Boston Book Festival
boston book festival bbf independent nonprofit group based cambridge massachusetts also name main event nonprofit founded deborah z porter aim celebrate power word stimulate agitate unite delight inspire holding yearround event culminating annual free festival promotes culture reading idea enhances vibrancy city annual book festival combine street festival array author literary presenter around world daytime event bbf free people attended throughout year bbf host several literary event several fall annual lounge lit series literary outing reading cookbook author demo annual literary pub trivia night since bbf also hosted evening “kickoff” activity leading saturday festival festival held october boston back bay speaker presentation taken place boston public library church covenant old south church trinity church back bay event center among location around copley square street festival hosted copley square usually includes live music stage dozen exhibitor vendor many free participatory activity attendee family includes programming activity child writing workshop contest open mic opportunity inaugural festival october included seventyfive author including ken burn anita diamant andre dubus iii tom perrotta alicia silverstone john hodgman nobel laureate orhan pamuk delivered keynote address sanctuary old south church festivalgoers popular session “ties bind” featuring elinor lipman richard russo michael thomas “power place” featuring anita diamant elizabeth nunez carolina de robertis anita shreve obama year featuring jack beatty david gergan lani guinier michael e porter festival held october included author forty session presenter including bill bryson food network star tyler florence boston novelist dennis lehane nobel prize winner joseph stiglitz amartya sen surgeon journalist atul gawande featured session included “bugs system” featuring dan ariely mark moffett “pop culture” featuring lisa birnbach chip kidd david rakoff “talking justice” featuring dambisa moyo michael sandel amartya sen “from page screen” featuring home dennis lehane tom perrotta kid keynote speaker diary wimpy kid creator jeff kinney joyce carol oates closed festival standingroomonly keynote address trinity church sanctuary attendance bbf doubling size crowd first year year festival also celebrated start new literary outreach program one city one story initiative encouraged greater boston community read discus piece literary fiction making readily available festival took place october similar size festival large crowd filed hear talk far fiction featuring gregory maguire karen russell chuck klosterman kate beaton “a reason lead” featuring governor deval patrick “graphic novels” featuring daniel clowes seth alison bechdel “frontiers science” featuring stephen greenblatt lisa randall siddhartha mukherjee mo willems kid keynote speaker michael ondaatje delivered festivalclosing keynote presenting several hundred attendee back bay event center john hancock hall festival kicked friday october special session called art wire featuring discussion actor writer acclaimed hbo television series festival october boasted array speaker including junot diaz chip kidd hanna rosin lemony snicket kid keynote speaker ticketed evening keynote featured richard ford interviewed claire messud popular session brain thinking thinking featuring eric kandel ray kurzweil “serious satire” featuring lizz winstead kevin bleyer baratunde thurston fiction time place featuring dennis lehane tayari jones alex gilvarry “ya future featuring anderson rachel cohn cory doctorow gabrielle zevin kickoff event called page screen featured author whose work adapted film television including buzz bissinger rachel cohn andre dubus iii nick flynn daniel handler festival launched new program called bbf unbound community member invited submit proposal session two proposal accepted subsequently developed presented bbf writing war book behind bar fifth annual festival held october – festival kicked october evening session entitled “writing terror exploration fear” featured wes craven mary louise kelly jessica stern valerie plame wilson discussion moderated joe klein firstever kid kickoff event afternoon october featured newbery medalist kate dicamillo jack gantos rebecca stead keynote speaker salman rushdie spoke sellout crowd old south church evening october notable presenter included paul harding ty burr chuck klosterman clifford ross kid keynote speaker tomie depaola “synthetic biology designing life” featuring emily anthes juan enriquez craig venter “dirty crazy endless love” featuring nicholson baker andre dubus iii jamie quatro “the rise fall nations” featuring noah feldman james robinson “our boston” featuring mike barnicle madeleine blais leigh montville lesley visser largest presentation festival took place october – herbie hancock memoir keynote speaker started festival thursday evening discussed life musical time berklee college music president roger brown following night fiction keynote speaker susan minot joined nigerianamerican journalist dayo olopade conversation minots latest novel thirty girl saturday festivity began kids’ keynote speaker rick riordan filling trinity church capacity fan young old percy jackson olympian series notable presenter festival