The Nantucket Book Festival seeks to ignite the spark that turns readers into book lovers. We want to bottle the wonderful feeling of falling into a story for the first time – when the world fades away, and you feel less alone in the universe.

As our nonprofit foundation runs literacy programs and author events year-round, we celebrate the enduring power of books to teach, transport, and connect us to each other. Our island is small, but the tales told here ripple outwards across the sea.

Join us at the festival and beyond! With every book we give to a child and every reader we welcome, we build community on Nantucket one story at a time.