UPCOMING EVENTS
Tayari Jones
Sun July 12 - 7pm
MV Performing Arts Center
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Join us for a special evening with TIME100 honoree and award-winning novelist Tayari Jones in conversation with acclaimed journalist Michele Norris.
Tayari Jones
Michele Norris
Jill Biden
Thur July 16 - 7pm
MV Performing Arts Center
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A candid conversation with Jill Biden about her White House years and new memoir, View From the East Wing, in discussion with Sunny Hostin, ABC News Legal Analyst and co-host of The View.
Presenting an Outstanding
2026 Martha’s Vineyard Author Series!
Featuring some of the country’s leading voices in literature, culture and politics. Author talks run throughout the summer beginning on Saturday June 6 and continuing through July and August.
All events begin at 7pm, unless otherwise noted
Sponsorship packages are available now. A sponsorship guarantees your place at every event — no waiting for ticket sales, confirmed reserved front section seating, and a signed copy of each featured book. Sponsors are essential to bringing some of the most influential voices in politics, culture, and literature to the island — and to continuing the tradition of a free Martha's Vineyard Book Festival in alternating years. Be a part of it. *Tickets to Christin Geall are not included in Sponsorship packages.
Introducing the 2026 Authors
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Introducing the 2026 Books
Carry your stuff in style!
Martha's Vineyard Author Series 2026 Canvas Tote
$20.00
Limit 3 per order
This sturdy canvas tote features a hand-illustrated design of Quitsa Pond in Chilmark — a keepsake from the 2026 Author Series. Roomy enough for your haul from the book table, beautiful enough to use all summer long.
All totes will be shipped. They will also be available to purchase on-site at each Author Series event.
