The ninth annual Boston Book Festival was held on October 28 in Boston’s Copley Square. This year’s festival featured more than 75 events with 200 speakers—including a number of prominent children’s authors and illustrators—in a day of panels, workshops, live performances, and more. We’ve gathered a selection of highlights from the events.
(From l.): Libba Bray (the Diviners series), Nic Stone (Dear Martin), and E. Lockhart (Genuine Fraud) take a selfie.
M.T. Anderson, author of Landscape with Invisible Hand, delivers the YA keynote address.
Author-illustrator Peter H. Reynolds (r.) signs copies of The Dot at the Boston Public Library.
Matt de la Peña, author of Coco: Miguel and the Grand Harmony, leads a storytime event.
The Great Shelby Holmes author Elizabeth Eulberg with a fan, during the “Middle Grade: Reimagination” panel. Photo: Patricia Holliday
Aram Kim shows where South Korea is located on the globe, while sharing her new picture book, No Kimchi for Me!
Saturdays with Hitchcock author Ellen Wittlinger meets a fan.
