NHBF board member and editor Rebecca Briccetti shares her appreciation for Wendell Berry’s poem “On the Peace of Wild Things.”

This spring, NHBF welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors. Both bring a wealth of experience, an abiding interest in literature, and significant connections in their New Hampshire communities. 

Announcing Jodi Picoult as the 2026 New Hampshire Book Festival keynote. Join her Oct 2 in Concord to discuss her new novel Hollow Bones.

Shaheen & Gordon has supported the NH Book Festival since 2024, our inaugural year. We’re delighted to announce the law firm has stepped up to be our 2026 Hospitality Sponsor. With this vital sponsorship, the festival can welcome its 50+ authors…

We’re excited to feature New Hampshire’s independent bookstores. This month, we visited Morgan Hill Bookstore in New London, NH.

… When I picked up The Gales of November by John U. Bacon, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. What I found was an engrossing, deeply human story about the legendary SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the communities that depended on Great Lakes shipping, and the storm that changed everything.

Here’s why this is a five-star read for me…

The New Hampshire Book Festival is thrilled to announce that the phenomenal Jeff Kinney, author of 31 Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, will be the festival’s 2026 Keynote for Schoolchildren. Kinney will appear at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord on Friday, October 2.

The NH Book Festival is proud to support nonprofit organizations that share our goal of creating literary experiences for NH schoolchildren, especially from underserved communities. Over the last three years, we have been honored to work alongside The Children’s Literary Foundation, The Children’s Literary Foundation (CLiF).

We’re excited to feature New Hampshire’s independent bookstores.

We’re excited to feature New Hampshire’s independent bookstores.

Congratulations to our 2025 Survey Raffle Winners!