Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Newburyport Literary Festival A Celebration of Literature, Readers and Writers ## Posts - [blog index](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/?page_id=1171) - [NLF Styles](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/hello-world/) ## Pages - [Home](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/) - [Sponsors & Friends](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/sponsors-friends/) - [2026 Schedule of Events](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/2026-schedule-of-events/) - Program PDF Friday, April 24, 2026 Jump to Sunday's Virtual Events Friday 6:00–7:00 PMFirehouse Center for the Arts Livestream Opening Night Ceremony: Literary Legacies with Michael Updike Artist and designer Michael Updike is well known throughout the North Shore for his art and sculpture. He is also the son of literary legend John Updike, whose - [2026 Poetry](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/2026-poetry/) - Confirmed Authors, with More to Be Announced – Come Back Often! Listed in alphabetical order Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Moderators | Diannely Antigua Inducements to Deep Breathing — Saturday 10:00 AM Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. She is the author of the collections Ugly - [2026 Nonfiction](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/2026-nonfiction/) - Confirmed Authors, with More to Be Announced – Come Back Often! Listed in alphabetical order Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Moderators | Dale Arnold Boston Sports Editors Take the Mic — Saturday 2:30 PM Dale Arnold began broadcasting football, basketball and hockey games on WCME in Brunswick, Maine, in 1971. Upon graduating from Bowdoin College - [About the Festival](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/festival/) - [2026 Fiction](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/2026-fiction/) - Confirmed Authors, with More to Be Announced – Come Back Often! Listed in alphabetical order Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Moderators | M. T. Anderson You Could Use a Laugh: A Humor Panel — Saturday 2:30 PM Genre Fluid: Writing for YA Audiences vs. Writing for Adults — Sunday 2:15 PM New York Times - [Friday Night Reception](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/friday-night-welcome-event/) - Friday Night Reception Causal welcome event with the authors, poets, and moderators! Mission Oak Grill's Steeple Hall 26 Green Street Friday, April 24, 2026 7:15 PM (immediately after our opening event) Light appetizers will be served along with access to a cash bar. Tickets are $50. All sales final. The event is accessible. Reserve Your - [2026 Moderators | Speakers](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/2026-moderators-speakers/) - Confirmed Authors, with More to Be Announced – Come Back Often! Listed in alphabetical order Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Moderators | Gina Barreca You Could Use a Laugh: A Humor Panel — Saturday 2:30 PM Gina Barreca, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Connecticut, is the author - [Donate](https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/donate/) - Invest in the Fest! All of our festival weekend book talks are free to the public. Your generous donations allow us to welcome everyone. Thank you for any amount you can donate. Donate Online! 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