booksellers, publishers, independent presses and literary
organizations in a bustling literary marketplace.

 “We are proud
to bring an intense graphic lit and pop culture presence to such a great festival.
I am sure this will provide our customers with the opportunity to
connect directly with lots of new fans.  Plus, it’s all for free!  This
is a win-win in every respect," says a spokesperson for NYCC.

Not surprisingly, Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz, who's office runs the festival had something to say:

“These
days, Brooklyn is a hotbed of pop culture, high-tech culture, literary
and blog culture, ethnic culture, indie culture, and has basically
become an international hub for in-your-face creativity,” says  “It’s only fitting that the Brooklyn
Book Festival would form a dynamic duo with New York Comic Con!”

NYCC’s programming area at the Brooklyn Book Festival will include a performance tent, guest presentations, guest
autographing sessions and a dedicated marketplace area. The next NYCC will take
place October 8 – 10, 2010 at the Jacob K. Javits Center. 

According to Crain's New York Business, NYCC is second-largest annual event in NYC. It has grown from a
convention that attracted 33,000 visitors when it was launched in 2006
to a show that will occupy the entire Javits Center and will attract
well over 75,000 fans in 2010. 

This year’s
Brooklyn Book Festival will again feature a literary marketplace with
more than 150 booksellers, publishers and literary organizations in
Borough Hall Plaza as well as panel discussions and readings, a
children’s authors stage and special programming for teens and
exhibitors that will include bookstores, publishers and literary
organizations. Readings are held at Brooklyn Borough Hall, in Borough Hall Plaza and Columbus Park, at St. Francis College and the Brooklyn Historical Society.

Confirmed authors include Jonathan Ames, Paul Auster, Staceyann Chin, Guy Delisle, Lupe Fiasco, Edwidge Danticat, Rawi Hage, Tao Lin, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, David Lida, Matt Madden, Thurston Moore, Gary Shteyngart, Melvin Van Peebles, Sherman Alexie, M.T. Anderson, Naomi Klein, Danica Novgorodoff, Esmeralda Santiago, George O’Connor, Raina Telgemeier, Jessica Abel, Nick Bruel, Peter and Randall de Seve, Christopher Myers, Tom Tomorrow, Mo Willems, Russell Banks, Kate DiCamillo, Cynthia Ozick, Anne Carson, A.M. Homes, David Cross, Mary Gaitskill, Oliver Sacks, Nelson George, Amy Sohn, Jeffrey Rotter, Keith Gessen, Greg Milner, Francine Prose, and more.

Programming
will include fiction, nonfiction and poetry panels on hot topics such
as: “The International Graphic Novel,” featuring Guy Delisle (The Burma Chronicles), Peter Kuper (Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook Journal of Two Years in Mexico), and Sarah Glidden (How To Understand Israel In 60 Days Or Less), moderated by Matt Madden; “The Great Recession” (featuring Justin Fox, Naomi Klein, Kai Wright and moderator Errol Louis of the New York Daily News); “The Naked City: Urban Realism and the Global City in Fiction & Non-Fiction” (featuring David Lida, Meera Nair, Hirsh Sawhney and moderator Cheryl Harris Sharman; “Literature in a Digital Age” (John Freeman, Dwight Garner, Sarah Schmelling); “Poetry, Pop and Hip-Hop” (Lupe Fiasco, Thurston Moore, Tracie Morris, Matthew Zapruder and moderator Touré);
and “PSA Presents” (a reading by the nation’s oldest poetry
organization, featuring some of the country’s best bards, including Anne Carson, Sonia Sanchez, Philip Schultz, Arthur Sze and Alice Quinn).