New Hampshire Book Festival opens with Jeff Kinney and Jodi Picoult keynotes

The October 2–3 Concord event begins with two Friday keynotes before Saturday's free author panels.

The New Hampshire Book Festival starts in Concord on October 2 with a 10:30 a.m. children's keynote by Jeff Kinney and a 7 p.m. opening keynote by Jodi Picoult. The two-day schedule then moves to Saturday author panels and signings, listed as free and open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The organisers say more

than 50 authors and poets are taking part. The main sites are the Capitol Center for the Arts and the festival village on South Main Street. Keynotes have a separate ticket link, so readers should check the individual event requirements before assuming every session has the same entry terms. The official schedule links

to keynote tickets, the festival map and the 2026 programme. Headline image: official New Hampshire Book Festival logo.

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