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The Brattleboro Literary Festival

Name: The Brattleboro Literary Festival
Start: 2019-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-10-18T23:59:59-04:00
Location: 118 Elliot

October 18, 2019

The 18th Annual Brattleboro Literary Festival

Friday, October 18 through Sunday, October 20

The 18th annual Brattleboro Literary Festival will take place October 17-20 at locations across Brattleboro, with readings and special events held at 118 Elliot on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The theme of the 2019 festival is Identity: personal identity, cultural identity and our identity as a country.

Friday 10/18

5:30PM: Author reception followed by a panel discussion on the meaning “home” in a multi-national world, featuring festival authors and moderated by SIT presidency Sophia Howlett.

Saturday 10/19

10:00AM to 6:30PM: A full day of author events concluding with the annual Short Story Happy Hour.

7:00PM to 9:00PM: (Festival-affiliated event) A literary game show and launch party for local small press Mount Island (suggested donation at the door). Click here for details.

Sunday 10/20

10:00AM to 9:00PM: A full day of author events.

More for information visit brattleboroliteraryfestival.org. The Brattleboro Literary Festival was founded in 2002 by a very small group of bibliophiles from area bookstores and libraries. The very first festival featured Nobel Prize winning legend Saul Bellow in his last public appearance. Since then the festival has gone on to present over 400 authors, including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Newbery Medal, and the Caldecott Medal.