Schedule of Events:

Children’s Lit Fest:

Sensory Friendly Story Time, 10:00–10:20 a.m. — CLC, Room 201 (2nd floor)

Story time, 10:30–11:30 a.m. — CLC Great Room
Cathy Ballou Mealey, Make More S’mores
Lori Haskins Hourhan, Jane Goodall: A Little Golden Biography
Scott Magoon, Illustrator of Rocket Ship, Solo Trip

Crafts, snacks, & book signings,  11:30– noon — CLC Great Room

Location: Community Life Center, 401 Bridge Street, Salem, MA

Young Adult Sessions:

2:30 p.m. Here there be… A YA Fantasy Panel
Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist
Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter
Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn
Sophie Kim, Wrath of the Talon

3:30 p.m. Up All Night: A YA Horror Panel
Kelly Andrew, Your Blood, My Bones
Ashia Monet, All These Sunken Souls
Erica Waters, All That Consumes Us

Location: Salem State University, Berry Library, 4 College Drive, Salem, MA

Adult Author Panels and Conversations:

10:00 In Conversation: Margot Livesey and Suzanne Berne
Margot Livesey, The Road from Belhaven
Suzanne Berne, The Blue Window

11:30 a.m. Romance: Rekindling the Flame
Betty Cayouette, One Last Shot
Jilly Gagnon, Love You, Mean It
Moderator: Adriana Mather, Mom Com
Marion McNabb, Some Doubt About It

1:00 p.m. Micro Marvels: Thirty Tiny Works of Literary Art from Molecule and Five Minutes
Molecule and Five Minutes are two journals dedicated to short pieces of writing. Very short. Molecule, out of Salem State University, publishes everything from poetry to plays … all 50 words or less. Five Minutes, also based in Salem, gives writers twice that, 100 words, but they have to focus on very short moments of time. Writers for both journals will gather at Lit Fest to share their tiny pieces with you. Don’t miss this fast-moving, high-energy, word-nerdy event!

 2:00 p.m. Life in Small Doses: Short Stories Reflecting Change
Moderator: JoeAnn Hart, High Wire Act
Daphne Kalotay, The Archivists
Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
Shubha Sunder, Boomtown Girl

3:30 p.m.  A Suspenseful Conversation: Peter Swanson and Karen Dionne
Karen Dionne, The Marsh King’s Daughter
Peter Swanson,  A Talent for Murder

Location: Salem Five Community Room, 208 Essex Street, Salem, MA

Evening Session:

5:30 p.m. The Play’s the Thing: Acting, Authenticity, & Audiobooks —How Human Narrators Bring Stories to Life

See and hear what goes into the crafting of an audiobook performance.  Join us for live readings directed by Carol Monda, narrator of over 400 audiobooks and winner of multiple Audie and Earphones Awards. Performing will be award-winning New England-based narrators including: Chris Andrew Ciulla, LaNecia Edmonds, E.J. Lavery and Sara Sheckells.

Location: Gulu-Gulu Café, 247  Essex Street, Salem, MA