Book Festival

1:00PM - 1:45PM, Tara Karr Roberts with Mary Bergman‍

Tara Karr Roberts’ lyrical debut novel Wild and Distant Seas follows four generations of women as they seek to chart their own futures. Join author Tara Karr Roberts and Nantucket historian and writer Mary Bergman to learn more about how Roberts draws inspiration from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and created a richly imaged world all her own.

‍

2:00PM- 2:45PM, Casey Sherman with Sara DiVello

Casey Sherman is a true crime author of over 10 books, most recently Hell Town: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod and A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinsel Town's Most Shocking Crime. Join Casey with fellow author and Festival co-chair Sara Divello as they investigate true crime writing and Casey's immersive books of true and thrilling nonfiction.

‍

3:00PM - 3:45PM, Katherine Howe with Tim Ehrenberg

Katherine Howe, author of A True Story and The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, specializes in historical novels set in New England, which she uses to query ideas about the contingent nature of reality and belief. Katherine and Tim Ehrenberg, Nantucket Book Foundation Board President and creator of Tim Talks Books, will take you through all her writing adventures, chat about pirates and witches, and also discuss co-writing Astor and Vanderbilt with American broadcast journalist, Anderson Cooper.

‍‍

4:00PM - 4:45PM, Gabriella Burnham with Jason Graziadei

Gabriella Burnham, a graduate of Nantucket High School, is the author of It Is Wood, It Is Stone, which was named a best book of the year by Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Publishers Weekly, and Good Housekeeping. Her new novel, Wait, takes place on Nantucket and tells the story of two sisters navigating turbulent social currents, immigration systems and more all while leaning into the bond of sisterhood. Join Gabriella in conversation with Jason Graziadei of the Nantucket Current.