Our Team

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. This premier cultural event hosts 40+ nationally recognized authors for a free, all-day festival of panels, interviews, and book signings in New Hampshire’s historic capital city, Concord.

October 4-5, 2024

South Main Street, Concord, NH

NH 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

New Hampshire Book and Literary Festival, Inc.

P.O. Box 283, Contoocook, NH 03229

nhbookfest@gmail.com

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