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Yann Martel with "Son of Nobody"

Saturday, April 4, 2026

• The Music Hall Lounge

From the author of international bestseller, Life of Pi, comes a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from the perspective of two commoners: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar. Evening's Moderator: Nick Capodice, co-host of NHPR's Civics 101

Matt Haig with "The Midnight Train"

Monday, June 1, 2026

• The Historic Theater

The Midnight Train is a magical, time-traveling love story. Like The Midnight Library, it looks at questions of how to live the best life. But its answers are different. Evening's Moderator: Jackie Harris, Producer of NHPR’s Morning Edition

Maggie O'Farrell with "Land"

Friday, June 26, 2026

• The Historic Theater

The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. Evening's Moderator: Rebecca Lavoie, NHPR's Director of Podcasts & On Demand