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2023 Event Schedule

The Nantucket Book Festival will take place from June 15 - 18, 2023. See the full schedule below of free and ticketed events.

Please tell us if you plan to attend by clicking the first event and registering! Registration is free and you do not need to show proof of registration to attend the Festival, but your registration will help us prepare for the weekend and allow us to send you news of updates and changes!

With the 2023 Nantucket Book Festival just around the corner, we need your help to raise the necessary funds. Please send your tax-deductible contribution today by using the donate button below, or by mailing your contribution to P.O. Box 5267, Nantucket, MA 02554.

Please direct your questions to info@nantucketbookfestival.org, and we look forward to seeing you in June!

Thursday June 15

1:00pm—1:45pm
Atheneum Great Hall Free Event
Samantha Hunt: The Unwritten Book 
2:00pm—2:45pm
Atheneum Great Hall Free Event
Wyn Cooper: Way Out West 
3:00pm—3:45pm
Atheneum Great Hall Free Event
Danielle Trussoni with Tim Weed 
4:00pm—4:45pm
Atheneum Great Hall Free Event
Tiya Miles: The Cherokee Rose 
9:00pm
Nantucket Hotel Breeze Bar Free Event
Authors in Bars 

Friday June 16

9:00am—9:45am
10:00am—10:45am
Methodist Church Free Event
Dolen Perkins-Valdez: Take My Hand 
11:00am—11:45am
Methodist Church Free Event
Hernan Diaz: Trust 
12:00pm—12:45pm
Methodist Church Free Event
Sarah Stodola with Mindy Todd 
2:00pm—2:45pm
Methodist Church Free Event
Sebastian Junger with Michael Schulder 
3:00pm—3:45pm
3:00pm
4:00pm—5:30pm
White Heron Theatre Free Event
Nantucket Young Playwrights 
6:30pm—7:30pm
Unitarian Universalist Meeting House Free Event
Opening Night Celebration: On Freedom 
7:30pm—10:00pm
White Elephant Brant Point Grill Ticketed Event
Author Dinner, Presented by the White Elephant Hotel 

Saturday June 17

9:00am—9:45am
Methodist Church Free Event
Stacy Schiff with Nat Philbrick 
10:00am—10:45am
Methodist Church Free Event
Ilyon Woo with Mary Haft 
11:00am—11:45am
12:00pm—12:45pm
2:00pm—2:45pm
Methodist Church Free Event
Kirk Wallace Johnson with Mindy Todd 
3:00pm—3:45pm
Methodist Church Free Event
Imani Perry with Michael Schulder 
4:00pm—4:45pm
Methodist Church Free Event
Sally Bedell Smith with Mary Haft 
7:00pm—9:00pm
Chicken Box Ticketed Event
Poetry and Music at the Box 

Sunday June 18

10:00am—10:45am
Atheneum Great Hall Free Event
Nantucket History: Non-Fiction & Novels 
11:00am—11:45am
Atheneum Great Hall Free Event
Holly Finigan with Jenny Johnson 
12:00pm—12:45pm
Atheneum Great Hall Free Event
Luke Russert with Rob Cocuzzo 
1:00pm—4:00pm
Cisco Brewers Free Event
Cisco Brewers Send-Off 

Thursday August 03

4:00pm—8:30pm
Nantucket Hotel & Resort Ticketed Event
A Five Star Evening with Elin Hilderbrand