“Obama spoke about her family’s long relationship with the Island, recalling first visiting with Barack while they were dating and later watching Malia and Sasha grow up coming here: forming friendships, gaining independence, and experiencing calmer moments of childhood away from the extraordinary attention surrounding their family.

“This place is magic to our family,” Obama said. “I mean, it really is.”

— Sharisse Scott-Rawlins, Vineyard Gazette, August 24, 2026

“One of the great things about storytelling, one of the great things about writing novels, is that for the period of time that you’re working on any given novel…one of the things that I loved about it most was that I could forget all about myself while I was dealing with these characters.”

— Charles Leitner, Vineyard Gazette, August 22, 2026

“Still, the conversation, while lively, informative, and thought-provoking (as noted in the questions from the audience about the country’s past, present, and future) only scratched at the surface of Robinson’s exhaustive, yet inspiring, research and truly gifted storytelling in “Freedom Lost, Freedom Won.”

— Robin Rivera, MV Times, August 20, 2026

“Ms. Haberman new book is called Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, which she co-wrote with Jonathan Swan, a White House reporter for the New York Times who also covers President Trump. She spoke at the Martha’s Vineyard Author Series on Sunday in conversation with Mark Leibovich, an author and staff writer at the Atlantic.”

— Haley Sandlow, Vineyard Gazette, August 3, 2026

“A few pictures in her most recent book, Art Work: On the Creative Life, provide glimpses into the magpie-like way she collects images, and how she lives in and amongst them. One picture from years ago shows a wall of thumbtacked reference images, some her own test prints, some pages torn from books — with her son doing his homework nearby.”

— Vivian Ewing, Vineyard Gazette, July 23, 2026

“Ms. Biden best-selling book chronicles her time in the White House with former President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025. She spoke to a nearly sold-out crowd at the high school's performing arts center as part of the Martha’s Vineyard Author Series.”

— Emma Kilbride, Vineyard Gazette, July 20, 2026

“In conversation with author Alexandra Styron, Ms. Burden spoke in front of a packed audience at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort about the genesis of Strangers and the aftermath of its release. The memoir has spent 20 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.”

- Haley Sandlow, Vineyard Gazette, June 9, 2026

“The Martha’s Vineyard Author Series lineup this year includes 11 authors, spanning themes of free speech, racial justice and culture.”

- Vineyard Gazette, May 13, 2026

“The Martha’s Vineyard book festival celebrated its 20th anniversary over the weekend doing what it does best — bringing authors and readers together to discuss literature and ideas as well as inspire one another.”

— Addison Antonoff and Katrina Liu, Vineyard Gazette, Aug 5, 2025

“There is a relationship formed between reader and literature, one that deepens as the journey from cover to cover takes place... For those who are under its spell, nothing else compares...

Here on the Vineyard ... there is a chance to rekindle that bond thanks to the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival, where readers and authors leave the page and spend time together in real life, listening, asking questions, learning and being inspired anew.”

— Bill Eville, Vineyard Gazette, July 25, 2025