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Local Author Fair

Local Author Fair
2025-03-15 11:00:00 2025-03-15 14:00:00 America/New_York Local Author Fair Visit the library to meet local authors, learn about their books, and buy signed copies! Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall

Saturday, March 15
11:00am - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-15 11:00:00 2025-03-15 14:00:00 America/New_York Local Author Fair Visit the library to meet local authors, learn about their books, and buy signed copies! Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall Library

Memorial Hall

Visit the library to meet local authors, learn about their books, and buy signed copies!

Ten local authors will be in the library for this drop-in author fair. Visit authors in Memorial Hall to chat with them about their books, find great new reads, and learn about the local literary talent from Andover and the surrounding area.

This fair will highlight books written for adults. Authors will have copies of their books to sell, accepted payment methods may vary.

We will be joined by:

  • Laura Brown/Miri White
  • Shawn Burke
  • Bob Frishman
  • Jolene Grace
  • E.H. Jacobs
  • Christopher Klein
  • Robert MacDougall
  • Katie Simons McCarty
  • Michael Sinclair
  • Marina Villa

At this point all spaces are full, but interested authors can reach out to Nicole at nkramer@mhl.org to be included in communications for future author fairs and programming opportunities.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Library Program--Adults |

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