The Maynard Book Festival

For a number of years, through 2019, the Friends of the Maynard Public Library held an annual Book Festival, with well known authors, featuring various kinds of books and event formats. A Book Festival has not been held since the COVID pandemic, but in April 2025, we will bring people together again for another celebration and conversation around authors, books, culture, and literacy.
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Past festivals have featured an all-day Saturday program of events that included a children’s author/activity, a workshop for adults, a panel discussion from a specific genre and a keynote author talk by a prominent New England author. Most have also included a concert and art exhibit reception on the Thursday and Friday nights before the festival. Over the years, festivals have included book discussions, film screenings, and special cookbook club sessions that tied into the themes or featured books of the weekend.

Please join us in April 2025 as we add to the festival's history with more authors, more books, more art, more learning, and more conversation. Our bookselling partner will be The Silver Unicorn of Acton, and our poetry-event partner will be the Felixology bookshop of Maynard.