panel “technology promise peril” featuring andrew mcafee david rose nicholas carr moderator sacha pfeiffer “mayor’s rule” featuring benjamin barber marty walsh mayor thomas menino mayor dan rivera mayor lisa wong host bob oakes “post modern love” featuring daniel jones margo howard jennifer finney boylan moderator meredith goldstein drawing large crowd third keynote speaker doris kearns goodwin provided insight presidential leadership lincoln obama history keynote norman foster rounded festival art architecture design keynote th annual event took place october – copley square theme “where find ourselves” thursday night began festival “lit crawl boston” friday authors’ variety show “the book revue” performed sarah howard parker director operation called “the ambitious complex festival had” schedule included author signing music dance workshop science experiment handson art exploration interpersonal game writer workshop activity child included appearance character waldo nutbrown hare olivia maisy duo elephant piggie lemony snicket provided kids’ keynote featuring new picture book “the bad mood stick” walthamraised author joanna schaffhausen presented case crimesolving “gumshoes cyber sleuths” session old south church adam gopnik alan light rob sheffield provided session studying beatles music lyric church covenant “this place woman writing home” held trinity church another version home discussed “voices america immigrant experience writer’s eyes” featuring awardwinning grace talusan emmanuel church “memoir strange journeys” moderated wbur artery reporter maria garcia virginia prescott provided podcast “welcome nightvale old south church site “natural unnatural history earthquake woolly mammoths” additionally somerville author daphne kalotay provided “one city one story” feature first time nineyear history bbf dedicated whole venue exclusively session writer boston common hotel conference center main site session included game “literary never ever” hosted stephanie gayle “reading like writer debut perspective setting” trilogy session connecting professional craft “reading like writer poetry” featuring stephanie burt myron hardy erika l sanchez provided attendee sample exploration “bbf unbound writing privilege” featured author alexandria marzanolesnevich shuchi saraswat laura van den berg hasanthika sirisena kaitlin solimine mass poetry sponsored “poems pints” xhale rebecca morgan frank krysten hill natalie shapero featured poet festival held october tenth annual event took place venue throughout copley square including emmanuel church french cultural center church covenant trinity church old south church boston public library prudential center boston architectural college room board first time east boston roxbury included satellite also first time hideabook event held tuesday th boston book festival volunteer hid book around boston tweeted picture people find one city one story program suspended due litigation claim plagiarism kickoff keynote old south church michael pollan meghna chakrabarti festival drew record crowd author featured people attended overall focus event societal issue environment gun violence metoo social medium cultural divide diplomacy animal activist sy montgomery featured animal story panel twitter ate brain included michael rich tree sreenivasan maryanne wolf multicultural author sam grahamfelsen yang huang blair hurley fatima farheen mirza shared discussed work culture graham allison joined james sebenius wendy sherman discussion diplomacy art deal session specifically writer also offered special program young adult child one city one story also known c boston annual citywide reading program started boston book festival organization print distributes free charge copy short story program intended lower barrier around reading literary fiction enjoyment function way greater boston area come together around shared reading experience program usually kick late summer also start build momentum boston book festival short story chosen first year tom perrottas smile happy chang face story whore child richard russo c selection lobster mafia story anna solomon karma rishi reddi selection “sublimation” jennifer haigh year multiple translation made available boston book festival website printed copy english since spanish distributed boston library subway station coffeehouse bookstore farmer market elsewhere program culminates year session october boston book festival story author participates town hallstyle discussion attendee read work one city one story suspended due litigation claim plagiarism kickoff keynote old south church michael pollan kid keynote speaker kate dicamillo public affair keynote speaker anand giridharadas featured presenter included graham allison lesley nneka arimah justine bateman stephanie burt eve ewing yang huang laura koenig beth macy monica munoz martinez alexandria marzanolesnevich fatima farheen mirza sy montgomery susan oleksiw james sebenius wendy sherman sree sreenivasan mo walsh full list presenter visit presenter – boston book festival featured presenter included graham allison mt anderson stephanie burt meghna chakrabarti sonya chung vicki croke sari edelstein hallie ephron erica ferencik meredith goldstein krysten hill ha jin margot kahn laura koenig dennis