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📚✨ Join Grub Street and the Mass Center for the Book for a special reading celebrating the 2026 Mass Book Awards longlis...
09/05/2026

📚✨ Join Grub Street and the Mass Center for the Book for a special reading celebrating the 2026 Mass Book Awards longlist! Hear acclaimed writers Carroll Beauvais, Benjamin Bellet, Imani Perry, Maria Pinto, Milo Todd, and Sam Wachman share selections from their award-winning titles in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. 📚

Come out to discover new voices, support local authors, and celebrate Massachusetts’ vibrant literary scene! The event is free, but registration is requested. Plus, you can snag some amazing books from Porter Square Books.

Register now: https://grubstreet.org/event/mass-book-awards-longlist-reading?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social

Mass Center for the Book is now accepting entries for the 27th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards (books published in 2026...
09/04/2026

Mass Center for the Book is now accepting entries for the 27th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards (books published in 2026) in 7 categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, middle grade/young adult, picture book/early readers, graphic novel/graphic memoir, and notable contribution to publishing.
The author, or illustrator, must be a current Massachusetts resident. (In the case of the notable contribution to publishing award the press must operate in Massachusetts.) Learn more at https://www.massbook.org/mass-book-awards

Today we are excited to bring you this year's Award and Honors titles in the Fiction category of the Mass Book Awards.Wi...
09/03/2026

Today we are excited to bring you this year's Award and Honors titles in the Fiction category of the Mass Book Awards.

Winner - Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler (Dutton, Penguin Random House)
Honors - Lake Song by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (Mad Creek Books / Ohio University Press & Swallow Press)
Honors - Isola by Allegra Goodman (The Dial Press)

Learn more about all the winners and honors books at https://www.massbook.org/mass-book-awards.

Today we are excited to announce our 2026 Mass Book Award Winners and Honors! Congratulations to the Massachusetts autho...
09/02/2026

Today we are excited to announce our 2026 Mass Book Award Winners and Honors! Congratulations to the Massachusetts authors, illustrators and publishers of these impressive works.

Fiction - Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler (Dutton, Penguin Random House)
Nonfiction - We the People by Jill Lepore (Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company)
Poetry - An Optimism by Cameron Awkward-Rich (Persea Books)
Middle Grade/Young Adult - Imposter by Cait Levin (Charlesbridge Publishing)
Picture Book/Early Reader - Flora and the Jazzers by Astrid Sheckels (Waxwing Books)
Translated Literature - Cécé by Emmelie Prophète, translated by Aidan Rooney (Archipelago Books)
Notable Contribution to Publishing - Bulgilhan Press for Slices of Life by Qu

Head to the Mass Book Awards webpage to learn more, https://www.massbook.org/mass-book-awards.

September is here! It's time to read "A book set in a school" if you are participating in our Student Reading Challenge....
09/01/2026

September is here! It's time to read "A book set in a school" if you are participating in our Student Reading Challenge. Swipe for some recommendations and Happy Back-to-School Reading!

Welcome to your weekly MA literary events roundup! More info at massbook.org/ma-literary-eventsAug. 31st- An Unlikely St...
08/31/2026

Welcome to your weekly MA literary events roundup! More info at massbook.org/ma-literary-events

Aug. 31st- An Unlikely Story is celebrating the launch of the newest book by USA Today bestselling author and award-winning journalist, Hank Phillippi Ryan in conversation with Lisa Gardner.

Sept. 2nd- With Shirley Leung guiding the conversation, Janice Page will talk about her recently published memoir, “Year of the Water Horse" at Milton Public Library.

Sept. 3rd- Join the Morse Institute Library Natick for an engaging talk with Cape Cod, award-winning historical fiction author Janis Robinson Daly as she shares her inspiration and research which led to writing her latest novel Under Two Flags.

Sept. 3rd- Local author Ruth Weiner will talk about her writing process and how she learned to write a novel at Stoughton Public Library.

Sept. 4th- Best-selling author and researcher Scott Weidensaul gives a talk at the Peabody Essex Museum on his newest book The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet.

September starts tomorrow and if you are participating in our Adult Reading Challenge it's time to read "A book about a ...
08/31/2026

September starts tomorrow and if you are participating in our Adult Reading Challenge it's time to read "A book about a journey." Swipe for some recommendations!

New Volunteer Opportunity! MCB is in the process of creating an online, interactive Literary Map of MA to document our r...
08/29/2026

New Volunteer Opportunity! MCB is in the process of creating an online, interactive Literary Map of MA to document our rich literary history. Each site on the map needs to have a photo attached, but we do not have access to non copyrighted photos of every site. To sign up to take a photo for us, visit https://www.massbook.org/opportunities

In July our Student Reading Challenge participants read "A book about nature." Here are some most loved for the month! H...
08/27/2026

In July our Student Reading Challenge participants read "A book about nature." Here are some most loved for the month! Happy Reading!

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