So Many Books, So Little Time
J.D. Salinger once said: “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the...
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by Robert P. Barsanti In 1978, I believed in my Red Sox. The summer had peaked, dived, and peaked again. The Red Sox lead the American League East by fourteen games, then trailed, then won eight in a...
View ArticleGood Enough to Eat
by Leah Mojer The history of culinary tradition would be lost without books. Within the pages of so many, there are countless treasured recipes, memoirs, lectures, rules, mother sauces. The written...
View ArticleLifting Emily’s Veil
Island author Jim Sulzer landed on Nantucket the same way many of us did. It was 1986 when the Yale graduate and his wife decided to come live on the island for “just one year.” Almost 30 “just one...
View ArticleIsland Book Fest
by Julianne Adams Bibliophiles are flocking to our island for the third annual Nantucket Book Festival. This year, more than 70 authors are taking part in the literary celebration that runs from Friday...
View ArticleLocal Bookstores Preserve Isle Magic
• by Julianne Adams • Mitchell’s Book Corner, with its classic structure, heralds your arrival on Main. Across town, Nantucket Bookworks’ homey front lures you in like a warm cup of cocoa. Mainstays of...
View ArticleNantucket Book Festival Tickets Available
The 4th Annual Nantucket Book Festival is bringing a stellar roster of authors to Nantucket on June 19-21. For three days, booklovers will gather in historic Nantucket venues for a series of author...
View ArticleREADiscover the Joy, Nantucket Book Festival
by Abigail Terres This weekend nationally- and internationally-acclaimed authors and hundreds of readers will gather on Nantucket to share their love of books, their enthusiasm for writing, and their...
View ArticleNantucket Book Festival Announces Initial Slate of Authors for 2016
Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, widely considered to be the world’s most important literary award, will make a featured appearance at the 2016 Nantucket Book Festival to discuss his...
View ArticleNantucket Book Festival Announces Events & More Authors for 2016
The Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary, June 17-19, with an outstanding line-up of award-winning authors. For three days, book lovers will gather in various Nantucket venues for...
View ArticleHearing Authors, Watching Art – Festivals this Week
Artistic endeavors are being celebrated across our island this week as one festival honoring writing and another that salutes the visual arts share the venue of Nantucket. Plein Air Nantucket The...
View ArticleWriting Contest Challenges Young Authors
Nantucket’s past is full of exciting adventures and intriguing tales. From June 22 through July 23, young writers have the opportunity to explore the island’s history and to use their imaginations to...
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• by Robert P. Barsanti • On this Sunday morning, the coffee is percolating, the coffee cake has been cut and tasted, and the newspaper is spread out over the table. Its various sections are weighed...
View ArticleThe Movement of Stars: A Nantucket Tale
• by Sarah Teach • This weekend, the second annual Nantucket Book Festival will welcome an eclectic group of writers and the readers who love them. New York-based author Amy Brill will be present with...
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