Thirteenth Annual Newburyport Literary Festival

The thirteenth annual Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF) will honor award-winning author Ann Hood. Friday's Opening Ceremony at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in downtown Newburyport will feature Ms. Hood in conversation with Andre Dubus III. They will discuss her latest novel, The Book That Matters Most, and explore how books shape who we are. Dinner With the Authors immediately follows at the Masonic Center, 31 Green Street in downtown Newburyport. The Opening Ceremony is free of charge. 

On Saturday, April 28, the Festival will be in full swing beginning at 8:30 a.m. with Coffee with the Poets. During the day, a wide range of distinguished short story writers, children's authors, biographers, nature writers, critics, screenwriters, poets, novelists, and journalists will read from and discuss their work. Ann Hood, Anne Easter Smith, Stephen McCauley, Cheryl Richardson, Mark Doty, Michelle Cuevas, Peter Swanson, Rachel Kadish, Sydney Lea, Stephen Greenblatt, Tova Mirvis, Erica Funkhouser, Jennifer McMahon, Catherine Chandler, MarcyKate Connolly, Kim Savage, Alexander Marzano-Lesnevich, and Cathi Hanauer, Andre Dubus III and Holly Robinson, are among the participating authors and poets. On Saturday night, our weekend of events comes to a close with a lively discussion with some of the North Shore’s most fascinating female writers.