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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Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Greatest Disaster/Virtual Author Event with Mark Stille
Online (Zoom)Adult ProgramsJoin us for a virtual conversation with author Mark Stille, to celebrate the release of Pearl Harbor: Japan's Greatest Disaster. A detailed re-examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, […]
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Wednesday Morning Book Club Author Event: John Vercher, Devil is Fine
Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin us for a special Morning Book club author with John Vercher, author of Devil is Fine. John will be joining us via Zoom! LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR […]
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Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World/Author Event with William Rankin (in-person)
Community Room 281 Country Club Road Connecticut, Avon, CT, United StatesAdult ProgramsJoin us for a presentation and moderated conversation with cartographer and historian William Rankin, to celebrate the release of his new book, Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change […]
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A Case of Life and Limb: Virtual Author Event with Sally Smith
Online (Zoom)Adult ProgramsJoin us for a moderated conversation with Sally Smith to celebrate the next book in her Trials of Gabriel Ward series! All is calm, all is bright . . . […]
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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 […]