UPCOMING EVENTS
Belle Burden
Sat June 6th - 3pm
Winnetu Oceanside Resort
Tickets on Sale NOW
Join us for this special opening event with Belle Burden in discussion with Alexandra Styron about her bestselling memoir of a marriage. Reception to follow.
Belle Burden
Alexandra Styron
Tayari Jones
Sun July 12 - 7pm
MV Performing Arts Center
Tickets on Sale June 12, 2026
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
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
Individual tickets for each event will go on sale one month before the scheduled event date.
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 Belle Burden are not included in Sponsorship packages.
Introducing the 2026 Authors
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Introducing the 2026 Books
MV Book Festival/ MV Author Series is now on Goodreads. See all of the featured books back through 2017, follow us, track your reading, support our authors, connect with other readers. Fun!