Massachusetts

Massachusetts has a long literary tradition, and Boston is the hub of its book fair activity, hosting the Boston Book Festival each fall with a full day of author talks, panels, and family programming centered around Copley Square.

The state's dense concentration of universities, publishers, and independent bookstores supports a steady calendar of smaller readings and fairs throughout the year, particularly in Cambridge and the surrounding college towns. Genre coverage tends to lean toward literary fiction and nonfiction, though children's and young readers' programming is well represented too.