Book Events: Fairs, Festivals, and Conferences (2023 and 2024)
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5 Events Found in Massachusetts

Newburyport Literary Festival
Dates: Friday, April 28, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023
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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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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Nantucket Book Festival
Hosted by: Nantucket Book Foundation
Dates: Thursday, June 15, 2023 to Sunday, June 18, 2023
Website: Nantucket Book Festival
Email: Info@nantucketbookfestival.org
Description:
The NBF celebrates the transformative power of word to inspire, illuminate, educate and to connect us to each other through shared humanity.
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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 15, 2023 to Sunday, June 18, 2023
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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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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