Montclair Literary Festival


Welcome to Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival!



We are excited to announce that the eighth annual Montclair Literary Festival will take place from Saturday April 27 to Saturday May 4, 2024. We will have TWO Festival Days, with events held at partner Montclair State University and downtown Montclair.We are finalizing all events, for two great days of talks and discussions on both Saturdays along with evening events during the week-with some of the best authors in the country! Confirmed authors include Ruth Reichl, Frank Bruni, David Baldacci, Caroline Leavitt, Carlos LozadaLauren Grodstein, Nell Irvin Painter w/ Montclair Public Library Open Book Open Mind, Amitava KumarMelissa RiveroGina ChungAnastasia RubisAnnell López, Karen ValbyNell Freudenberger, well-known longtime festival attendees Joyce Carol Oates and Jonathan Santlofer and many, more!
Our first event of the year will be National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rebecca Makkai talking about her New York Times bestseller I Have Some Questions for You with award-winning and bestselling author of The Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers author Julie Otsuka. Tickets available here.
The following are confirmed for the festival week and beyond!
Saturday April 27  David Baldacci A Calamity of Souls
Tuesday April 30  Viet Thanh Nguyen A Man with Two Faces
Wednesday May 1  Ruth Reichl The Paris Novel 
Thursday May 2  Montclair Story Salon event
Friday May 3  Frank Bruni The Age of Grievance
5/4 Karen Valby 'Swans of Harlem'
5/14 Harlan Coben 'Think Twice'
6/11 Erik Larson 'The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War'
9/25 Nicholas D Kristof 'Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life' with the Montclair Public Library Open Book Open Mind
Any questions, please get in contact with us at montclairliteraryfestival@gmail.com.

Rebecca Makkai talking about her book I Have Some Questions for You on February 22, 2024.
Do you want to become a 2024 Literary Festival sponsor?
Sponsorships start at $500 and include books, preferential seating, meet and greets, VIP receptions, and more!
Find out here how you can keep our programming free for all. 

The Montclair Literary Festival is a community-wide event that aims to exchange ideas, inspire future literary works and engage with different points of view. Working closely with the Montclair Public Library, Watchung Booksellers and a team of local volunteers, the festival will also generate lasting connections between arts institutions, the schools and the community, benefiting a broad cross-section of participants and attendees. We welcome Montclair residents to get involved by sponsoring, volunteering or joining a committee.

Our 2023 program included Margo Jefferson, Eliza Reid, Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Deb Perelman, Anne Berest, Chita Rivera, Warren Zanes, Mary Louise Kelly, Matthew Salesses, Tyriek White, Joyce Maynard, Eliza Minot, Jeff Sharlet, Jai Chakrabarti, Brooke Kroeger, Kate Zernike, Lisa Belkin, Alice Winn, Jenny Jackson, Jake Bittle, and so many more. We have planned events in the Fall with Colson Whitehead and Tracy K. Smith.