StoryFest will return for its eighth edition in 2025, October 13-20, with another accomplished lineup featuring some of the leading lights in letters.
StoryFest is The Westport Library’s annual literary festival and one of the largest annual literary festivals in the Northeast. Past participants include Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie), Isaac Fitzgerald (Dirtbag, Massachusetts), Roxane Gay (Bad Feminist), Victoria Kann (Pinkalicious), Angie Kim (Happiness Falls), Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians), Saeed Jones (How We Fight for Our Lives), Caroline Kepnes (You), Michael Lewis (The Big Short), Claire Messud (The Emperor’s Children), Naomi Novik (the Temeraire series), Jason Reynolds (Ghost), and R.L. Stine (Goosebumps).
The 2025 edition of StoryFest begins Monday, October 13, with the debut of Oscar-nominated Julian Brave NoiseCat’s highly anticipated memoir, We Survived the Night. On Friday, October 17, we kickoff StoryFest Weekend with a special screening of Bonnie Blue: James Cotton’s Life in the Blues, followed by a concert by the James Montgomery Blues Band with SNL Beehive Queen Christine Ohlman featuring songs from the film. A full day of panel discussions, author signings, book talks, and podcast recordings featuring more than 30 authors awaits on Saturday, October 18. And StoryFest 2025 wraps up Monday, October 20, with the 10th anniversary celebration of Shonda Rhimes’ memoir, Year of Yes.
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Like all good ideas, StoryFest was born in a coffee shop: “Wouldn’t it be cool if we brought back a literary festival to Westport?” That initial seed grew with the help of equally enthusiastic partners and friends. And it was born out of that most basic of library tenets: Access for all.
Now entering its eighth year, StoryFest is proud to be the largest annual literary festival in Connecticut.
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