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 […]
The BBF Unbound series of community-curated sessions annually offers a bounty of creative sessions and workshops proposed by members of our community. Over the past ten years, BBF Unbound sessions have focused on self-publishing, political storytelling, writing about animals, writing about homelands and their complicated histories, and writings by veterans. We love hearing your ideas […]
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 […]
“Our Community Needs to Heal”: A Chinatown elementary school librarian’s quest to rebuild through books
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 […]
Chelsea High’s librarian hopes to build a “culture of reading” with BBF Shelf Help Grant
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, […]
Five Reasons You Won’t Want to Miss Exhibiting at BBF 2021
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 […]
BBF 2021: Meet the Interns
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 […]
BBF Unbound 2021: Seeking Submissions
The BBF Unbound series of community-curated sessions annually offers a bounty of creative sessions and workshops proposed by members of our community. Over the past ten years, BBF Unbound sessions have focused on self-publishing, political storytelling, writing about animals, writing about homelands and their complicated histories, and writings by veterans. We love hearing your ideas […]
Brave New Whirl: Talking Literary Trivia with COVEN
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 […]
Q&A: Ekphrastic poetry in Graffiti Alley
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 […]