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10/22/2026

In September our Adult Reading Challenge participants were encouraged to read "A book about a journey." Here are the Top 5 most read books for the month.

10/21/2026

Thank you to the amazing authors and poets who read at Umass Orchard Hill last week and to everyone who came out on a beautiful night to join us. Laura Cresté, Patrick Donnelly, Emily Everett, Nora Claire Miller, and Michelle Young were a treat to hear from.

10/20/2026

We asked author Rebecca Caprara, 2026 MBA honoree for her book The Ripple Effect, which MA bookstore was a favorite.

10/19/2026

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

Oct. 20th- Join Papercuts J.P. for an evening of graphic novelists as we celebrate the launch of Pepper, the sequel to Karl Stevens' iconic Penny! Stevens will be in conversation with fellow artist Joel Christian Gill.

Oct. 21st- Join Brockton Public Library in person or virtually on Zoom for a discussion by Plymouth author Andrew Botieri about his new novel, The Magical Espresso Machine.

Oct. 24th- WriteAngles, a Straw Dog Writers Guild Conference, will be held on October 24th, 2026 at Bay Path University. Keynote speaker Essie Chambers will kick off the conference at 8:45am.

Oct. 24th- Join Aleese Lin, local author, for an in-person Spooky Story Time at Líf Books in Bedford, MA!

Oct. 25th- Andrew Mondry will read from his debut novel, The Passion of Saint-Jablonski (Silent Clamor Press, 2025) at THCC in Easthampton, along with a reading by author Joy Deva Baglio of the Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop, and music by Durk Drone.

10/18/2026

Calling all Florence Bank customers - we need your help! Florence Bank is awarding a total of $150,000 to nonprofits throughout the region, based on votes from their Bank customers, and we would like to be among the winners! We need your support. Simply follow this link to cast your vote for MCB today: www.florencebank.com/vote

10/17/2026

Massachusetts Center for the Book is hosting a Book Arts & Publishers Holiday Market during Cottage Street Open Studios on Saturday, December 5 from 1 to 6pm!

The Holiday Market will take place at: 1 Cottage Street, Suite 307, Easthampton, MA

We’re inviting independent publishers, book artists, and other bookish makers to apply to join us for a festive day of books, art, and holiday shopping. We have space for approximately 10-12 vendors.

There is no fee to apply or participate. Vendors would need to supply their own tables.

If you would like to apply, the form to do so can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd27oebfsTHf0GixZ9DNN-Lxf0X6RjM3tqqY7q3AONnc_21MA/viewform

Applications are due Monday, October 27 at 5pm. We’ll be in touch with selected vendors in early November with additional details.

10/16/2026

This year we reached out to our Mass Book Award authors and asked them to answer some questions for us. Cait Levin is the author of Imposter and the 2026 Middle Grade/YA award recipient.

10/15/2026

Deadline Extended! If you live in the following towns, we need your help documenting literary history: Arlington, Ashfield, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Deerfield, Dorchester, East Bridgewater, Gloucester, Great Barrington, Jamaica Plain, Lenox, Nantucket, Pittsfield, Provincetown, Rockport, Roxbury, Salem, Springfield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Westfield, Williamstown, Woods Hole. These photos will help us build an interactive Literary Map of MA. To sign up to take a photo for us, visit https://www.massbook.org/opportunities.

10/14/2026

Join MCB and Mass Poetry at the Boston Book Festival on October 17 for a reading with three of this year’s longlisted poets from the 2026 Mass Book Awards: Laura Cresté, Patrick Donnelly, and Carla Panciera. They’ll share poems from their longlisted collections, along with new work and poems they return to again and again as the seasons change.

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Northampton, MA
01027

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