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So many amazing authors, so close to home! Join us to celebrate a few local favorites: Jilly Gagnon (CARDS ON THE TABLE), S.E. Grove (ARMOR FOR LIARS), and Peter Swanson (DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?). Friday, November 13, 7 p.m., Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St. salemlitfest.org
Join us November 12-15, 2026 in Salem, MA! Learn more at SalemLitFest.org, where you can grab merch in our store! #Books #BooksEvents #Authors #NewEngland
Pieces of Salem brings together more than 130 Salem citizens to share their Salem memories, to reflect on our city’s past and present. Using the book as inspiration, we’ll get you thinking about all that Salem brings to your life and all that you bring to Salem. Salem wouldn’t be Salem without you!
For 111 years, the NE Poetry Club has celebrated poetic achievement. Club poets join us at Lit Fest to share poems: Jennifer L Freed (WHEN LIGHT SHIFTS), John J. Ronan (THE IDEA OF LIGHT) & Catherine Strisik (GOAT, GODDESS, MOON. Sat. Nov. 14 noon Tabernacle Congregational Church 50 Washington St.
Women Writing Horror: Bugs, Bodies, & Things That Go Bump Hear from women who write about eco-horror, body-horror, scary stories and more through a feminist lens. Moderated by @sara_sounds. @baum.rebecca @christaqua
Join Allie Del Franco (Witch City Comedy), Kate Fox (Mass Office of Travel & Tourism), Aleese Lin (SAMANTHA SPUK: PARANORMAL WEDDING LANNER), and Beverly Cooper Pierce (THE ROWANS) to talk Salem, real and imagined! Saturday, November 14, 11 a.m. at Tabernacle Congregational Church! Free.
Have you started planning your 2026 Salem Lit Fest schedule? Check out our line up at SalemLitFest.org.
Join YA novelists @mattphillion @lryan_storms and @magpiewrites with @betsyellor for a discussion of how the use of magical elements can help explore characters with differently wired minds. Details at the link in the bio. #youngadultbooks #neurodiversefiction #salemma #readers
Book Buzz: Reviews and Recommendations Join Michele Cobb (Kirkus Audiobook Reviews) and Kat Cooper (The Faye Chapters) for a discussion with @sara_sounds about how they choose which titles to read and review. @thefayechapters @kirkusreviews
The schedule is here, the schedule is here! Who will you see? Where will you go? We say everyone and everywhere! Registration is free and helps us ensure enough seating. We can't wait to see you and celebrate books and writers and readers and Salem.
Let's talk Parental Problems with @victorsuth (Hollow Spaces), @edwinhillauthor (What Happened Next) and @karenwinnauthor (The Society) + moderator Diane Stern, Saturday, November 14 at 2 p.m., Tabernacle Church, 50 Washington St. Details at link in bio. #salemma #bookevent #readers #nothshorema
Have you started planning your 2026 Salem Lit Fest schedule? Check out our line up at SalemLitFest.org.
Children's Day Nov. 14! Sensory Friendly Storytime at 9 advanced reg req. Storytime at 10 w/ @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social + A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social + THE DINO DOOR @vickijohnsonwrites.bsky.social + MAC WEARS A HAT. At 11 crafts + signings. Nov 14 10-12 Community Life Ctr
Our online auction goes live SATURDAY! So much to bid on, and just in time for holiday shopping. Here are a few of the many amazing items to bid on! Keep your eyes on our socials and site for more items and launch-date link!
Pieces of Salem brings together 130+ Salem citizens to share memories, to reflect on our past & present. On Nov. 15, come celebrate Salem & add your voice to the project. Using the book as inspiration, we’ll get you thinking about all that Salem brings to your life, and all that you bring to Salem.
Enduring Hawthorne features Hawthorne scholar Charles Baraw & Ben Wickey, graphic novelist, talk about Ben's More Weight, followed by a performance of Hawthorne’s “Feathertop,” adapted to folksong by Dan Blakeslee with a crankie created by Ben. Thu Nov 12 7pm Trade House 156 Derby St.
No matter your age or favorite genre, there's something for you at the Salem Literary Festival. Always Free! Always fun! Check out the schedule of events at the link in the bio and plan your weekend with words. #salemma #booklovers #Bostonarea #readers
Less than 4 weeks to go. Mark your calendars and check out the schedule of amazing events coming your way in November! #salemma #bookevents #readers #northshorema
Bid on baskets of great prizes! Support authors, books, and a great organization: Salem Literary Festival. Mark your calendars for October 31st, when the link to auction items goes live. Don't miss out! More details soon. #prizes #SalemMA #readers #bookevents
Today and tomorrow at 337 Essex Street. Don't miss the Salem Athenaeum Book Sale! If you follow the Lit Fest, we know you always need more books!
You love books? Then we know you love a book sale. Check out the @SalemAthenaeum book sale this Friday and Saturday. Proceeds support our presenting sponsor and help us keep the LitFest free.#SalemLitFest #LiteraryFestival #Books #Authors #BookLovers
Thank you to @kyliu99.bsky.social for leading our TELL COMPELLING STORIES ABOUT TECHNOLOGY fundraiser-workshop! Don’t miss Ken’s latest, THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON AND OTHER STORIES, containing thirteen thought-provoking, heartbreaking, wondrous examples of captivating science fiction.
Have you read any of the most-challenged books of last year? Let us know what you loved about them in the comments. #bannedbooksweek #amreading
Sunday! @kyliu99.bsky.social trains you to see & think about “technology”—fictional & nonfictional forms—in new ways that help you tell compelling stories. All writers welcome, from novelists to journalists. Sunday 12:30-3:30 at Salem Athenaeum, 337 Essex St. salemlitfest.org to register.
Thank you to @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social for leading our WRITING HORROR SHORT STORIES fundraiser-workshop! We recommend you grab a copy of Gillian's horror-romance JENNY WILL EAT YOU NOW, about a river monster who follows an academic into the modern world.
A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book.—Ursula K. LeGuin. Salem Lit Fest loves all the books. LET BOOKS BE! #bannedbooksweek
Watch this space for more information on the amazing things on offer at the online auction to support Salem Literary Festival! #bookswag #booklovers #literaryfestivals #readers
