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Brattleboro Literary Festival

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The 2026 Festival will take place October 16-17, 2026 in downtown Brattleboro, VT. All events are free and open to the public. Please see our link tree for more information: linktr.ee/thebrattleboroliteraryfes…

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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Please follow along on our Instagram account (@brattleborolitfest) and Facebook account (www.facebook.com/share/19H7Fd...) for the 25th Anniversary of the #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival!
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Please join us for tomorrow evening's cocktail hour with #MichaelPatrickCullinane. It's free and online! We look forward to hearing more about his research and newest book about #TheodoreRoosevelt. #AuthorTalk #BookTalk #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #Literary
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sign up today for this Friday's cocktail hour! #History #Roosevelt #TheodoreRoosevelt #FreeEvent #BookTalk #Books #Author #AuthorTalks
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Join us for the upcoming July cocktail hour with @mikecullinane.bsky.social next week! Sign up today!
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Brattleboro Literary Festival is an annual three-day festival founded in 2002. The Festival will host #TheodoreRoosevelt #scholar #MichaelCullinane for a virtual cocktail hour, Friday, July 10 at 5:00pm(EST). The event is FREE & open to the public. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We will host Hal Philips for a virtual cocktail hour tomorrow (6.11.26) @ 5:00pm (EST). The event is FREE & open to the public. In Sibling Rivalry, Phillips investigates the intense, complex associations between two countries, both on & off the field. bit.ly/BrattLitJune #Soccer #Books #Author #FIFA
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hal Phillips and the Sibling Rivalry: U.S. & Mexico Contentious Soccer Feud. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webi...
For you soccer fans—or as it’s known in the rest of the world, football—the World Cup is being hosted in North America this year: Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The first of the many matches will be in ...
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Please join us this Thursday evening! #Football #Soccer #FIFA #WorldCup #Futbol #SiblingRivalry #HalPhilips #Mexico #US #UnitedStates
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We will host Hal Philips for a virtual cocktail hour on Thursday, June 11 at 5:00pm (EST). The event is FREE and open to the public. In Sibling Rivalry, Phillips investigates the intense, complex associations between two countries, both on & off the field. bit.ly/BrattLitJune #Soccer #Books #Author
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We hope you will join us on May 13th at 5pm (EST) for our Literary Cocktail Hour featuring James Schiff and Michael Updike. #BookTalk #AuthorTalk #VirtualEvent #Free #JohnUpdike #Literature #Books #CocktailHour #Brattleboro #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We were so saddened to learn of the death of Tracy Kidder. He read at the festival several times, most recently in 2023. A brilliant writer…he will be missed. You can see his interview with Robbie Gamble here: youtu.be/JNLoIBIYe98?...
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Brattleboro Literary Festival: Rough Sleepers– Tracy Kidder & Robbie Gamble
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Thank you to The Commons for the shout-out about this Friday's Cocktail Hour! www.commonsnews.org/issue/856/85... #BrattleboroCocktailHour #JaneBorden @janeborden.bsky.social #Nonfiction
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us this Friday! Please sign up below. #LiteraryCocktailHour @janeborden.bsky.social #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #NonFiction
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Coming up soon! Please join us on Friday, March 13th at 5pm. #Books #Nonfiction #JaneBorden #CocktailHour #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Learn more about our first cocktail hour of 2026 here: reformer.com share.google/XkNnO2PAP9My... @adacalhoun.bsky.social #JessicaAnthony #BookTalk #Fiction #Brattleboro #TheBrattleboroReformer #CocktailHour #Crush #TheMost #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Join us for the March 2026 Brattleboro Literary Festival's Literary #CocktailHour on Friday March 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM featuring author @janeborden.bsky.social with Stephanie Greene! Please register here: bit.ly/BrattLitMar2... #AuthorTalk #FreeEvent #NonFiction #Author #Brattleboro #JaneBorden
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Your donations are crucial to allow us to present the annual Brattleboro Literary Festival and other events throughout the year. We can’t do it without you! share.google/pR08QsLKTjgB... #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #Books #NonFiction #Fiction #Poetry #Brattleboro #Vermont
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Please share the word and join us this Thursday night!