lehane marianne leone kekla magoon claire messud celeste ng erika l sanchez joanna schaffhausen lemony snicket mo walsh paul yoon full list presenter visit archive – boston book festival five keynote including memoir keynote herbie hancock fiction keynote susan minot history keynote doris kearns goodwin kids’ keynote rick riordan art architecture design keynote norman foster featured presenter included greeta anand vikram chandra vikas swarup nicholas carr andrew mcafee david rose benjamin barber judith donath howard gardiner stanislas dehaene daniel dennett stacey d’erasmo kate racculia wesley stace doug belinda rathbone jenna russell bob ryan neil swidey holly black soman chainani cassandra clare gregory maguire scott anderson vicki croke carl hoffman king scott westerfeld meg wolitzer william giraldi ben mezrich lauren oliver jennifer finney boylan margo howard daniel jones rebecca mead joanna rakoff max tegmark lily king joseph o’neil rupert thomson full list presenter visit presenter – boston book festival keynote salman rushdie host homi bhabha kid keynote tomie depaola featured presenter included emily anthes jason anthony nicholson baker mike barnicle madeleine blais ty burr vishaan chakrabarti kevin cullen alan dershowitz erin dionne andre dubus iii juan enriquez noah feldman thomas fleming margalit fox amity gaige leigh gallagher moses gate nancy gertner francesca gino charles graeber paul harding george harrar harold holzer miriam karmel jessica keener joshua kendall chuck klosterman barbara krauthamer ann leary wendy mass ayana mathis claire messud leigh montville abelardo morell gregory nagy michael norton mirta ojito richard olivier tom perrotta jamie quatro james robinson clifford ross nancy jo sale robert shea j courtney sullivan anthony tjan anthony townsend craig venter lesley visser brenda wineapple full list presenter visit httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwbostonbookfestorgarchives keynote richard ford host claire messud kid keynote lemony snicket featured presenter included peter abraham anderson gabrielle bell barbara berke buzz bissinger kevin bleyer charles burn nancy l cohen rachel cohn robert darnton jacqueline davy junot diaz cory doctorow esther duflo jeffry frieden alex gilvarry edward glaeser paul grogan jennifer haigh anita hill philip howard tayari jones eric kandel randall kennedy chip kidd madeleine kunin ray kurzweil dennis lehane lawrence lessig alan lightman leslie maitland ben marcus andrew mcafee vahram muratyan nicholas negroponte edith pearlman tom perrotta michael e porter ayanna pressley carmen reinhart hanna rosin michael sandel alexander mccall smith alexandra styron baratunde thurston lizz winstead alex witchel maryanne wolf gabrielle zevin full list presenter visit httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwbostonbookfestorgarchives keynote michael ondaatje host homi bhabha kid keynote mo willems featured presenter included jabari asim julia alvarez sarah bakewell sandra beasley kate beaton alison bechdel idit harel caperton daniel clowes kenneth c davis lawrence douglas andre dubus iii jennifer egan carlos eire drew gilpin faust joseph finder charles bracelen flood howard gardner ethan gilsdorf adam goodheart stephen greenblatt sue hallowell chuck hogan tony horwitz maisie houghton ben ryder howe michael jackson chuck klosterman jane leavy gregory maguire tom matlack stephen mccauley sugata mitra peter mountford siddhartha mukherjee nicholas negroponte governor deval patrick george pelecanos lisa randall emma rothschild karen russell seth glenn stout sherry turkle linda urban thomas whalen michael willrich meg wolitzer mitchell zuckoff full list presenter visit httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwbostonbookfestorgarchives keynote joyce carol oates kid keynote jeff kinney featured presenter included susan abulhawa dan ariely nick bilton lisa birnbach bill bryson noni carter kristin cashore justin cronin jef czekaj alan dershowitz david edward joshua ferris tyler florence atul gawande myla goldberg christina gonzalez allegra goodman jennifer haigh tony hiss home michelle hoover marlon james gish jen steven johnson kevin kelly chip kidd david kirkpatrick dennis lehane simon mawer richard michelson mark moffett dambisa moyo nicholas negroponte neri oxman mitali perkins tom perrotta michael e porter david rakoff john rich michael sandel juliet schor amartya sen brando skyhorse jessica stern joseph stiglitz lionel vital full list presenter visit httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwbostonbookfestorgarchives keynote orhan pamuk kid keynote chris van allsburg featured presenter included jack beatty ken burn carolina de robertis anita diamant w flaherty david gergen lani guinier steve haber john hodgman jennie israel mary lou jepsen neil jones brewster kahle tim kring reif larsen grace lin elinor lipman scott magoon nicholas negroponte elizabeth nunez jon orwant tom perrotta michael e porter iqbal quadir richard russo anita shreve alicia silverstone michael thomas scout tufankjian full list presenter visit httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwbostonbookfestorgarchives book united state official website first boston book festival attracts young old best new people idea