Thomas Dresser, in his new book The Rise of Tourism on Martha’s Vineyard, explores the dream of coming to the Island.
This June Nicholas Basbanes published a definitive study of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called Cross of Snow.
Holding true to tradition, the Martha’s Vineyard Author Series is set to kick-off its biennial programming on July 30, however this summer the event...
A new novel for young readers, Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte, brings to life an often-overlooked era of Martha’s Vineyard history, when deaf...
In 1983 when Shirley Mayhew of West Tisbury was 58, she decided it was time to experience travel as more than a tourist.
Lindsey Davis, the main character in Julia Spiro’s debut novel Someone Else’s Secret, is at loose ends in 2009.
Scholarships for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) writers are available for an upcoming workshop on young adult fiction.
In her new book, Tess Bramhall pays tribute to 21 of the Island’s most beautiful protected places.
Fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction readings and workshops take place online from June 29 through July 3.
The West Tisbury Library's online summer reading programs for children, young adults and adults begin June 29.
The West Tisbury Library introduces a new, online children's storytime, focused on social justice, on June 8.
All six Martha's Vineyard libraries will begin offering contactless pick-ups next week. Book drops are open now.

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Arts Briefs

The annual July 4 reading of a Frederick Douglass speech at Inkwell Beach in Oak Bluffs will take place online this year.

A five-week online workshop titled Poetry in Love with the Ordinary is sponsored by the Noepe Center for Literary Arts at Featherstone.

Community members read short original prose pieces for an internet audience April 13 at 7 p.m., as the West Tisbury Library’s monthly Writers Read...

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