Looking for a beach read? Stock up when the islands of ACK and MV lure the literati this summer. First up, the Nantucket Book Festival gathers best-selling novelist Jodi Picoult, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson, famed foodie Ruth Reichl and dozens of other authors on June 16-18. Then Aug. 5-6 marks the return of the biennial Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival, which will feature readings, interviews and panels with the likes of Ann Patchett (Commonwealth) and Richard Russo (Trajectory). Back on the mainland, we’ll have to wait until October for our own Boston Book Festival, but in the meantime, BBF is co-presenting “It’s Alive!” Frankenstein’s Lessons for Scientists and Creators, a June 8 celebration of the release of MIT Press’ new annotated edition of the horror classic that’ll have editor Ed Finn chatting with Harvard bioengineer Donald Ingber and Mary Shelley biographer Charlotte Gordon over cocktails at Le Laboratoire in Cambridge. nantucketbookfestival.org / mvbookfestival.com / bostonbookfest.org
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Whether you’re sticking to the city or looking for a reason to take a road trip, this summer offers arts adventures aplenty.
By Improper Staff May 19, 2017
Books | JACQUELINE HOUTON
Looking for a beach read? Stock up when the islands of ACK and MV lure the literati this summer. First up, the Nantucket Book Festival gathers best-selling novelist Jodi Picoult, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson, famed foodie Ruth Reichl and dozens of other authors on June 16-18. Then Aug. 5-6 marks the return of the biennial Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival, which will feature readings, interviews and panels with the likes of Ann Patchett (Commonwealth) and Richard Russo (Trajectory). Back on the mainland, we’ll have to wait until October for our own Boston Book Festival, but in the meantime, BBF is co-presenting “It’s Alive!” Frankenstein’s Lessons for Scientists and Creators, a June 8 celebration of the release of MIT Press’ new annotated edition of the horror classic that’ll have editor Ed Finn chatting with Harvard bioengineer Donald Ingber and Mary Shelley biographer Charlotte Gordon over cocktails at Le Laboratoire in Cambridge. nantucketbookfestival.org / mvbookfestival.com / bostonbookfest.org
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