2010 Schedule of Other Events

Newburyport Pedicab will be available on Saturday to aid people in getting
to our different venues. This is a free service, but tips are appreciated and will help
support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. http://www.newburyportpedicab.com/

Community Read – The Late George Apley

The Newburyport Public Library will be conducting a Community Read in conjunction with the Newburyport Literary Festival. The featured title is The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand, whose work is being honored by the Festival this year.  The Community Read will be launched on April 5th, with multiple copies of the book available for loan at the library.

Two activities are also planned as part of the Community Read:

• April 12th – Richard Welch will give a talk entitled “The Great Leap Forward: John Marquand and The Late George Apley”. The presentation will not be an analysis of the book itself. Rather, it will focus on what leads up to the novel and the fact that it was a breakthrough for Marquand that leads to later serious novels. The one-half hour talk will be followed by a question and answer period. The program will take place at 7:30 PM in the library’s Program Room. It is free and open to the public.
• April 21st – Sarah Moser, Head of Information Services at the Newburyport Public Library, will lead a discussion of The Late George Apley in the library’s Program Room at 7 PM. All are welcome.

Join us for Dinner with the Authors!

Nicholson Hall, 7 Harris Street, Newburyport, MA

Friday 7:30 PM

Tickets $50.00
Buffet and cash bar
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Books by festival authors (and prints by festival illustrators)
will be available all day at the venues and at local bookstores.

Cemetery Walks: Tiptoe Through the Tombstones

Oak Hill Cemetery, State Street and Brown Street; meet at Ellen T. Brown Memorial Chapel
Tour Guide: Ghlee Woodworth
Sunday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Oak Hill Cemetery Cemetery tour with Ghlee Woodworth, author of award winning book, Tiptoe Through the Tombstones. Learn about the writers and poets of Newburyport. Meet at Brown chapel at Main entrance of Cemetery; State and Brown Streets. Contact Ghlee @ 978 462-2010

Eighth Annual Favorite Poem Project of Greater Newburyport

Firehouse Center for the Arts, One Market Square, Newburyport
3:00 p.m.

The Favorite Poem Project was started by former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky to encourage people to share their favorite poems with others and appreciate the wonders of poetry. To culminate the Newburyport Literary Festival, Newburyport High School Creative Writing students are requesting submissions to the Eighth Annual Greater Newburyport Favorite Poem Project. Everyone is encouraged to choose a favorite poem and bring it into the classroom spotlight by emailing it, along with a brief explanation of why you like it, to dszabo@newburyport.k12.ma.us by April 12.

You do not need to be a poetry aficionado to participate. In fact, part of the fun lies in the surprise of how certain poems can have meaning to the least likely people, as well as to the poetry lovers. 

Students will then select a variety of poems to be read at The Firehouse Center for the Arts on April 25th at 3:00 PM by the people who submitted them. In the past, readers have been as young as 6 and as old as 80.  We have heard poems in many languages (with translations, of course).  Everyone is invited to attend this annual community event, which is not only entertaining, but also free!

Marquand Reception

Custom House Maritime Museum, 25 Water Street, Newburyport
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

The first John P. Marquand Prize for American Literature will be awarded to best-selling novelist Anita Shreve in a reception at the Custom House Maritime Museum on Sunday, April 25, 4:00-6:00. 

The event is open to the public, but seating is limited.