The 2020 Brattleboro Literary Festival will host 50 authors featured in more than 24 events to be streamed online via Zoom webinar. Register for events at emamo.com/event/brattleboro-literary-festival. Schedule, author biographies, and full description of events are there as well.
These authors' books embrace democracy and humanity during a time when it is needed the most. Their books look at poverty, war and conflict, homelessness, corruption, climate change, single motherhood, disability, andaddiction through the eyes of hope. Most of all, they remind us that we are all human and that we are all in this together.
This year's festival will feature Nobel Prize–winning author Paul Krugman, 2019 National Book Award finalist Julia Phillips, two-time Grammy nominee Holly George-Warren, Diane Cook (shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize), Special Advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization Ezekiel Emanuel (also a television commentator), and National Book Award finalist Andre Dubus III.
Former U.S. military special adviser and Los Angeles BookPrize winner Sarah Chayes; Dayton Peace Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak; New York Times notable authors Susan Minot, Jill McCorkle, Peter Orner, and Amity Gaige; and New York Times bestselling authors Gregory Maguire, Nick Flynn, Lynne Olson, Caroline Leavitt, Steve Almond, and Roger Rosenblatt, will be there starting Friday at 7 through Sunday afternoon.
The festival will feature debut novels, including those from Kelli Jo Ford, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Megha Majumdar and Deesha Philyaw (both long-listed for the 2020 National Book Award), Amir Ahmadi Arian, and Hilary Leichter (long-listed for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize).
A panel discussion of poetry and justice will feature award winning poets Natalie Diaz
(2020 National Book Award long list), Carolyn Forché (2019 National Book Award finalist), and Major Jackson. The Brattleboro Literary Festival, now in its 19th year, is the oldest continuously running literary festival in New England. Books will be for sale at bookshop.org , with orders credited to local bookstores.
To register for events--you will only need two registrations, one for Fiction/Poetry, the other for NonFiction to attend all events-- see https://emamo.com/event/brattleboro-literary-festival.
Nov 19, 2024, 3:45 to 4:45 PM
Union Hall Tai Chi Extended to Nov. 23 (No Class Nov. 2)Nov 23, 2024, 10:30 to 11:30 AM
Kids Night Out: Movie NightNov 23, 2024, 5 to 8 PM