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:
Larry C. Kerpelman, Ph.D.
Events: Life After Brain Injury: Havoc, Hope, and Healing
Book: Pieces Missing: A Family's Journey of Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury
Larry Kerpelman’s writing has appeared in a wide array of publications, ranging from The Boston Globe and Smithsonian.com to The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Journal of the American Medical Association. He is the recipient of the Lamplighter Award from the New England Society for Healthcare Communications and is the author of the book Activists and Nonactivists: A Psychological Study of American college Students. A Ph.D. in clinical psychology, his career has spanned research, teaching, and consulting in human behavior and in public policy issues.
In Pieces Missing: A Family’s Journey of Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury, he provides a deeply moving account of his wife’s traumatic brain injury sustained from a freak fall while jogging, her two hospitalizations, her neurosurgery, and the months of rehabilitation required to recover the pieces missing from her speech, memory, confidence, and joy of life. He shares the toll her injury takes on their family while illustrating the important role family, friends, and community play in her recovery.