Newburyport Literary Festival

A Celebration of Literature, Readers, and Writers
• 20th Anniversary •
• In-Person & Virtual Events • April 25–27, 2025

Book Club @ Joy Nest

Join us at Joy Nest for our first-ever book club style fundraiser!

Upstairs at Joy Nest, space is limited so book your ticket now!
All sales final. Thank you, Joy Nest, for hosting us!

​Catherine Newman Sandwich

We're thrilled to host Catherine Newman, author of Sandwich, on March 16 at 3 p.m. at Joy Nest in Newburyport.

All proceeds benefit the Newburyport Literary Association
and the Newburyport Literary Festival.

​Catherine Newman

Catherine Newman is a New York Times bestselling author of several books including the novel Sandwich, the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, the middle-grade novel One Mixed-Up Night, the kids’ craft book Stitch Camp, the best-selling how-to books for kids How to Be a Person and What Can I Say? and the novel We All Want Impossible Things. She writes the Substack newsletter Crone Sandwich and has been a regular contributor to the New York Times, Real Simple, O, The Oprah Magazine, Cup of Jo, and many other publications. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, and is the academic department coordinator of creative writing at Amherst College.