The 2024 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing, known as the Thoreau Prize, will be awarded to J. Drew Lanham. The Thoreau Prize was established in 2010 by nature writer Dale Peterson. In 2020, the Thoreau Society began administering the award. The Thoreau Prize is a literary award granted annually to […]
Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce will be honored with the 12th annual Leslie Riedel Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature for his impressive body of literary work for young people. The in person program will take place in the Forum of the Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord MA on Sunday, October 27 at 3 […]
The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library present CFA Mystery Night 2024, moderated by Kate Flora! This year's event features authors Gary Braver, Joanna Schaffhausen, and James W. Ziskin. Kate Flora's fascination with people's criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general's office. Deadbeat dads, child abusers, and employment discrimination aroused her curiosity about […]
Join us for an illustrated talk on Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Author Natalie Dykstra. Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum, with its plain exterior enfolding an astonishing four-story Italian palazzo, rose from Boston’s Fens at the turn of the twentieth century. Its treasures encompassed not only masterwork paintings but tapestries, rare books, […]
Please join us for this year's Joel Myerson Annual Lecture: "The scrolls of the past burn my fingers": Reviving Margaret Fuller in the Library of America and Edinburgh Editions, presented by Professors Brigitte Bailey (University of New Hampshire), Leslie Eckel (Suffolk University), and Megan Marshall (Emerson College). Two prize-winning biographies and a recent documentary film […]
Enjoy this fun and intimate panel + book reading from authors of some of our most beloved stories about kindness -- including Jet the Cat (Is Not a Cat) by Phaea Crede and My Cousin's Mermaid by Anna Staniszewski. Author book signings available during kids crafts. Perfect for ages 2 to 10 and their caregivers. […]
Join Naturopathic Physician Dr. Maura Scanlan for a multidisciplinary presentation that explores food's impact on the brains and minds of our youth and ourselves. Our understanding of how food impacts mental health is growing. Naturopathic physicians have long studied these connections, and now mainstream medicine is joining the dialogue! UCLA has researched the gut-brain link […]
Please join Kerem Shalom of Concord for a special talk on how and why Transcendentalism arose during a period of rapid changes in American politics, economics, and society with Professor Robert (Bob) Gross, who will offer insight into its significance for Judaism. Bob is a leading American historian and Professor Emeritus at the University of […]
Meet some of the accomplished authors and illustrators whose books are featured in Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature. Explore the decorated forest of trees throughout the Museum and visit with authors and illustrators as they sign your books. This year features: Anika Aldamuy Denise, author of Gato Guapo Kari Allen, author of Whose Prints? Hayley Barrett, […]
