Announcing the 2025 Panel Schedule

SAT AUG 2nd 9am-4:30pm

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  • Moderated by George Gibson

    Edward Fishman, Evan Osnos, Tyler Pager and Jordan Thomas

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  • Moderated by Andrew Celli

    Steven Hahn, Andrew Lawler, Jason Stanley and Kara Swisher

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  • Moderated by Ligaya Mishan

    Julia Blanter, Jessica Harris, Eric Kim and Steven Satterfield

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  • Moderated by Michele Norris

    Nicholas Boggs, Martha Jones, Joseph Lee and Danzy Senna

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  • Moderated by Ron Charles

    Susan Dominus, Elinor Lipman, Adam Ross and Safiya Sinclair

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  • Moderated by Barbara Phillips

    Jaz Brisack, Rebecca Grant, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Wally Lamb

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  • Moderated by Lawrence O'Donnell

    Jonathan Capehart, Chris Hayes, Ashley Parker and Maria Sacchetti

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All panels on Saturday are FREE with open seating: first come, first seated. MVBF Sponsors have a special reserved section.

Each panel will include time for audience questions.

Authors will sign their books in the Book Signing Tent following their panel.

All festival books will be on sale in the Book Sales Tent.

All panels held on the grounds of the Chilmark Community Center.

To add a panel to your own calendar, click on the panel title in this calendar.