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A Literary Cocktail Hour with Ada Calhoun and Jessica Anthony! Thursday, February 12 at 5:00 pm. Online, free and open to the public! Register here…. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #adacalhoun #jessicaanthony #literary #books #fiction #novels #freeevent
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Brattleboro Retreat @brattlebororetreat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Recorded at the 2025 @vtbookfest.bsky.social, this ep. of Unravelling features Betsy Lerner on writing, bipolar disorder, and family. She talks journaling, diagnosis, finding the right care, and her novel Shred Sisters, an exploration of survival and sisterhood. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Shred Sisters: Understanding Bipolar Disorder through Literature and Lived Experience
Podcast Episode · Unravelling · 01/28/2026 · 36m
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
So glad to see so many of our 2025 #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival authors on this list! @adacalhoun.bsky.social #AriaAber #OceanVuong #RobFranklin The 29 Best Fiction Books of 2025, According to Editors www.elle.com/culture/book...
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The Best Literary Novels of 2025 That You Might’ve Missed
Editor favorites included fiction from Addie E. Citchens, Kiran Desai, Charlotte McConaghy, and more.
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
@samsussman.bsky.social released his autobiographical novel, “Boy From the North Country,” in which he pondered his affinity for the singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. (Credit...Daniel Weiss for The New York Times) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/a...
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64 Visuals That Defined the Year in Arts
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
It is so exciting to see 2025 Brattleboro Literary Festival author Jonas Hassen Khemiri's book The Sisters on this The New York Times Best Books of 2025 list! Wow! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Congratulations to 2025 Brattleboro Literary Festival author #MarcyDermansky whose book #HotAir was included on this list of the best book covers of 2025 The New York Times #bookcoverdesign #NewYorkTimes www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b...
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The Best Book Covers of 2025
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The Night Book @nightbook.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I used to do author and celebrity interviews for my job, but official nonsense made me stop. I decided to start up again for myself... so here's @adacalhoun.bsky.social: www.tutorialsmith.info/adacalhoun.h...
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What Are You Reading? Ada Calhoun Edition
A short interview with author Ada Calhoun!
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The Night Book @nightbook.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Thanks to the @vtbookfest.bsky.social I was able to interview author Marcy Dermansky! #Books #Reading #BookList #ReadingList #MarcyDermansky
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With the release of her sixth novel, Hot Air, Marcy Dermansky is off on the literary festival circuit yet again. I caught up with the author and editor at the 2025 Brattleboro Literary Festival in...
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Please remember and let others know that we're seeking your feedback about this year's festival! If you attended and/or watched the recordings on our YouTube channel, please let us know what you thought about the festival as a whole along with the individual sessions. #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival recordings are live on our #YouTube channel. Please keep an eye out for all of the videos here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Books #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry #Brattleboro #NewEngland #Vermont
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Brattleboro Literary Festival 2025: 24th Annual Festival - YouTube
Videos coming soon and below is a sample: Ocean Vuong on his new novel, “Emperor of Gladness,” a New York Times bestseller that was chosen for Oprah’s Book C...
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The 2025 #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival 's Books to Looks Fashion Show is live on #YouTube. Enjoy! #Books #Fashion #Brattleboro #Vermont youtu.be/wn8W5QEt2zk?...
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Brattleboro Literary Festival: Books to Looks - A Fashion Show
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Thank you again for joining us this year for our 24th annual #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival! We'd love to hear from you and see what you loved and how we might make improvements for future events. Please take a minute and fill out this quick survey for us: bit.ly/LitFestSurve... #Vermont #BookFestival
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Brattleboro Literary Festival 2025 Audience Survey-Tell us what you think .
If you were able to attend the Festival October 17-19 we would appreciate you completing this SHORT, EASY ten question survey and give us any comments on what you experienced at the Festival.
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Congratulations #RobFranklin! #MedalForExcellenceInFiction #Fiction #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #GreatBlackHope @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @ala-booklist.bsky.social #2026LonglistSelection
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A snippet from Doctors @tiyamiles.bsky.social and #NellPainter's panel on Sunday morning at #TheStoneChurch in #DowntowmBrattleboro youtu.be/sje88KMrSw4?... #Nonfiction #AuthorPanel #Vermont #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival
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October 19, 2025
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Do you have photos or videos from this past weekend of the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival? Please be sure to share and tag us! We're on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram. #Books #Authors #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry #Vermont #DowntownBrattleboro
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Please enjoy @carablueadams.bsky.social and #OceanVuong in conversation from this past weekend's #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival www.youtube.com/live/1h4Jygl... #Fiction #AuthorTalks #AuthorPanel #TheEmperorOfGladness #Vermont #Brattleboro
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2025 Brattleboro Literary Festival: The Emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong with Cara Blue Adams
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thank you to all of our amazing authors, attendees, sponsors, advertisers, & volunteers! This past weekend was truly spectacular! Please keep an eye on our account as we will announce when the recordings of the events have been made available on our YouTube channel. #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Please join us for the final day of the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival in #DowntownBrattleboro. The two event locations will be The Stone Church & Brooks Memorial Library, both on Main St. All events are free & open to the public. We look forward to seeing you soon! #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Tomorrow, Sunday, October 19th will be the final day of the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival! You won't want to miss it! Featuring authors like @paullisicky.bsky.social @tiyamiles.bsky.social @mdermansky.bsky.social @adacalhoun.bsky.social and more! The events are free and open to the public!
