The first Nantucket Book Festival, scheduled to be held from June 15-17, will include panel discussions, talks, and readings for adults and children with both on and off-island writers. Initiated by Wendy Hudson and others, the Festival will include a tented book fair, parties, authors in bars, author brunch, a pig roast and more. Events will take place at the Dreamland Studio Theatre and Harborview Room, the Nantucket Historical Association, Unitarian Church, Nantucket Bookworks, Mitchell’s Book Corner, and the Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall. A tent will be set up in the Atheneum Garden for local authors. All events will be FREE or reasonably priced. Some of the writers already confirmed are: Elin Hilderbrand, Nancy Thayer, Nat Philbrick, Kathryn Kay, Buzz Bissinger, Blue Balliett and Delia Ephron. The Festival will kick off with a FREE Friday night welcoming reception–open to the public–with some of the authors at the Unitarian Church. Most of the events will take place during the day on Saturday–some concurrent with others–followed by a Saturday night party at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. The Festival welcomes your help and ideas. Contact them at nantucketbookfestival@gmail.com. The Book Festival is actively seeking Founding Partners to meet their matching challenge grant. Contact them at 508-919-6230.
Courtesy of the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce