Upstairs at Joy Nest, space is limited so book your ticket now!
All sales final. Thank you, Joy Nest, for hosting us!
All proceeds benefit the Newburyport Literary Association
and the Newburyport Literary Festival.
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.
Meg Mitchell Moore is the national bestselling author of eight novels and a proud member of the Festival programming committee. Her ninth novel, Mansion Beach, will be released in May 2025. She is not a Newburyport native, but she likes to pretend she is, as she’s lived in Newburyport longer than she’s ever lived anywhere else. She enjoys all the North Shore has to offer with her husband, three daughters, and two golden retrievers.