Update Regarding Lit Crawl Boston 2020

For the last few years, we’ve been proud to contribute to the success of Lit Crawl Boston, a unique celebration of irreverent literary events in unexpected spaces. This year, we were especially excited to produce the event in our neck of the woods: Cambridge’s Central Square. As the COVID-19 public health crisis emerged this winter and spring, we remained hopeful that Lit Crawl Boston in June could provide a joyful opportunity to gather safely after a period of social distancing and to give a much-needed boost to local authors, literary orgs, and Central Square businesses at the same time. We’ve been carefully monitoring the advice of government officials and public health experts, however, and given the recent extension of school closures and stay-at-home orders, we have decided in the interests of public safety to cancel Lit Crawl Boston for 2020.

Given that all the work we do centers on gathering readers together, we’re as sad as you are! We were eager to unveil an exciting lineup full of creative programs tucked into every vibrant corner of Central Square. But fear not! We’ve already set June 10, 2021 as the date for next year’s Lit Crawl, and we plan to feature all those great sessions and venues then. In the meantime, we remain committed to providing opportunities for the Lit Crawl and BBF community to connect—including a standalone event that will allow us to gather meaningfully in a virtual conversation especially well-suited to the times in which we find ourselves—stay tuned for an announcement of that event next week. And in the meantime, stay well, and stay connected.