Exeter LitFest Full Schedule

EXETER LITFEST SCHEDULE: Saturday April 1, 2023

Exeter Town Hall – Free & Open to the Public

(Full author bios at www.ExeterLitFest.com )

12-12:45 PM Keynote Speaker:

Rabia Chaudry, true-crime podcaster & author of Fatty Fatty Boom Boom & Adnan’s Story. In discussion with Lara Bricker. (Book signing follows 12:45–1:30pm)

1:00 to 1:45 PM Upstairs Gallery:

POETRY READING: Diannely Antigua and Ralph Sneeden, with a tribute to the late Exeter poet, Harvey Shepard. Moderated by Todd Hearon.

2:00 to 2:45 PM Downstairs:

AUTHOR TALK: Keith O’Brien, author of Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe, in conversation with The Rev. Heidi Carrington Heath.

2:00 to 2:45 PM Upstairs Gallery:

POETRY: Arts in Action: Celebrating Poetic Possibilities - Exeter High School teachers Dennis Magliozzi and Kristina Peterson. A selection of high school students will share their slam and spoken word poetry. Introduction by Jack Herney.

3:00 to 3:45 PM Downstairs:

AUTHOR PANEL: Memory and Mystery - Novelists Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals, and Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets We Kept. Moderated by Katie Adams.

3:00 to 3:45 PM Upstairs Gallery:

AUTHOR PANEL: Preserving Family Histories – Learn how to write your story with June Fabre, James Nealon, and Tom Tufts. Moderated by Renay Allen / Peg Aaronian.

4:00- 4:45 PM Downstairs:

AUTHOR TALK: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, UNH Physicist & author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred. In discussion with PEA’s Frances Johnson.

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• Don’t forget to visit our free bookswap table. More info at www.ExeterLitFest.com
• Exeter LitFest 2023 is in partnership with the Exeter Public Library - Hosting events for Teens and Kids all day Saturday!
• Exeter LitFest 2023 is in partnership with “Mila” by The White Apron - Hosting our Gatsby 1920’s Speakeasy fundraiser on Friday.
• For even more fun, visit these Exeter restaurants having LitFest “1920’s” specials:

Ambrose/ Otis

Cornicello

Czar’s Brewing

Sawbelly Pub

Vino e Vivo

Exeter LitFest is a 501(c)3 non profit. Donations accepted at our website www.ExeterLitFest.com