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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 4h

#RobFranklin will be joining us this year! Learn more about his debut novel, Great Black Hope, from his interview on @thedailyshow.com with @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social. #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #DebutNovel #Fiction #Brattleboro #Vermont #LiteraryFestival

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Rob Franklin - Race, Class & Privilege in “Great Black Hope” | The Daily Show

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 1d

And on Sunday at 3:30, two writers, @newyorker.com staff writer @henryalford.bsky.social (Songs So Wild and Blue)and award winning writer @paullisicky.bsky.social (I Dream of Joni), celebrate their mutual love of Joni Mitchell. #JoniMitchell #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival2025

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 1d

Music lovers! Celebrate two of the greatest songwriters with these fabulous events: On Saturday at 1:00 pm, Sam Sussman will talk about his book Boy From the North Country, a novel based on his real life connection to Bob Dylan…

#samsussman #brattleboro #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025

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Jerry Carbone @jjcitaliano.bsky.social · 3d

@samsussman.bsky.social is reviewed in Oct 5 print edition NYT, www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/b...

Bob Dylan Might Be His Dad. But the Star of His Book Is His Mom.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 4d

The program for the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival is live on our website. It is chock full of amazing authors, poets, & events. We look forward to seeing you all October 17th-19th in downtown Brattleboro, VT. The events are free and open to the public. brattleborolitfest.org/wp-content/u...

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 6d

@alisonespach.bsky.social @robfranklin.bsky.social #MakennaGoodman #AdamHaslett #AllegraHyde #JonasHassenKhemiri #BetsyLerner @sallywenmao.bsky.social #PeterMendelsund @samsussman.bsky.social #OceanVuong @timweedwriter.bsky.social

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 6d

Join us October 17-19 in downtown Brattleboro. You can't go wrong with any of these events! We love these books. #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025 #AriaAber @jessicaanthony.bsky.social @williamboyle.bsky.social @adacalhoun.bsky.social @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social #TimothyCrellin #MarcyDermansky

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 6d

19 amazing fiction writers this year! We have novels and short stories, speculative fiction, historical fiction, experimental fiction, sci-fi, crime fiction, short novels, long novels, and debut novels that will make you feel all of the emotions. ⁣2025 has been a great year for fiction!

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 7d

We're excited to have you!

Carole Joffe @carolejoffe.bsky.social · 7d

Greatly looking forward to participating in this wonderful festival!

Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 7d

All events are FREE & open to the public. Full schedule available on our website. Link in bio. #nonfiction @henryalford.bsky.social @harrybliss.bsky.social #StephanieGorton @adamhigginbotham.bsky.social @carolejoffe.bsky.social @paullisicky.bsky.social @tiyamiles.bsky.social #NellIrvinPainter

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 7d

#AdamPlunkett #LaurieGwenShapiro #SebastianSmee #ChelseaSteinauer-Scudder #HelenWhybrow⠀ #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 7d

All events are FREE & open to the public. Full schedule available on our website. Link in bio. #nonfiction @henryalford.bsky.social @harrybliss.bsky.social #StephanieGorton @adamhigginbotham.bsky.social @carolejoffe.bsky.social @paullisicky.bsky.social @tiyamiles.bsky.social #NellIrvinPainter

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 7d

We have 13 amazing nonfiction authors this year. Look at this lineup! Biography, history, nature, memoir, science, art, and music. Something for everyone! We are passionate about these books and know you will love them, too. Join us in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. October 17-19.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 8d

All events are FREE and open to the public. Join us!
#Poetry #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025 @albertabonado.bsky.social #ColinChanner #TianaClark #CharddeNiord @martinespadapoet.bsky.social #CarleneKucharczyk #DzviniaOrlowsky #RachelTrousdale

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 8d

⁣Look at all of these wonderful poetry books! We're thrilled to have these writers joining us for the 2025 Festival. You can find the Festival schedule on our website. We're looking forward to welcoming you to downtown Brattleboro, Vermont October 17-19.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 9d

Emerson will also be introducing a few of our authors this year. We are so grateful for his willingness and enthusiasm!⠀We encourage you to support Toadstool Bookshop at the Festival and also at their locations in Peterborough and Keene, NH. Thank you, Toadstool!#IndieBookstore

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 9d

Toadstool Bookshop is our second bookstore partner for the Festival. Emerson and his amazing crew will be selling books at all of the event venues. Perfect if you'd like to get your copy signed after the event. (Signed books make great gifts!) #ToadstoolBooks #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 10d

Festival titles will be available plus other fun items. The pop-up bookstore will be open from 9am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday of the Festival. We encourage you to support Wild Book Company both during the Festival and at its home location in Newfane! #WildBookCompany #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 10d

⁣We're so lucky to be partnering with Newfane, VT's Wild Book Company again this year--one of the two bookstores who will be selling books at this year's Festival. Wild Book Company's pop-up bookstore will be stationed at Festival Headquarters in the Brooks House Lobby at 132 Main Street.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 11d

Which books, you say? Well, you'll just have to join us to see! #BookstoLooks #fashionshow #KateTrzaskos#CuratedThrift&Style #ExperiencedGoods#MorningGloriousVintage #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025#Vermont #books

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 11d

It's a colorful collaboration w/ Kate Trzaskos from Curated Thrift & Style. This presentation w/ live models will feature thrifted looks to match book covers from this year’s Festival. The looks are sourced from Experienced Goods & Morning Glorious Vintage and all pieces are available for purchase.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 11d

Our wildly popular Books to Looks Fashion Show is back this year to kick off the Festival in style! Join us on Friday, October 17, at 6:45 pm at 118 Elliot.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 11d

The Green Writers Press reading will include poetry, nonfiction, and fiction from award-winning authors. Hors d’oeuvres, libations, and an Amy's Bakery cake will be served. Writers include: #MollyJohnsen, @keyachatterjee.bsky.social, #VASmith, and #DianaLischer.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 12d

Books will be available for purchase. The featured writers include:⠀
#DavidKentYoung⠀
#SteveMinkin⠀
#GreggOrifici⠀
#TerryHauptman⠀
#LouiseRader⠀
#DeborahLeeLuskin⠀ ⠀ ⠀

2. Write Action Open Reading⠀
7-9 PM at 118 Elliot Street⠀ ⠀ ⠀
#WriteAction #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025 #Vermont

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 12d

⁣Join local Brattleboro non-profit Write Action for two events on Saturday, October 18. 1. Write Action Spotlight Reading at Brooks Memorial Library⠀ 11:15 am-12:30 pm. Write Action writers will present readings (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) from their recently published books.

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 12d

There’s no assigned reading; all readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books…it’s BYOBook. Friends and strangers are welcome to gather, share what they’re reading, and settle in for an hour or so of sustained silent reading. At the end of the hour, attendees can socialize—or not!

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