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Listed in alphabetical order
Bethany Groff Dorau
The Black Joke: The True Story of One Ship’s Battle Against the Slave Trade – Sunday, 9:00 AM
Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike – Sunday, 10:15 AM
The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 – Sunday, 11:30 AM
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving– Sunday, 12:45 PM
Clipper Heritage Trail Volume II – Sunday, 2:00 PM
Plum Island: A Vulnerable Gem – Sunday, 3:15 PM

Andre Dubus III
Oh William! Elizabeth Strout and Andre Dubus III in Conversation – Saturday, 1:15 PM
Andre Dubus III’s seven books include the New York Times’ bestsellers House of Sand and Fog, The Garden of Last Days, and his memoir, Townie. His most recent novel, Gone So Long, has received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Library Journal and has been named on many “Best Books” lists, including selection for The Boston Globe’s “Twenty Best Books of 2018” and “The Best Books of 2018”, “Top 100”, Amazon. Mr. Dubus has been a finalist for the National Book Award, and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, The National Magazine Award for Fiction, two Pushcart Prizes, and is a recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His books are published in over twenty-five languages, and he teaches full-time at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Fontaine, a modern dancer, and their three children. Photo credit: John Hauschildt.

Liberty Hardy
Fear and Haunting in the 21st Century: The Gothic Novel Gets an Update – Saturday, 2:15 PM
Liberty Hardy is a senior contributing editor for Book Riot and host of the popular All the Books! podcast. She lives in the great state of Maine, where she reads 500-600 books a year and hangs out with her three cats, who hate to read.

Hannah Harlow
The Bookstour: Film and Panel Discussion – Saturday, 4:30 PM
I’m Sorry for Your Loss: Writing About Grief – Sunday, 2:30 PM

Leslie Hendrickson
The Art of the Art-Full Mystery – Sunday, 3:45 PM
Secrets and Family Ties: Jen Ferguson and Grace K. Shim on Their Debut Novels – Sunday, 4:45 PM
Leslie Hendrickson is a New York City and Connecticut-based journalist. She is also a puppet maker, an Agatha Christie aficionado and has been involved in every Newburyport Literary Festival. She leads a monthly writing group and volunteers for Girls Write Now, mentoring a high school student on writing.

Melissa Joulwan and David Humphreys
Melissa Joulwan and David Humphreys are the co-creators of Strong Sense of Place, a podcast and website dedicated to armchair travel and books with vivid settings. Each episode of their show focuses on one destination: They discuss what makes that place different than anywhere else, then recommend five books that took them there on the page. They’re introverts who love travel adventures and exploring new places. In 2017, they sold almost all of their stuff and moved from the U.S. to Prague, in the Czech Republic, with their laptops and their cat Smudge.

Christina Koliander
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America – Saturday, 3:30 PM
Christina Koliander is a writer and editor living in Vermont. A home cook, for many years she authored the nationally-recognized food blog, My Vermont Kitchen, introducing a new recipe to readers each week. Chris is a regular Festival moderator and also has moderated at the Boston Book Festival. You can learn more about her on her website, www.christinakoliander.com.

Laura Szaro Kopinski
Romance by the Book – Sunday, 2:30 PM

Suzanne Leopold
The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized 18th Century England – Saturday, 9:00 AM

Meg Mitchell Moore
Literary Matchmaking: The Author/Agent Relationship – Sunday, 12:15 PM
Meg Mitchell Moore is the bestselling author of six novels and an integral member of the programming committee for the Newburyport Literary Festival. Her seventh novel, Vacationland, will be out in June 2022 from William Morrow. She lives in Newburyport with her husband, their three daughters, and a much-doted upon golden retriever.

Elizabeth Welch
The Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland – Sunday, 9:00 AM