18th Annual Newburyport Literary Festival

The 18th annual Newburyport Literary Festival returns live and in-person on Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 in various venues throughout downtown Newburyport. Sunday, April 30 events will be virtual and accessible via computer, tablet or mobile device. Friday evening Opening Ceremony features Festival honoree Peter Orner who will be in conversation with author Andre Dubus III. Cocktail reception follows at The Grog Restaurant, Newburyport. Saturday events begin at 9:15 a.m. with the popular Coffee with the Poets featuring award-winning poets Rhina P. Espaillat, Al Basile, Daniel Brown, Barbara Lydecker Crane, and Paulette Demers Turco. During the day, a wide range of distinguished biographers, poets, novelists, and journalists will read from and discuss their work. Participating authors and poets include Kamila Shamsie, William Landay, Alan Lightman, Midge Goldberg and Greg Melville. Sunday’s events will be live-streamed and accessible via computer, tablet or mobile device beginning at 9:00 a.m. Featured authors include award-winning authors Rebecca Makkai, Alena Dillon, Allegra Goodman and podcasters Dave Humphrey and Mel Joulwan of “Strong Sense of Place”.