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Boston Book Festival 2017

Marie

Boston

Poetry and microfiction writer. Host virtual Open Mic Poetry Readings and Live Music events in virtual worlds. Creator/Producer & Host of Talk! with Marie, Book Talk, Girl TV & Media Talk Series. Involved with various non-profits and social causes.

6:00pm EDT

Lit Crawl: City of Notions Urban Arts Media Art Gallery @ Emerson CollegeEd Barrett • Nick Flynn • Danielle Legros Georges • Regie Gibson • Fred Marchant • Anna V. Q. Ross • Erick Verran • Litquake • Downtown Boston BID • The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture • Boston Literary District

7:30pm EDT

Lit Crawl: MassLEAP Youth Poetry Slam All-Stars ConverseMassLEAP Youth Poets • Litquake • Boston Literary District

8:00pm EDT

Lit Crawl: Words and Music Urban Arts Media Art Gallery @ Emerson CollegeNick Flynn • Kelle Groom • Kristin Hersh • Clea Simon • Litquake • Downtown Boston BID • The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture • Boston Literary District

8:30pm EDT

Lit Crawl: A Night of Blackout Poetry with Ploughshares Emerson College Dining RoomMatthew Lippman • January Gill O’Neil • Tim Suermondt • Litquake • Ploughshares • Boston Literary District Lit Crawl: GrubStreet and Brookline Booksmith Present Literary Balderdash Brooks BrothersChristopher Castellani • Marianne Leone • Stephen McCauley • Tom Perrotta • Val Wang • GrubStreet • Litquake • Brookline Booksmith • Boston Literary District Lit Crawl: Regie Gibson Live! Barbershop LoungeRegie Gibson • Litquake • Boston Literary District

7:30pm EDT

The Book Revue: An Author Variety Show Old South Church SanctuaryMeredith Goldstein • Chris Van Dusen • Krysten Hill • Marianne Leone • Hugh Macdonald • Leland Melvin • Eileen Myles • Boston Globe

10:45am EDT

BBF Unbound: The Joys and Realities of Small Press Publishing Boston Common Hotel CarverCatherine Parnell • Olivia Kate Cerrone • Jennifer Crystal • Courtney McDermott • Enzo Silon Surin Kids' Keynote Old South Church SanctuaryLemony Snicket

11:00am EDT

Where We Find Ourselves: Record Your Story BPL Civic TableThe Drum Literary Magazine Passport to Imagination Copley Park Lawn Discover the Magic of Children's Book Making Old South Mary Norton HallMira Bartók • Ekua Holmes • Karen Lotz • Chris Paul • Matt Tavares • Candlewick Press

11:30am EDT

Appearance by Olivia BPL Guastavino Hall

12:00pm EDT

BBF Unbound: Literary Never Have I Ever Boston Common Hotel HancockStephanie Gayle • Ann Collette • Mackenzi Lee • Timothy Mudie • B. A. Shapiro

12:30pm EDT

Our Digital Future BPL Commonwealth SalonAsma Khalid • Jeff Howe • Andrew McAfee • Nicholas Negroponte Reading Like a Writer: Poetry Boston Common Hotel CarverAlicia Anstead • Stephanie Burt • Myronn Hardy • Erika L. Sánchez

1:00pm EDT

YA Keynote Emmanuel Parish HallCathryn Mercier • M. T. Anderson

1:15pm EDT

Gumshoes to Cyber Sleuths Old South Guild RoomMo Walsh • Peter Abrahams • Ray Anderson • Hallie Ephron • Edith Maxwell • Joanna Schaffhausen • Dave Zeltserman • Mystery Writers of America-New England

1:30pm EDT

Find Your Story, Draw Your Story BPL Rey RoomRaúl the Third Appearance by Elephant and Piggie BPL Guastavino Hall This Is the Place: Women Writing about Home Trinity ForumMargot Kahn • Sonya Chung • Jennifer De Leon • Kelly McMasters

2:00pm EDT

Kids Groove Copley Park LawnUrbanity Dance

2:30pm EDT

Identity Crowns and Shields BPL Guastavino HallWee the People

2:45pm EDT

The Secret Chord Old South Guild RoomChristopher Lydon • Geraldine Brooks • Massachusetts Center for the Book Racism in America: It's a Crime Trinity SanctuaryKim McLarin • Carol Anderson • Chris Hayes • James Forman Jr.

3:00pm EDT

Voices of America: The Immigrant Experience Through a Writer’s Eyes Trinity ForumSimon Montlake • Ha Jin • Marjan Kamali • Grace Talusan • Christian Science Monitor

3:30pm EDT

BBF Unbound: Writing from Privilege Boston Common Hotel CarverKaitlin Solimine • Laura van den Berg • Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich • Shuchi Saraswat • Hasanthika Sirisena Music with Ms. Wyndy BPL Guastavino HallGwyndolyn Jones

3:45pm EDT

Fiction: Missed Connections BPL Rabb HallDawn Tripp • Eshkol Nevo • Celeste Ng • Lily Tuck One City One Story Old South Mary Norton HallAlicia Anstead • Daphne Kalotay • BookBub Memoir: Ties that Bind Church of the CovenantLeslie Gilbert-Lurie • Amy Dickinson • Melissa Febos • Dani Shapiro

4:00pm EDT

BBF Unbound: Writing in Paris French Cultural CenterKelly MacFarland • Marcia DeSanctis • Lauren Grodstein • Stacey Resnikoff

4:15pm EDT

Freeman's: The Future of New Writing Old South Guild RoomJohn Freeman • Garnette Cadogan • Tania James • Édouard Louis

5:30pm EDT

Poems and Pints XHALERebecca Morgan Frank • Krysten Hill • Natalie Shapero