The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library present CFA Mystery Night 2025, moderated by Kate Flora! This year's event features authors Nicole Asselin, Richard Cass, and Kim Herdman Shapiro. Kate Flora's fascination with people's criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general's office. Deadbeat dads, child abusers, and employment discrimination aroused her curiosity about […]

Join National Book Award long-listed author Marcella Pixley to celebrate the launch of her newest middle-grade book, Neshama, with an author talk, reading, and book signing. "Anna sees ghosts. The spirits of her ancestors call to her from the shadows, and no matter where she is, Anna always answers. Kids in her middle school tease […]

Join author Karen Kirsten in Conversation with Jennifer S. Brown for a discussion of her new book Irena's Gift. A 2025 National Jewish Book Award Finalist that judges described as “reads like a thriller,” and winner of Zibby Awards for Best Family Drama & Best Story of Overcoming, IRENA’S GIFT explores how hidden histories can […]

Join us as we conclude the 2025 Concord Festival of Authors with celebrated author Cass Sunstein! Mr. Sunstein is author of hundreds of articles and dozens of books, including Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler, 2008), Simpler: The Future of Government (2013), The Ethics of Influence (2015), #Republic (2017), […]