Seven years later, and we’re still able to celebrate in great style—reading and books, authors and readers, lyrical voices and whimpy kids, poet laureates and Powows, a boy of summer (and space), our local superstars, our party-man, and the worker bees—all of us who think these efforts are important to our community and, frankly, our world.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone that helped make the 2012 Newburyport Literary Festival such a success.
 This year we honored Newburyport’s own, Alfred Nicol. An Award-winning poet and songwriter, Alfred has inspired this year’s theme, the Lyrical Voice – language that takes the most direct path from one heart to another. It is at once fragile and resilient; it can break into song; it can break into tears. And, it is powerful whether in prose, poetry or songwriting.
The authors and poets and songwriters joining the festival this year know this voice.
Friday night WGBH radio personality and recently published author Ron Della Chiesa will be on hand discussing the lyrical voice as it found its way through the American Songbook. This insider’s perspective on the voices that shaped American lyrics will be followed by our Dinner with the Authors at Nicholson Hall on Harris Street.
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Saturday will be packed with engaging events for all ages and interests. From former U. S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and jazz musicians Stan Strickland, John Lockwood, and Rakalam Bob Moses performing at the Firehouse to Jeff Kinney reading from the latest of the “Wimpy Kid” adventures, the day will leave you wishing for more hours.
About the Festival
Founded in 2005, the Newburyport Literary Association, Inc has successfully hosted six literary festivals in Newburyport and is currently working on the seventh. Our mission is: To encourage the reading and examination of books and to celebrate that experience with readers of all ages and all economic circumstances and to introduce the authors who create those works.
Mark your calendar. April 27th & 28.
The 2012 festival is an event you
won't want to miss.
Many individuals and organizations share the vision of the Newburyport Literary Festival. The NLF is especially grateful for the generous support of our founding sponsors,
the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank
Charitable Foundation and the Institution for Savings,
who have made it possible for the festival to take root
and flourish.
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