Boston Book Festival — Upcoming Author Events & Readings

Copley Square · Back Bay, Boston · bostonbookfest.org

2 upcoming author events and readings from Boston Book Festival, with dates, venues and ticket links taken from the organization’s own pages and refreshed weekly. All readings in Greater Boston →

Fri Oct 16 · 7:30pm

BBF Presents: An Evening with Michael Lewis

by Michael Lewis

· · 645 Boylston St · · ·

Opening night of the 2026 Boston Book Festival. Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short and Moneyball, discusses his new book Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State, an account of public servants targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency, with the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks (Memorial Days). Every ticket includes a signed hardcover of Blockers. The free festival follows in Copley Square on Saturday 17 October.

$49.87, includes a signed hardcover

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Sat Oct 17 · 10:00am

Boston Book Festival 2026

by Boston Book Festival 2026

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The Boston Book Festival returns to Copley Square, "gathering the Greater Boston community together with authors around the transformative joys of reading, the power of stories, and the exchange of ideas through a wide range of free programming." The line-up is announced nearer the date on the festival's own site.

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