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:
Cammy Thomas
Events: Poetry Reading
Book: Cathedral of Wish
Cammy Thomas’s first book of poems, Cathedral of Wish, was published in 2005 by Four Way Books. In 2006, it received the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. The judge was Medbh McGuckian. Her poems have appeared in Agenda, The Healing Muse, Marlboro Review, Runes, Sahara, the online journals Perihelion and Blaze, and elsewhere. She teaches at Concord Academy.