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:
Jim Schley
Events: Community Reading Series
Book: As When, In Season
Jim Schley graduated from Dartmouth College with majors in Literature & Creative Writing and Native American Studies, then earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. He has been co-editor of the quarterly New England Review and editor-in-chief of the book publisher Chelsea Green, and is now managing editor for Tupelo Press.
Schley is an associate member of the journalists’ collective Homelands Productions. He is the former director of the Frost Place Museum and Poetry Center, and has toured extensively as a performer with Bread & Puppet Theater, the Swiss ensemble Les Montreurs d’Images, and Flock Dance Troupe. He is the author of a poetry chapbook, One Another, and a book of poems, As When, In Season. He lives with is family on a land cooperative in Vermont.