Chris McGarry’s images from the Festival! « Newburyport Literary Festival’s Weblog

Chris McGarry’s images from the Festival!

May 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Please take time to enjoy the pictures I took during this year’s festival. The ones below are a portion of the images. All of the David McPhail images will be in the next post. Click on any image to view in a larger format. Enjoy!

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About the Festival

Our 4th annual Newburyport Literary Festival, Getting the Word Out, will be held April 24-25, 2009 in venues throughout Newburyport's historic downtown. And who better to get the word out than our honorees for 2009: Dottie LaFrance, head librarian for the Newburyport Public Library for the past 30 years and Newburyport native and children's author, David McPhail. Each of these individuals has contributed enormously to the reading community of our region. Indeed, they have gotten many many words out! The Newburyport Literary Festival is a celebration of literature, authors, and readers. With its 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. Nowadays, dozens of novelists, poets, and writers of nonfiction live in and around Newburyport. Some of today's talented authors include: Andre Dubus III, author of The House of Sand and Fog; Keith Ablow, Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson; Frieda Arkin, author of Hedwig and Berti; Elisabeth Brink, author of Save Your Own; and Mark Karlins, Music over Manhattan. And, that's only the beginning. NLF is pleased to welcome these local writers: Michael Cantor, Erica Funkhouser, Áine Greaney, Dyke Hendrickson, Cheryl Richardson, William Sargent, Frank Schaeffer, Anne Easter Smith, children's author and illustrator, Ed Emberley and Rhina Espaillat, poet and founder of the Powow River Poets. Each year we give 750 books to the middle school students

Become a Friend of the Festival

The Newburyport Literary Festival is seeking contributions from businesses and individuals. Become a Friend of the Festival, have your name or your business’s name listed in the program book, and help keep the festival a free event open to everyone. Your tax-deductible donations will help us cover many expenses. From printing costs to venue expenses to author transportation and lodging, the funds required to run a “free” festival are significant. Suggested levels of giving are $50, $125 (includes one complimentary ticket to the Friday night Dinner with the Authors event), and $250 (includes two complimentary tickets to the Dinner with the Authors event). Checks should be made out to: Newburyport Literary Association, Inc. and mailed to: P.O. Box 268, Newburyport, MA 01950. We will follow up with a letter of recognition. For further information, please contact Vicki Hendrickson at 978-465-1257.

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