MLF 2019

A NIGHT OF WORDS AND MUSIC with Zara Phillips, Richard Thompson, and Warren Zanes. An intimate, limited-capacity evening featuring three musicians who write songs and prose. Zara Phillips, Richard Thompson, and Warren Zanes, all of whom share a connection to Montclair, will take turns reading from their written work and performing a few of their songs. While some words become ...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show's debut, two renowned television critics have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, essays, and interviews about the seminal series. The Sopranos Sessions is the ultimate insider’s guide to the groundbreaking series that changed television history. Tonight, author Alan Sepinwall talks with Dalton Ross, Executive Editor of Entertainment Weekly, ...

Sigrid Nunez and her editor Sarah McGrath discuss her National Book Award winning novel, a moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. Find out why, 8 books later, The Friend made Nunez an overnight literary sensation. “The intensity and elegance of The Friend mean two things: you cannot put it down and you will cry. In a novel ...

In Nathan Englander’s latest novel, when Larry’s father dies, he turns to the website kaddish.com for help reciting the Jewish prayer for the dead. The celebrated Pulitzer finalist and prize-winning author of Dinner at the Center of the Earth, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank etc. talks with novelist Julie Orringer (The Flight Portfolio) about his satirical tale of atonement, spiritual redemption, and the temptations of the internet.   ...

We are excited to welcome the universally acclaimed New Jersey novelist Joyce Carol Oates to Montclair for a conversation with artist and author Jonathan Santlofer about her latest work, including the dystopian tale of resistance, Hazards of Time Travel. The two writers will also discuss their respective memoirs of love, loss, and self-discovery: A Widow's Story and The Widower's Notebook, exploring how they each responded to the loss of ...

Join festival authors and supporters for jazz, drinks and light refreshments to celebrate the third Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival. Round off the day in style while supporting Succeed2gether’s important work to close the education achievement gap. Tickets $40 All sales are final - there are no refunds.