About
The New Hampshire Book Festival is an annual statewide book festival with the mission to bring authors together with readers to celebrate literacy, conversation, and community.
October 4-5, 2024
Main Street, Concord, NH
Partners
Capitol Center for the Arts
Gibson’s Bookstore
New Hampshire Center for the Book
New Hampshire Book and Literary Festival, Inc.
Emilie Christie Burack, co-founder & President
Emilie Christie Burack is a former special events and marketing professional. Her debut novel The Runaway’s Gold (Abrams/Amulet) was a Junior Library Guild selection, winner of the New England Book Festival for Young Adult Fiction, and represented New Hampshire at the National Book Festival. She earned her AB at Mount Holyoke College and MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Sarah McCraw Crow, co-founder and Board Chair
Sarah McCraw Crow is the author of the novel The Wrong Kind of Woman (Mira/HarperCollins). Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in many publications, and she’s a graduate of Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Directors
Rebecca Atwater Briccetti, former editor and publishing professional
Samantha Henrichon, Nathan Wechsler & Co, PA
Lucy C. Hodder, Esq., professor, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Angelica M. Ladd, Communications Manager, NH Center for Nonprofits
Elaine Loft, marketing and strategic partnerships, Derryfield School
Kate Schoedinger, reading specialist, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School
Laura Simoes, executive director, Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications
Susan Zankel, licensed mental health counselor; trustee, New Hampshire Public Radio
CONTACT:
NHBF, P.O. Box 283, Contoocook, NH 03229