The Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival is back...

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Chilmark is proud to again host the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival.  Held every other summer in the up-island town of Chilmark on the beautiful island of Martha’s Vineyard, the book festival is the perfect summer event.  In this relaxed setting, the festival celebrates authors and the joy of reading. 

Among the many distinguished authors participating in the festival this summer are:

Geraldine Brooks

Peter Canellos

Tom Dunlop

Linda Fairstein

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Lisa Genova

James Grippando

Elizabeth Hawes

Tony Horwitz

John Hough, Jr.

David Ignatius

Alex S. Jones

Ward Just

David Kinney

Dick Lehr

David McKean

 Spencer Quinn

James Reston, Jr.

Kenneth L. Shropshire

Michael Stein, MD

Patricia Sullivan

 Stephen Trachtenberg

Paul Tremblay

The festival is free and open to all ages.  Authors will be speaking in three tents.  Books will be available for purchase, and authors will sign their books following their discussions. Book sales will be provided by Edgartown Books.  The festival is located on the fields adjacent to the Chilmark Community Center on South Road.  

See Plum TV Coverage of 2007 Martha's Vineyard Book Festival

Festival Attracts Readers Young and Old

"About 800 people came and went throughout the sunny day. The community center baseball field was converted into a makeshift fairground, with a number of large white tents scattered in the outfield. Three tents - marked nonfiction, fiction and food, and children and Island life - each contained a podium, microphones and chairs for eager Vineyard bibliophiles. Under the shade of another white tent, lobster rolls, sandwiches, drinks and desserts were sold."

from the Vineyard Gazette, August 9, 2005

Peter Abrahams speaking at 2007 Martha's Vineyard Book Festival