Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2025 and 2026)
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6 Events Found in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Hosted by: Mass Poetry
Dates: Friday, May 5, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023
Website: Massachusetts Poetry Festival
Email: festival@masspoetry.org
Description:
A biennial event, the Festival showcase an all-star roster of poets from across the Commonwealth and the country, including more than 50 events in total featuring well over 100+ poets.
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Boston Book Festival
Copley Square
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
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Website: Boston Book Festival
Phone: 857.259.6999
Email: info@bostonbookfest.org
Description:
The Boston Book Festival celebrates the power of words to stimulate, agitate, unite, delight, and inspire by holding year-round events culminating in an annual, free Festival that promotes a culture of reading and ideas and enhances the vibrancy of our city.
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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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