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SUMMARY:Fourteenth Annual Newburyport Literary Festival
DESCRIPTION:The fourteenth annual Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF)\, Open a Book\, Open Your World\, will take place April 26-27\, 2019 in various venues throughout downtown Newburyport\, Massachusetts. This year the Festival will honor award-winning author and journalist Elaine Weiss. \n\n \n\nThe Festival's Opening Ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday\, April 26 at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in downtown Newburyport. Elaine Weiss will be in conversation with author Linda Hirshman. They will discuss Elaine's latest novel\, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. \n\n\n\nDinner With the Authors immediately follows at the Masonic Center\, 31 Green Street in downtown Newburyport. The Opening Ceremony is free of charge. Tickets for Dinner With the Authors are $50/person\, available online at newburyportliteraryfestival.org or by sending a check\, made out to the Newburyport Literary Association\, to the Newburyport Literary Association\, Box 268\, Newburyport\, MA  01950. \n\n\n\nOn Saturday\, April 27\, the Festival will be in full swing beginning at 8:30 a.m. with Coffee with the Poets. During the day\, a wide range of distinguished short story writers\, children's authors\, biographers\, nature writers\, critics\, screenwriters\, poets\, novelists\, and journalists will read from and discuss their work. Besides Ms. Weiss\, Eric Jay Dolin\, Jonathan Green\, Joyce Maynard\, David Ferry\, Sydney Lea\, Mary Jo Salter\, Major Jackson\, Rhina Espaillat\, Russell Banks\, Andre Dubus III\, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\, Elizabeth Elo\, Elinor Lipman\, and Hank Phillippi Ryan\, are among the participating authors and poets.\n\n\n\nOn Saturday night\, our weekend of events comes to a close with a lively discussion featuring local book clubs.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<span style="color:windowtext"><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The fourteenth annual Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF)\, <em>Open a Book\, Open Your World</em>\, will take place April 26-27\, 2019 in various venues throughout downtown Newburyport\, Massachusetts. This year the Festival will honor award-winning author and journalist Elaine Weiss. </span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Festival&rsquo\;s Opening Ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday\, April 26 at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in downtown Newburyport. </span></span><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Elaine Weiss will be in conversation with author Linda Hirshman. They will discuss Elaine&rsquo\;s latest novel\, <em>The Woman&rsquo\;s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. </em></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dinner With the Authors immediately follows at the Masonic Center\, 31 </span></span><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Green Street in downtown Newburyport. The </span></span><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Opening Ceremony is free of charge. Tickets for Dinner With the Authors are $50/person\, </span></span><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">available online at </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman\,serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/"><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">newburyportliteraryfestival.org</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> or by sending a check\, made out to the Newburyport Literary Association\, to the Newburyport Literary Association\, Box 268\, Newburyport\, MA&nbsp\; 01950.&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Saturday\, April 27\, the Festival will be in full swing beginning at 8:30 a.m. with Coffee with the Poets. During the day\, a wide range of distinguished short story writers\, children&#39\;s authors\, biographers\, nature writers\, critics\, screenwriters\, poets\, novelists\, and journalists will read from and discuss their work. Besides Ms. Weiss\, Eric Jay Dolin\, Jonathan Green\, Joyce Maynard</span></span><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\, David Ferry\, Sydney Lea\, Mary Jo Salter\, Major Jackson\, Rhina Espaillat\, Russell Banks\, Andre Dubus III\, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\, Elizabeth Elo\, Elinor Lipman\, and Hank Phillippi Ryan\, </span></span><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">are among the participating authors and poets.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Saturday night\, our weekend of events comes to a close with a lively discussion featuring local book clubs.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Friday\, April 26 Opening Ceremony: Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport Dinner with the Authors: Masonic Center\, 31 Green Street\, Newburyport Saturday\, April 27 Various venues around downtown Newburyport
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