This festival, a tradition since Summer 2014, has featured writers from New England and the tri-state area who share their work, inspiration, and ideas with our audience. Throughout the pandemic we have invited Kirstin Harmel, Spencer Quinn, Gail Tsukiyama, Kristy Harvey, and Bill Hayes virtually into our living rooms! Previous summers have included the talents of Liv Constantine, Ann Leary, Matthew Dicks, Kristan Higgins, James Frey, Adriana Trigiani, Archer Mayor, Marilyn Simon Rothstein, B.A. Shapiro, and Andrea Bartz.
Summer 2024 focused on the 10th anniversary of our Local Author Festival with Ten Events to Celebrate Ten Years of Local Authors.
In 2025, we’ve welcomed authors with books connected to America’s 250th.
In 2026, we’ll be hosting Cozy Con with Kensington Books, and the Friends will be hosting author Marie Benedict.
We host authors year-round, so join us for these events:
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A Drumstick for Thanksgiving Please/Author Event with Frank T. Waters III (in-person)
Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin us for a n in-person presentation and book signing with Frank T. Waters III, of Avon, to celebrate the release of his book, A Drumstick for Thanksgiving Please. Frank’s […]
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Being Thomas Jefferson: Virtual Author Event with Andrew Burstein
Online (Zoom)Adult ProgramsJoin us for a moderated conversation with author Andrew Burstein, via Zoom, to celebrate the release of Being Thomas Jefferson. This is one of Avon's many events to commemorate the […]
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The Unwritten Rules of Magic: Author Event with Harper Ross (in-person)
Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin us for an in-person event with Harper Ross to celebrate the release of her new book, The Unwritten Rules of Magic. A spellbinding novel that blends magic and memory […]
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Radical Sisters: Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner, Evelyn Lauder and the Dawn of the Breast Cancer Movement/Author Event with Judith Pearson (in-person)
Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin us for an in-person author event with Judith Pearson, to celebrate her newest book, Radical Sisters: Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner, Evelyn Lauder and the Dawn of the Breast […]
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The Chosen and the Damned/Virtual Author Event with David J. Silverman
Online (Zoom)Adult ProgramsJoin us for a virtual moderated conversation with author David J. Silverman, to celebrate the release of The Chosen and the Damned. A sweeping chronicle placing race at the center […]