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Please join us today! We've got a bevy of amazing author events today in #DowntownBrattleboro that are free and open to the public! #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #Books #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry #AuthorReadings #AuthorSignings #BookSignings #Vermont
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Thank you all for helping us kick off the weekend in style with the #BooksToLooks and #SciFi panel featuring @sallywenmao.bsky.social @timweedwriter.bsky.social and #AllegraHyde! youtu.be/pRFORJ_w_qQ?... #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #Books #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry
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Books to Looks Runway Finale of the Brattleboro Literary Festival First Session.
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Who's ready to buy some books?! We have two great independent bookstores who have partnered with the festival to make your book shopping easy and convenient! We really appreciate you showing them support this weekend. Thank you Toadstool Bookstore and Wild Book Company! You're the best!
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This Saturday's line up is going to be fabulous! The #2025BrattleboroLiterary Festival is free & open to the public. Please see our line up via the photos attached along with times and locations. The full and up to date schedule can be found on our website (link in bio). #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Please join us tonight at 118 Elliot St in #DowntownBrattleboro for the kickoff events of the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival! All events are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30. #BooksToLooks @sallywenmao.bsky.social @timweedwriter.bsky.social #AllegraHyde #SciFi #Fiction #Vermont
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Please join us this weekend! Learn more about the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival from the #DowntownBrattleboro Instagram account: www.instagram.com/stories/down... #Books #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry #Vermont
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We kick off the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival tomorrow evening! All Friday events will be held at 118 Elliot. The festivities begin at 6:45pm with a #BooksToLooks #FashionShow in collaboration with Kate Trzaskos from Curated Thrift & Style.
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"Avid readers can rejoice and revel in their bookworm tendencies when the region’s largest literary festival returns this weekend to keep the pages turning as fast as the color-drenched October leaves." gannett.mynews360.com/news/606297/... #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #Vermont #Books #October
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Literary Festival Attracts an Array of Authors to Brattleboro
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Two Vermont Book Fests Highlight National-Caliber Authors...Brattleboro Literary Festival keys in on diversity and less mainstream writers. www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture... #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #LiteraryFestival #Books #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry #Vermont
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Two Vermont Book Fests Highlight National-Caliber Authors | Seven Days
The Green Mountain Book Festival showcases mostly local sci-fi authors, while the Brattleboro Literary Festival keys in on diversity and less mainstream writers.
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Tim Weed @timweedwriter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Pioneer Valley, Southern Vermont & NH #books people: 7:00pm Friday at 118 Elliot St, yours truly on a #fiction panel with the amazingly talented #allegrahyde and @sallywenmao.bsky.social - all events free and open to the public! #nokings #theafterlifeproject #booksky 💙📚 @vtbookfest.bsky.social
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Meet the authors of Frank the Frog, #ColinBrooks and #MatthewPeake at 118 Elliot St in #DowntownBrattleboro this Saturday, October 18th. #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #ChildrensLiterature #Fiction #PictureBooks #Illustrations
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The countdown is on for the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival! We're excited to host an amazing group of authors and poets this weekend. Be sure to check out the latest schedule on our website. Please see the link in bio for more information. #DowntownBrattleboro #Vermont #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#DeborahLeeLuskin will be joining the @writeactions.bsky.social and the #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival Spotlight Reading event on Saturday, October 18th at the #BrooksMemorialLibrary. #Writers #Authors #LiteraryFestival #DowntownBrattleboro #Vermont
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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Great news! We'll be live streaming #OceanVuong's discussion on Saturday, October 18th. Watch the Livestream from home or the #BrooksMemorialLibrary. #2025BrattleboroLiteraryFestival #Fiction #Author #Livestream #DowntownBrattleboro #Vermont
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