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SEPT 13, 14 & 15, 2024

 

 

A GLIMPSE OF OUR PRESENTERS OVER THE YEARS

2023

Harvey Fierstein

Actor and author

Harvey Fierstein at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

Amanda McBroom

Cabaret Singer

Amanda McBroom at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

Scott Snyder

Comic book author – American Vampire

Scott Snyder, comic book writer best seller

2022

Nelson & Alex DeMille

Author of John Corey series and more

Paul Freedman

Food critic and author of American Cuisine

Paul Freedman, author of American Cuisine at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

Sheila Weller

Girls Like Us

Sheila Weller, author of Girls Like Us at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

2021

David Kirkpatrick

Film producer, The Queen’s Gambit

Richard Morais

The Hundred Foot Journey

Richard Morais, author of The Hundred Foot Journey, at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

John Berendt

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of-Good and Evil by John Berendt at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

2020

Gloria Steinem

author and feminist

Roz Chast

New Yorker cartoonist

Roz Chast, New Yorker cartoonist, at the MIlford Readers and Writers Festival

Samuel R. Delaney

Science Fiction author

Samuel R. Delany, science fiction author at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

2019

Anne Perry

Historical Novelist

Anne Perry, best selling historical novelist at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

Lisa Lampanelli

Comedienne

Lisa Lampanelli, comedian at the MIlford Readers and Writers Fesitval

Jack Devine, CIA

Good Hunting

Jack Devine, author of Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

2018

Alan Alda

Mash actor, Author

Alan Alda, actor, author at the MIlford Readers and Writers Festival

Frances FitzGerald

Journalist, Historian Fire, In the Lake

Frances Fitzgerald, author journalist at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

Mary Badham

Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird

Mary Badham, author, actress in To Kill a Mockingbird at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

2017

Lee Child

Jack Reacher series

Lee Child, author at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

Len & Heather Cariou

Love Letters

Lena and Heather Cariou at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

Patricia Bosworth

The Men in My Life

Patricia Bosworth, author of The Men in my Life at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

2016

Gloria Steinem

My Life on the Road

GloriaSteinem, author of My Life On the Road at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

MK Asante

BUCK A Memoir

MKAsante, author of Buck at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival

John Berendt

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt, author at the Milford Readers and Writers Festival
Illustrations by Bob Eckstein from the 2023 Festival

Bob Eckstein is an award-winning writer, New Yorker cartoonist, cartoon editor, author of The New York Times bestseller Footnotes From the World’s Greatest Bookstores. His cartoons, OpEds, and short stories appear regularly in the New York Times, New York Daily News, MAD Magazine, Barron’s, Readers Digest, The Spectator, Prospect, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Atlas Obscura, LitHub, among many others. He was a columnist for the Village Voice, New York Newsday, and TimeOut New York. He has been interviewed in over 100 TV, radio and magazine spots including Good Morning America and People magazine. He was selected Erma Bombeck Humorist of the Month.

Follow him on Twitter at @BobEckstein, Facebook Bob Eckstein and Instagram at bob_eckstein. All of his books are available on Amazon.

Readers

Building on the tradition of story telling and the participatory energy of book clubs, we invite readers to share their thoughts, with the authors.

Writers

“This festival shows us the worldwide importance of coming together to share ideas and build community.”
-Gloria Steinem

Conversation

The Milford Readers and Writers Festival aims to inspire conversations between people who love to read books and people who write them.