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ONLINE AUCTION LIVE! Author appearances, original wall hanging, Salem art and gifts, and books + books + books! Support the festival: Bid early and often. Help keep our festival free! Head to link in image! www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/salem-literary-festival-2025-online-auction
TOP-SECRET! Authors Juliette Fay (THE HARVEY GIRLS), @healeyjane.bsky.social (THE WOMEN OF ARLINGTON HALL), and Galina Vromen (HILL OF SECRETS) talk mid-century historical fiction Saturday, September 6 at 2:30 p.m., Ames Hall, 290 Essex Street. Free registration and details at salemlitfest.org
CONFLICT! CAMARADERIE! COMEDY! Talk mothers & daughters in fiction w/ @bdavis-author.bsky.social (EVERY PRECIOUS AND FRAGILE THING) Marilyn Simon Rothstein (WHO LOVES YOU BEST) Domenica Ruta (ALL THE MOTHERS) & narrators Patricia Santomasso & @sarasounds.bsky.social. Sat Sept. 6 1pm salemlitfest.org
COOKING THE BOOKS! @newenglandtammy.bsky.social (NEW ENGLAND BRUNCH), Dan Pashman (ANYTHING’S PASTABLE), Maggie Mulvena Pearson (THE FEAST AND FETTLE COOKBOOK) & Adam Kowit, Editor Books, America’s Test Kitchen, share how cookbooks get made! Sat Sept 6 @ 11:30 Ames Hall 290 Essex St salemlitfest.org
Jennifer Martelli (she/her) is author of Psychic Party Under the Bottle Tree, longlisted for the Mass. Book Award. Her work has appeared in Poetry & the Academy of American Poets Poem a Day. Join Jennifer at MICRO MARVELS Sat. Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. FREE registration at salemlitfest.org.
Enduring Hawthorne! Ekphrastic writing + open mic + music—a performance of Hawthorne’s “The Gray Champion” adapted to folksong by Dan Blakeslee and accompanied by a crankie by Ben Wickey. Friday, Sept. 5, 6-8 p.m. The House of the Seven Gables. More info. at salemlitfest.org.
Children's Lit Fest returns to Salem's Community Life Center Sat. Sept. 6, featuring storytimes with @samara-cole-doyon.bsky.social & and Kalee Gwarjanski & @painternik.bsky.social plus crafts and snacks! September 4-7, stop by the Ropes Mansion Garden for a Story Walk! Details at salemlitfest.org.
NEW LOCATION! Join @writerjalvarez.bsky.social & Salem State’s Keja Valens in conversation about Julia’s THE CEMETERY OF UNTOLD STORIES. Spanish-English presentation. Sunday, September 7, 3 p.m., Sophia Gordon Center, Salem State, 352 Lafayette Street. Register free at salemlitfest.org
Join us for Micro Marvels! @fiveminutelit & Molecule team up to bring you 30 super-short pieces of literary art! Featuring @operationriskyou.bsky.social @ianpowens.bsky.social @kymminbarcelona.bsky.social and many more! Saturday, September 6, 10 a.m., Ames Hall, 290 Essex St. salemlitfest.org
In THE BRIGHT SWORD by @levgrossman.com, a knight arrives at the Round Table too late. King Arthur died 2 weeks ago. The survivors are the oddballs and it’s up to them to rebuild Camelot. Join Lev for a free virtual chat about his latest bestseller! Thu Sept 4, 7pm. Register at salemlitfest.org
