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Welcome to the Nantucket Book Festival’s answer to social distancing. We call it At Home With Authors. We are visiting, via Zoom, the writers we had planned to feature at our 9th annual festival this summer. We also will check in with many of our author alums from previous years.

We promise you engaging conversation with great stories, opportunities for escape, and perspective-changing insights on this moment in history. Please join us – from our homes, to their homes, to your homes.

Maverick and Missy

The Nantucket Book Foundation's 2021 Literary Pets Photo Contest

Congratulations to our winners, Maverick and Missy!

Thanks to your entries and votes, the NBF raised over $10,000 in much-needed funds. Our heartfelt thanks to all 32 pet owners who entered the contest, and all the people who voted for them!



At Home With Authors™

At a time like this, we need voices like these. The Nantucket Book Foundation & Festival presents memorable conversations and time-sensitive takeaways with our 2020 authors, and a growing roster of great writers.

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Ruth Reichl and The Sanctuary

Ruth Reichl has been writing about food for 50 years. So what's new after half a century? The pandemic. Here's what she has learned since March from her sanctuary in the kitchen...

• Video & Podcast • 29min
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Evan Osnos on Joe Biden

The New Yorker's Evan Osnos discusses his new book about the President-elect. He thought his previous book, on China, would help us sleep better. Will this?

• Video & Podcast • 42min
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The Steward of Muskeget

You could say that Crocker Snow Jr. has been writing his latest book, about the tiny island off the coast of Nantucket called Muskeget, ever since his father flew him there some 70 years ago.

• Video & Podcast • 42min
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A Thousand Leagues of Blue

Susan Veeder got married at 17, had her first child at 18. At 32 -- in 1848 -- she did something no Nantucket woman had ever done before. Betsy Tyler has traced the thrilling and tragic story of the Veeder family -- from Nantucket to Tahiti and back.

• Video & Podcast • 43min

Presenting Authors See All

Diane Rehm Picture Diane Rehm
Gabriella Burnham Picture Gabriella Burnham
Skip Finley Picture Skip Finley
Christopher Castellani Picture Christopher Castellani
Alice Hoffman Picture Alice Hoffman
Nathaniel Philbrick Picture Nathaniel Philbrick
William D. Cohan Picture William D. Cohan
Ann Napolitano Picture Ann Napolitano
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