Newburyport Literary Festival

A Celebration of Literature, Readers, and Writers
• Save the Date! •
• In-Person & Virtual Events • April 23–25, 2027 •

About the Festival

Welcome to the Newburyport Literary Festival!

We are a vibrant community of readers and writers who come together each year to bask in the love of reading. A celebration of literature, from fiction to poetry to non-fiction and biography, the festival features author readings, panel discussions, and book signings held in venues across historic Newburyport, Massachusetts.

NLF Co-Chairs

Paula Breger & Jill Gross, Festival Directors

Why a Newburyport Literary Festival…

Mark your calendar for the 2027 Newburyport Literary Festival,
April 23–25, 2027.

With a rich literary heritage, the greater Newburyport area has a lot to be excited about. Writers as diverse as John Greenleaf Whittier, John P. Marquand, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Andre Dubus II have called Newburyport home.

This effort is made possible through the generosity of our founding sponsors: Institution for Savings and Newburyport Bank  

The Board of the Newburyport Literary Association

• Jill Gross and Paula Breger, Festival Directors •
• Kevin Bourque • Nana Kennedy • Meg Mitchell Moore • Elizabeth Welch •

Steering Committee

  • Kate Bolick
  • Paula Breger
  • Bethany Groff Dorau
  • Stacey Furtado
  • Jill Gross
  • Hannah Harlow
  • Leslie Hendrickson
  • Sarah Imrie
  • Nana Kennedy
  • Laura Szaro Kopinski
  • Meg Mitchell Moore
  • Priscilla Turner Spada
  • Paulette Turco
  • Ghlee Woodworth

The Newburyport Literary Association, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.