CFA Kickoff: Gregory Maguire at the Concord Museum

Concord Museum Concord, MA, United States

An In-Person and Live-Streamed Event Author of Wicked and beloved Concordian, Gregory Maguire, kicks off the 30th Annual Concord Festival of Authors with a conversation on writing, art, and culture with WGBH Executive Arts Editor, Jared Bowen. Returning to the world first created in Wicked, Gregory and Jared will discuss Gregory’s newest book in the […]

CFA: Minutemen and Transcendentalists as seen through CFPL Special Collections

Concord Free Public Library 129 Main Street, Concord, MA, United States

Professor Robert Gross will discuss turning-points in his research for The Minutemen and Their World and The Transcendentalists and Their World, when he discovered previously unknown or unstudied documents in Concord’s Special Collections.

Concord Festival of Authors: Barrow Bookstore presents “Galloping from History: Writing Historical Fiction”

virtual Concord, MA, United States

Calling all midnight riders and readers! Harken to the call and join local author Gary Entwistle as he discusses carrying Concord's Revolutionary War history into his novel April's Breeze. In this work of historical fiction, Entwistle brings to life Concord's real-life doctor Samuel Prescott who accompanied Paul Revere on his famous Midnight Ride and carried […]

Family Halloween Fun!

Bradford Mill 23 Bradford Street, 2nd floor, concord, MA, United States

“Family Halloween Fun” featuring Mariana Llanos, children’s author of Benita and the Night Creatures Sunday, October 29 11:00 am Barefoot Books 23 Bradford Street, Floor 2 West Concord, MA Come for Halloween Fun at Barefoot Books! We’ll have spooky tales from acclaimed children’s book writer Mariana Llanos (reading her two Barefoot titles, Benita and Night Creatures […]