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The adult spelling bee raises funds for the Florida Freedom to Read Project, and you don’t have to be a writer or a speller to join

Where to see fall foliage in Boston and across Massachusetts, according to local experts and national publications.

12 notable Bostonians share their favorite leaf peeping spots in New England. Read more on Boston.com.

Author T.M. Blanchet discusses the unforeseen element of surprise in publishing her debut YA fantasy, Herrick’s End.

Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Elizabeth Strout returns to the Newburyport Literary Festival online with Andrew Dubus III.

Organizers were hoping to return the festival to in-person attendance, but COVID-19 once again complicated things.

Release date: Oct 26, 2021 Were giving away 100 advance copies of bestselling author Jenna Blums memoir, WOODROW ON THE BENCH. “For anyone who’s ever loved an old dog." Were giving away 100 advance copies of bestselling author Jenna Blums memoir, WOODROW ON THE BENCH. “For anyone who’s ever loved an old dog." ...more " Woodrow on the Bench is a touching tribute as well as a gripping story that will make you laugh and cry. It will also make you understand the...

Carol Feingold/Correspondent Book lovers, never fear. COVID-19 won’t defeat the 16th annual Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF), which will take place as a live, online streaming event Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25. To bring this year’s events to the public, the festival will once again partner with A Mighty Blaze, a social media initiative created by authors Jenna Blum and Caroline Leavitt to help promote other authors’ new books during the continued pandemic, While everyone will ...

A Mighty Blaze Continues to Build Year-old social media initiative promotes authors By Claire Kirch | Mar 11, 2021 A year ago this week as bookstores began closing their doors to in-person traffic and publishers started canceling author events, A Mighty Blaze was lit on social media. Its purpose, co-founders Caroline Leavitt and Jenna Blum told PW last March, was to connect readers with the authors of new adult releases by traditional publishers whose tours had been canc...

Get to know the Studio Museum in Harlem’s latest batch of artists in residence in an online open-studio session. The prestigious 11-month residency, which began in 1968, gives emerging and midcareer artists the chance to create and exhibit their work by providing a studio space and a stipend. This year’s artists, Widline Cadet, Genesis Jerez, Texas Isaiah and Jacolby Satterwhite, had a slightly different arrangement, thanks to the pandemic. They will speak about their works in progress and...