October 20 - November 6, 2011
Concord, Massachusetts
Two weeks of talks, readings, and discussions celebrating the written and the spoken word.
Randall Kennedy
Ha Jin
Anita Hill
Stephen Greenblatt
How You Can Participate
- Attend: Most events are free. All events are open to the public. Events that require a ticket are so indicated and include information about how and where to obtain tickets.
- Donate: The festival is produced by a non-profit foundation and depends greatly on individual support. Tax deductible donations in any amount are encouraged and can be made online.
- Sponsor: Corporate sponsorship is welcomed and is available. For information please .
Concord Festival of Authors is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council,
a stage agency
Major Sponsors:
Charles W. Pratt
Events: The Poets of Finishing Line Press
Book: Still Here
Charles W. Pratt, a former English teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy and elsewhere, has for the past 25 years with his wife Joan owned and operated a small apple orchard in southeastern New Hampshire. His first book of poems, In the Orchard (with drawings by Arthur Balderacchi), was selected as a Notable Book for 1986 by the American Library Association. For many years he served as coordinator of the Selection Committee for the George Bennett Fellowship, the Phillips Exeter writer-in-residency.