Hello readers! It’s Jessica from Team BBF, here to guide you through our schedule for the 2021 Boston Book Festival. As you’ve probably experienced from past Boston Book Festivals, the sheer number of sessions is like a literary feast set out for hungry readers (the last in-person Festival we hosted had over 150 sessions!). But […]
Hello writers! It’s Jessica from Team BBF, here to guide you through our schedule for the 2021 Boston Book Festival. As you’ve probably experienced from past Boston Book Festivals, the sheer number of sessions is like a literary feast set out for hungry readers (the last in-person Festival we hosted had over 150 sessions!). But […]
How does a writer respond to events as heavy and impacting as those of these past two years? A global pandemic and the disruption of health, business, and societal connections as we knew them, as well as grassroots movements fighting for the end of systemic racism, a political race with the future of our nation […]
The Boston Book Festival is no stranger to trying new things. When we launched in 2009, we launched big. 12,000 attendees, 90 authors and presenters, and more than 40 local businesses and organizations scattered throughout Copley Square, The Boston Public Library, Old South Church, and Trinity Church that day. And that was only the beginning—in […]
A grant from the Boston Book Festival aims to expand this elementary school’s library collection. Books can be bought and donated by accessing Josiah Quincy’s wish list here, or you can also visit the BBF’s donate page to donate directly! Chinatown’s Josiah Quincy Elementary School community was hit hard by the pandemic, but school librarian […]
A grant from the Boston Book Festival aims to expand the school’s book collection. And you can help. Books can be bought and donated directly from the Chelsea’s High School’s wish list here or by visiting BBF’s donate page. When Trenton Bordok, who is starting his third year as a librarian at Chelsea High School, […]
We know this is going to be a special year as BBF returns to in-person programming after a yearlong hiatus, and we wanted to share with you all the reasons you’ll want to be a part of it. As a business or organization, you’ll have the opportunity to promote your business in front of BBF’s […]
If you attended Lit Crawl Boston last week, you might have met one of our three fabulous 2021 interns without even realizing it. If not, here’s your chance to get to know three of the smart, capable folks hard at work behind the scenes here at BBF HQ. Edward, Cristina, and Molly (L–R above) are […]
As Lit Crawl 2021 draws nearer, literary and media enthusiasts across the Boston area are surely getting excited for any of this year’s sessions. One session, “Brave New Whirl” hosted by the Charitable Organization of Very Enthusiastic Nerds (COVEN), offers a particularly exciting opportunity for pop-culture experts, with a literary trivia wheel and prizes for […]
The Boston Book Festival team was excited to sit down with Alexis Ivy, one of many presenters on this year’s exciting Lit Crawl lineup. Alexis’s session, entitled “Conversations with Art: Ekphrastic Writing in Graffiti Alley,” will be an opportunity for audiences to converse with their immediate surroundings through ekphrasis, a writing style focused on descriptions […]
