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

Join the Hitchcock Center for the Environment for a special storytime with award-winning children’s author Mary Wagley Copp on Saturday, May 9! More info at ow.ly/qHRg50YxAvM

Events this week! massbook.org/ma-literary-ev… W- Jennifer Acker at Montague Public Library W- Martha Ackmann at Greenfield Public Library W- Anna North with Akil Kumarasamy at GrubStreet Sa- Esmé Shapiro at the Eric Carle Museum Sa- Kenneth M. Sheldon at Brockton Public Library

Join Chicopee Public Library and acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Sarah Brannen for an event focused on her beautiful new picture book, "Monarch and Mourning Cloak: A Butterfly Journal!"

Join us tomorrow in Downtown Amherst! Head to massbook.org/amherst-lit-wa… for details!

We've got lots going on for Mass Kids Lit Fest! Check out who is going to be there! Head to makidslitfest.org to get a full schedule of public events for the week!

Join us this Saturday! A full day of readings, workshops, trivia, and more! We can't wait to spend the day with you in downtown Amherst! Head to massbook.org/amherst-lit-wa… see more information on all the events and sign up for those with registration required.

Join the Newton Free Library for an evening with Heather Treseler, author of Auguries & Divinations, winner of the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry. events.timely.fun/ubjpkulq/event…

Events this week! massbook.org/ma-literary-ev… T- Maynard Book Festival Sa- R.A. Dines, Lori Miller Kase, & Patrick D. Joyce at Turtle Books Sa- Russ Lopez at East End Books Boston Apr. 12th- Artists’ Books Day at The Clark Apr. 12th- Emily Carpenter at The Bookstore of Gloucester

You are invited to "Lives in Translation: Elizabeth Lowe and Suzanne Jill Levine" on Thursday, April 16 at 6 pm in CHC Events Hall.

Join the North Shore Community College Lynn Campus Library for an afternoon with January Gill O’Neil, author of Glitter Road, a Massachusetts Book Awards Honors title in poetry.events.timely.fun/ubjpkulq/event…

Join local author Jordy Rosenberg who will read from his new novel "Night Night Fawn." He will speak briefly about the writing of the book, followed by audience Q&A. More info and links to register at massbook.org/amherst-lit-wa…

There is nothing foolish about this month's prompt to read "A book about going through change." We have just two months left for this year's Student Reading Challenge! Learn more and get ready for next year at massbook.org/student-readin…

April showers bring time for reading. So join us this month and read "A short story or essay collection." Swipe for recommendations!

Join the Museum of African American History for an evening with January Gill O’Neil, author of Glitter Road, a Massachusetts Book Awards Honors title in poetry. Ohttps://events.timely.fun/ubjpkulq/event/78289580

Events this week! massbook.org/ma-literary-ev… M- Women's History Lecture @ Mass Hist Society T- Trudy Knowles @ Southwick Pub Lib T- Polly Ingraham @ Shutesbury Pub Lib Sa- Emerging Writers @ Northeastern Sa- Lee Varon, Gale Batchelder, & Robert Eugene Perry @ BPL, Jamaica Plain

In honor of Women's History Month, we present a short list of women's history books by MA authors and publishers. Check them out at your local library or bookstore today!

Join the Newton Free Library for an evening with Heather Treseler, author of Auguries & Divinations, winner of the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry. events.timely.fun/ubjpkulq/event…

Join us and author Margot Livesey who will read from her Massachusetts Book Award-honored novel "The Road from Belhaven". More info and links to register at massbook.org/amherst-lit-wa…

Our Student Reading Challenge participants were asked to read "A story about family, chosen or biological." Here are some of the most loved books from our readers! Learn more at massbook.org/student-readin…

Our March staff reads are here! Maybe one of these is your next favorite book. Happy Spring Reading! -MCB