On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same, retracing six of Thoreau’s journeys. These walks take him from the Massachusetts coastline to the banks of the Allagash River, and the […]
Always dreamed about writing your story? Learn from authors and Concord Free Public Library Writer-In-Residence George Jreije on how to get started putting words to paper! This quick workshop-style class runs through how anyone can begin to think like a writer using the tenants of Observation, Imagination, and Language. George will hold office hours afterwards […]
Join author and Concord Free Public Library Writer-In-Residence George Jreije for a workshop-style class to learn what makes a work a fiction compelling, as well as the principles of writing fiction and the different forms of fiction. Participants with additional questions can visit George during his office hours immediately following the program. All ages, no […]
Long time Concord resident and author Joel Johnson will visit Fowler to read from and discuss his novel Never, a coming-of-age story set in the segregated South. Johnson encourages discussion of the complexities of sensitive issues when writing about race. Adults. Registration optional, register for updates. Program takes place at the Fowler Branch Library.
Lawrence Buell, Harvard University Professor Emeritus of American Literature, joins us for a conversation on his new book "Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently." Professor Buell details the complexities and contradictions of Thoreau’s life and work, providing necessary context to understanding a key American writer. Free Member | $10 Non-Member | Free Livestream
Author Jennifer De Leon will kick off the 2023 Concord Festival of Authors with a discussion of her new book Borderless! Jennifer De Leon is the award-winning author of the YA novels, Borderless, featured on the TODAY show, and Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From. She is also the author of White Space: Essays on […]
The Robbins House, Concord’s African American History Museum, presents author Ray Anthony Shepard. Shepard discusses A Long Time Coming, his new biography-in-verse of six impactful Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicling their diverse ways of fighting racism. Shepard […]
Miller Memorial address and award presentation to Robert A. Gross A specialist in the social and cultural history of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War, Robert A. Gross focuses particularly on New England. His first book, The Minutemen and Their World received the Bancroft Prize in American History. His latest book, […]
Author/Illustrator Chris Van Dusen will be honored with the 11th Leslie Riedel Memorial Award 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 22 at 4 pm. The Riedel Lecture […]
Join the Concord Free Public Library Corporation for an evening with author Elizabeth Graver, in celebration of the library's 150th anniversary. Elizabeth Graver’s fifth novel, Kantika, was inspired by her grandmother, Rebecca née Cohen Baruch Levy, who was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul, and whose tumultuous and shape-shifting life journey took her […]
