Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2025 and 2026)

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4 Events Found in Massachusetts

Newburyport Literary Festival

Dates: Friday, April 25, 2025 to Sunday, April 27, 2025

Website: Newburyport Literary Festival
Email: events@newburyportliteraryfestival.org

Description:

Newburyport is located at the mouth of the Merrimack River, in the far northeast corner of Massachusetts. It is 35 miles north of Boston and 18 miles south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Nantucket Book Festival
Cultural District

Main Street, Nantucket, MA 02554, Nantucket, Massachusetts 

Hosted by: Maddie Hjulstrom, Executive Director, Nantucket Book Foundation
Dates: Thursday, June 12, 2025 to Sunday, June 15, 2025

Website: Nantucket Book Festival
Phone: 508-563-2144
Email: director@nantucketbookfestival.org

Description:

Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its 9th year in 2020. They feature a line-up of award-winning authors and local and regional talent. They take center stage, representing genres fiction, poetry, history, journalism, politics, and memoir. Attendees enjoy author presentations Thursday-Sunday, also featured in the garden are storytimes for children. Most events are free to the public.

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Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival
Island Inn Conference Center

30 Island Inn Road, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 02557

Hosted by: Traci Smith, Founder
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Website: Martha's Vineyard Black Book Festival
Email: info@mvbbf.com
Price: $130

Description:

A celebration of Black literary excellence with author showcases, panel discussions, appetizers & refreshments.

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Provincetown Book Festival
Provincetown Public Library

356 Commercial St, Provincetown, Massachusetts 02657

Hosted by: Festival Director, Nan Cinnater
Dates: Friday, September 19, 2025 to Sunday, September 21, 2025

Website: Provincetown Book Festival
Email: ncinnater@clamsnet.org

Description:

Meet acclaimed authors and guest speakers visiting our famed arts colony for three days of free events, including readings, interviews, conversations, and the Rose Dorothea Award presentation.

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