Some books require research, the writer visiting archives and interviewing all manner of people.

The biennial Martha's Vineyard Book Festival takes place August 5 and 6 on the Chilmark Community Center grounds, with an opening event on August 4 hosted by comedian Seth Meyers and journalist Kara Swisher.

After seven decades as a published poet, literary wife and mother, international human rights activist and famed Vineyard hostess, Rose Styron has a wealth of stories to tell.

Setting them down in writing, however, had never appealed to her.

When Tamara Weiss and Amanda Benchley set out to write a book about Vineyard artists, they were determined to not just capture the beauty of the Island and its people.

Crafted from 10 years of essays written for the Gazette, at its heart Bill Eville's new book is a memoir about fatherhood.

For four days in two locations, 22 of the country’s leading authors and thinkers gathered for the biennial Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival.

A book festival audience turned out Friday evening for a panel discussion on the Martha’s Vineyard Museum lawn with three of the country’s leading journalists.

After nearly 20 years working in economic policy, Heather McGhee realized she needed a different approach to understand the fault lines of American division.

Walter Isaacson suggests that if one is searching for a summer read, a nail-biting mystery perhaps, his latest biography on the woman behind gene editing is the way to go.

When Andrew Marantz, a New Yorker staff writer, attended the “DeploraBall” on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2016, he didn’t expect there to be good company.