Thank you to all the volunteers who’ve signed up for a shift at the 2026 festival! And there’s still time to register–volunteers are the engine that drives the weekend event! Without our volunteers, there would be no festival. Check out these roles and choose the one that best fits your personality. Most volunteer shifts last only two to three hours, which leaves plenty of time to enjoy the free Saturday festival…

The 2026 NH Book Festival is coming into focus, with a full roster of novelists, nonfiction authors, poets, picture-book authors, and more, from all over the country…

The NH Book Festival is counting the days until Jodi Picoult, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of 31 novels and the festival’s 2026 Keynote Author, will discuss her September 2026 release, Hollow Bones. She’ll be in conversation with NHPR’s Rebecca Lavoie at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord on Friday, October 2.

For Picoult’s fans, her well-researched, emotionally charged works of fiction are nearly impossible to put down, and Hollow Bones promises to be the same…

We’re excited to feature New Hampshire’s independent bookstores. This month, we visited Innisfree Bookshop in Meredith.

Each year, nearly 100 volunteers are the engine that propels the annual book festival through two days of activities. If you’d like to meet the authors, or meet bookish new friends, we would love your help!

Join NHBF board members and friends at Gibson’s Bookstore on Main Street on Thursday, July 16, at 5:30 PM to meet Harry Bliss, New Yorker cartoonist and author.

This will be the final opportunity to purchase a raffle ticket to have your pet featured in a cartoon penned by Bliss, with a quip by Steve Martin (yes, THE Steve Martin). The raffle supports the New Hampshire Book Festival, helping to keep the Saturday festival free.

Looking for a book to add to your beach bag? Check out our Summer Reading List curated by friends of the NH Book Festival.

We’re excited to feature New Hampshire’s independent bookstores. This month, we visited Still North Books in Hanover.

The New Hampshire Book Festival is proud to take part in NH Gives, the state’s largest day of online giving, June 9-10. We hope you’ll take a minute to join us in this day of generosity. A gift in any amount makes a difference!

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We’re excited to feature New Hampshire’s independent bookstores. This month, we visited Toadstool Bookshops.

The phenomenal Jeff Kinney, author of 31 Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, will not only be the festival’s 2026 Keynote for Schoolchildren on Friday, October 2 — an already sold-out show — he’s returning on Saturday, October 3, for a family event that promises to be visual, kinetic, interactive, and fun-filled.

Designed with high-energy, child-focused engagement in mind, Kinney’s live events are packed with unforgettable surprises and interactive moments for young readers…

Each year, more 100 volunteers generously give their time and talents at the NH Book Festival. The two-day event relies on their energy and enthusiasm—we really couldn’t do it without them! 

We’re so thankful for our volunteers we’re proud to shine a spotlight on Tracey Hughes…