The Boston Book Festival is scheduled for October 15, 2011 in Copley Square with more than 100 authors and a wide array of literary genres. Organizers say about 25,000 participated in the 2010 festival that featured 130 authors. The festival opens with a discussion of HBO's "The Wire," at the Back Bay Events Center, and the $20 tickets, will be available on September 14.
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The Second Annual Boston Book Festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 16 at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Boston Public Library, Old South Church, Trinity Church, Church of the Covenant, John Hancock Hall at the Back Bay Events Center and outdoors in Copley Square. National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates () will give the keynote address.
With the second annual Boston Book Festival slated for October 16, 2010 all around Copley Square, festival organizers are gearing up for the big day. An important preparatory step for the Boston Book Festival is the "One City, One Story" program in which a short story is distributed throughout the City later this month to get Bostonians to read and discuss the same story.
Brookline native John Hodgman is a man-about-Brooklyn whom the kids seem to like, whether he's playing the human embodiment of a computer on television or a space brain surgeon. He has written several droll books and has a certain reputation as a professional literary agent, which is why he'll be appearing at the Boston Book Festival this Saturday at the Old South Church.
The Boston Book Festival is coming up on Saturday. We already talked to an organizer; now it's time for a participant. Nicholas Negroponte is perhaps most famous for founding the MIT Media Lab and One Laptop Per Child, but he's also written his share of content. We talked to him about the role of technology and the future of books. He will be on the Digital Inclusion panel Saturday at 3pm.
The inaugural Boston Book Festival takes place in Copley Square this Saturday, October 24, with Orhan Pamuk as the keynote speaker. A launch party called "Boston Out Loud" bill be held at Trinity Church on Friday the 23rd. All Book Festival events are free, but some are ticketed, so plan accordingly.
It's the week of the Boston Book Festival, which will hit town on Saturday the 24th, bringing in big names like Orhan Pamuk and John Hogdman alongside lesser-known folks. Make sure to attend to get a new perspective on books in the 21st century. Bostonist will have interviews with Book Festival founder Deborah Porter and tech expert Nicholas Negroponte later this week. If you can't make it to the festival, at least check out one of the other literary events going on about town.
We did a wee bit of slacking with regard to getting the book events out this month, but it's cool—there are still a ton of amazing events going on. And keep an eye out for more coverage of the Boston Book Festival coming up on October 24.
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