Local Readings and Events
Fall 2026 Big Upcoming Events
Sept. 19: Boston Athenaeum Open House
Sept. 26: The Spooktastic Book Fair
Oct. 6: Alan Andres Writing Fellows Reading
Oct. 8: MAAH Stone Book Awards
Oct. 8–30: Concord Festival of Authors
Oct. 10: CAC 12th Annual Festival & Bookfair
Oct. 17: Boston Book Festival
Oct. 22: Night of 1,000 Stories
Oct. 23: Night in the Stacks
Nov. 6–8: Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Nov. 6–8: New England Crime Bake Conference
Nov. 7–8: Boston Anarchist Bookfair
Nov. 12–15: Salem Lit Fest
Nov. 13–15: Boston Art Book Fair
Nov. 15: Newton Children’s Book Festival
Dec. 5: Young Adult Author Symposium
Dec. 5–6: MICE
September 2026
Literary Event Highlights
from 300+ September Events
Sept. 12: Calmer Con Boston 2026 at Meadowbrook School.
Sept. 13: Bringing History to Life Through Fiction, with Julie Gerstenblatt, Jane Healey, Constance Hayes Matsumoto, and Weina Dai Randel, in conversation with Virginia Pye, at Book Ends Winchester.
Sept. 15: Shapes of Psychedelic Literature: A Conversation with Elastic Magazine with Venita Blackburn, Samantha Hunt, and Laura van den Berg, in conversation with Hillary Brenhouse, at Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.
Sept. 16: Mass Book Awards Longlist Reading, with Carroll Beauvais, Benjamin Bellet, Imani Perry, Maria Pinto, Milo Todd, and Sam Wachman, at GrubStreet.
Sept. 17: “Poetry is the Culture of a People”: A Celebration of Nikki Giovanni at Boston University.
Sept. 19: Community Day Open House at the Boston Athenaeum.
Sept. 22: Craft on Draft: The Mathematics of Plot, with Jenna Blum, Julie Carrick Dalton, and Susan Donovan Bernhard, in conversation with Christopher Castellani, at Trident Booksellers & Café.
Sept. 26: The Spooktastic Book Fair at Roundhead Brewing Company.
Sept. 28: Threshing Day Midnight Release Parties across town.
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