Concord Festival of Authors
Save the Dates: October 16 - 31
The 28th annual Concord Festival of Authors celebrates the written and spoken word live online October 16 – 31, 2020. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library, this year's virtual festival features 25 literary events hosted in collaboration with local organizations, including:
Anti-Racism Panel Discussion with The Robbins House * CFA Breakfast with the Authors * Debut Novelists with A Mighty Blaze * Historical Conversations with the Concord Museum * Little Women Book-to-Film Presentation with Orchard House *Mass Book Award Roundtable *The Miller Award and Keynote speaker with the Concord Free Public Library * Multiple Panels such as Children's Authors, Young Adult Writers, LGBTQ+ Memoirists, Mystery Night *Virtual Writing Workshops with Be Well Be Here * Literary Events with Debra's Natural Gourmet, First Parish Transcendentalism Council, Thoreau Society / Thoreau Farm, Walden Woods Project and more! All are welcome! For more info, go to ConcordFestivalofAuthors.org, or scan the QR code below.
More events will be announced soon! Keep an eye out for updates on our site and the CFA site.
Friday, October 16, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Miller Award 2020 presents Dr. Jill Lepore
Hosted by The Concord Free Public Library
Saturday, October 17, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
A History of Slavery in New England with Jared Ross Hardesty
Sponsored by The Transcendentalism Council of First Parish in Concord, MA
Sunday, October 18, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Lawrence Millman on Goodbye, Ice: Arctic Poems
Hosted by Thoreau Society and Thoreau Farm
Monday, October 19, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Applying History to Present Challenges with Lizabeth Cohen
Hosted by The Concord Museum
Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 pm
Little Women from Page to Screen with Jan Turnquist
Hosted by Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 pm
Dr. Anthony Rao on The Power of Agency
Sponsored by Turning Life On
Thursday, October 22, 7:00 pm
David Gessner on Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
Hosted by The Walden Woods Project and The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods
Saturday, October 24, 4:00 pm
Young Adult Writers: Susan Kaplan Carlton, Jennifer De Leon, and Marcella Pixley
Hosted by The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library
Saturday, October 24, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Children's Authors: Rajani LaRocca and Susan Tan
Hosted by The Friends of The Concord Free Public Library
Sunday, October 25, 7:00 pm
Civil War Legacies with Pulitzer-prize Winner John Matteson
Hosted by Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 pm
Fred Logevall on JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
Hosted by The Concord Museum
Saturday, October 31, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Mystery Night - Casting Call: How We Find Our Characters
Hosted by The Concord Free Public Library
