The 13th Edition of the Salem Literary Festival is to Commence on September 8

on Sep 08, 2022

The Salem Athenaeum hosts the 13th annual free Salem Literary Festival from September 8 to 11, featuring a combination of virtual and in-person programs.

Over 50 prominent writers from various genres from throughout the world will share their tales and writing guidance.

Highlights include a virtual opening night talk at Cinema Salem with New York Times bestselling writers Alix E. Harrow, author of "The Ten Thousand Doors of January" and "The Once and Future Witches," and Olivie Blake, author of "The Atlas Six" and "The Atlas Paradox."

The festival's keynote address will be presented by novelist Katherine Howe, the New York Times bestselling, award-winning historian, and historical fiction author on Saturday at 10 a.m.

In 2021, she and CNN's Anderson Cooper co-wrote the best-selling "Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty."

"The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" and "The House of Velvet and Glass" are her mature books.

Conversion, which earned the 2015 Massachusetts Book Award in young adult fiction, and "The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen," which was chosen as a 2016 "Must Read" for young adults by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, are Howe's works for young people.

She edited "The Penguin Book of Witches" for Penguin Classics in 2014. Her most recent adult fiction is "The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs."

All of the events on Saturday are in person at venues around Salem, including the Children’s Lit Fest at the Community Life Center, 401 Bridge St., and a story walk in the Ropes Garden, 318 Essex St.