Mass Center for the Book

2025 marks our 25th year as Massachusetts Center for the Book, and to celebrate we are launching our own Literary Bingo! More details about how to play, and prizes, at massbook.org/bingo

Today we highlight Nonfiction longlist title “The Hard Work of Hope” by Michael Ansara (Cornell Univ. Press). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-awar….

Join the Elizabeth Taber Library for a lively and immersive program with Linda Booth Sweeney, author of The Noisy Puddle, winner of the Massachusetts Book Awards picture book/early reader category. More info at ow.ly/9m4P50YxGcL

Each year the Mass Center for the Book selects books to represent the Commonwealth in the Library of Congress’s “Great Reads from Great Places” initiative. Head to massbook.org to learn more about both books selected.

Today we highlight Fiction longlist title “Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng” by Kylie Lee Baker (MIRA). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-awar….

Join the Cotuit Library for an afternoon with Robin Bernstein, author of Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit, a Massachusetts Book Awards Honors title in nonfiction. More info at ow.ly/F2J750YxFk6

Today we highlight Nonfiction longlist title “The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains” by Pria Anand (Washington Square Press). For more information on the Mass Book Awards head to massbook.org/mass-book-awar….

New initiative alert! —The Massachusetts Center for the Book is excited to announce the launch of Gateways to Reading, an early literacy pilot program developed in partnership with Valley Opportunity Council. Learn more at massbook.org/gateways

Today we highlight Fiction longlist title “We Love You, Bunny” by Mona Awad (Scribner). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-awar….

Join the Mashpee Public Library for a special afternoon with Margot Livesey, whose novel The Road from Belhaven received Honors in the Fiction category of the Massachusetts Book Awards. More info at ow.ly/Gtra50YxEXB

Events this week! massbook.org/ma-literary-ev… T- Milo Todd at Distraction Brewery T- Maggie Smith at Newton Community Stage W- Ellery Adams at Book Love W- Michael Holley at the Wilmington Senior Center Sa- Elizabeth de Veer at Georgetown Peabody Library

Come see us next weekend at the 4th Annual Greater Roxbury Book Fair! May 16, 2026, 9:00am-5:00pm, 149 Dudley Street, Roxbury, MA. More info at tamcc.org/events/greater…

Join the Grafton Public Library for an evening of tea and conversation with Margot Livesey, whose novel The Road from Belhaven received Honors in the Fiction category of the Massachusetts Book Awards. More info at ow.ly/Q7JH50YxELC

While the Berkshire Botanical Garden's SpringFest has been canceled, our author event with Susan Edwards Richmond is still on! Join us indoors in Stockbridge tomorrow in the Center House classroom for a fun and interactive program on "The Great Pollinator Count"!

Join the Friends of the West Roxbury Library for a special evening with Aube Rey Lescure, author of River East, River West, a Massachusetts Book Awards Fiction Honors title. events.timely.fun/ubjpkulq/event…

Join the Mashpee Public Library for a special afternoon with Margot Livesey, whose novel The Road from Belhaven received Honors in the Fiction category of the Massachusetts Book Awards. More info at ow.ly/qjiZ50YxF3G

Join the Cotuit Library for an afternoon with Robin Bernstein, author of Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit, a Massachusetts Book Awards Honors title in nonfiction. More info at ow.ly/FZAG50YxFkZ

Join the Monson Free Library and author Lisa Stringfellow for a family-friendly event celebrating her middle grade fantasy novel, Kingdom of Dust, which received Mass Book Award Honors in 2025. More info at ow.ly/7kBu50YxBKQ

Mass Center for the Book is excited to announce longlisted titles across five categories, these 12 books have been longlisted in PICTURE BOOK/EARLY READER: More info at massbook.org/mass-book-awar…

Mass Center for the Book is excited to announce longlisted titles across five categories, these 12 books have been longlisted in MIDDLE GRADE/YOUNG ADULT: More info at massbook.org/mass-book-awar…

Mass Center for the Book is excited to announce longlisted titles across five categories, these 12 books have been longlisted in POETRY. More info at massbook.org/mass-book-awar…