October 16–17th, 2026

Celebrate 25 years of the Brattleboro Literary Festival, October 16-17! Stroll the charming downtown streets of Brattleboro, Vermont, and enjoy free and accessible events featuring the following award-winning authors:

Fiction writers Hannah Assadi, Amity Gaige, Gish Jen, Jessica Francis Kane, Lily King, Karan Mahajan, Andrew Martin, Erin Somers, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, and Stephanie Wambugu;

Poets Wyn Cooper, Monica Ferrell, Tim Mayo, Iain Haley Pollock, Bianca Stone, and Rebecca Hart Olander;

Nonfiction writers Stefan Merrill Block, James Dodson, Anne Fadiman, Lisa Graves, Jamaica Kincaid, Tilar Mazzeo, John Seabrook, Beowulf Sheehan, and Vaune Trachtman.

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