Join us on Saturday, April 11 for a stroll through Downtown Amherst as we celebrate all things literary!

The Massachusetts Center for the Book and the Amherst Business Improvement District are partnering with downtown businesses and organizations to provide a day of author readings, poetry, local history, giveaways, and more, in celebration of Amherst's rich literary community.

Pick up a map at participating locations. All events are free to attend (though donations/purchases are welcome). Collect at least 4 stickers at events throughout the day, and hand in your completed map to any MCB staff to be entered into a raffle to win some bookish goodies!

Event Schedule:

11 AM - 12:15 PM - Dickinson’s Ceaseless Sympathy: A Tour of West Cemetery - hosted by Amherst Historical Society, West Cemetery (Meet at 45 Boltwood Walk)

11 AM - 12:15 PM - “The Marvelous Now” Storytime with Angela DiTerlizzi and family yoga with Angelica Lopez- hosted by Mass Center for the Book, UMass Downtown (108 N. Pleasant St.)

12 - 1:30 PM - Local Press & Lit Mag Fair- hosted by Mass Center for the Book, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst - Social Hall (121 N Pleasant St.)

12:15 - 1:15 PM - Workshop: Poetry of Motion (Max capacity 12)- hosted by The Common, The Inn on Boltwood - Amherst Boardroom (30 Boltwood Ave.) (Registration Required)

1:30 - 2:30 PM - “The Road from Belhaven”: A Reading by Margot Livesey- hosted by Mass Center for the Book, the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst - Sanctuary (121 N Pleasant St.)

1:30 - 2:45 PM - "Vesuvius at Home": A Poetry Workshop Responding to Emily Dickinson and Objects from the Amherst History Center (Max capacity 12) - hosted by the Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst History Center (45 Boltwood Walk) (Registration Required)

3 - 4:15 PM -Live Lit: Readings by students in the UMass MFA for Poets & Writers - hosted by the UMass MFA for Poets & Writers, Masuda’s Cafe (17 Kellogg Ave.)

3 - 4:30 PM -Battle of the Bookworms: A Bookish Trivia Challenge - hosted by Mass Center for the Book, Protocol (1 E Pleasant St.)

4:45 - 5:45 PM -"Night Night Fawn": A Reading by Jordy Rosenberg- hosted by Mass Center for the Book, Amherst Books (8 Main St.)

6 - 7:30 PM - Writers Reading: Anna Maria Hong, Eula Biss, James Hannaham, and John Hennessy - hosted by UMass Downtown, UMass Downtown (108 N. Pleasant St.)

7:30 PM - Lit Walk Raffle- hosted by Mass Center for the Book, UMass Downtown (108 N. Pleasant St.)