WIT literary festival

This coming weekend in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, the WIT Literary Festival will get happen - a celebration of writers, their work, and the vital role they play in society. By bringing writers and readers together for a weekend of timely conversations, the WIT Literary Festival reflects the belief that a rich culture of free expression is essential to a thriving democracy.Who are we? What do we believe? In what kind of country do we want to live?Guided by this year’s theme, The Power of Words: Authors & Activism, the Author Guild’s WIT Literary Festival welcomes audiences to explore these abiding questions with a distinguished group of speakers renowned for their artistic virtuosity, intellectual passion, moral seriousness, restless faith, and civic engagement.

Sayed Kashua, an Arab Israeli novelist and newspaper columnist based in Boston, is best-known internationally as the creator of hit TV series, most recently "Madrasa," about a bilingual school in Jerusalem where Palestinians and Israelis try to find a common ground. He will be at the WIT Festival on 9/28.