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2025 Confirmed Presenter List Now Available

The Keynote book, CONFORM, will be available on Tuesday, October 14th.

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The Keynote book, CONFORM, will be available on Tuesday, October 14th. 〰️

INSPIRING READERS OF ALL AGES

CELEBRATING THE CULTURE OF BOOKS

Festival Details

A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE WORLD

Yet another great festival in the books!
To all the presenters, moderators, volunteers and attendees, we could not make this event what it is without your support! Thanks for being YOU!

Michelle Adams is the Henry M. Butzel Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. The former co-director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, she served on the Biden administration&rsqu

Scott Anderson is the author of two novels and five works of nonfiction, including Lawrence in Arabia, an international bestseller which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. He is a contributing

Kira Jane Buxton's writing has appeared in The New York Times, NewYorker.com, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, Huffington Post, and more. Her debut novel Hollow Kingdom was an Indie Next pick, a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Au

@arreechung is the author and illustrator of Ninja! and Ninja! Attack of the Clan, as well as the illustrator of How to Pee: Potty Training for Boys/Girls. Prior to writing and illustrating picture books, Chung worked at Pixar, where he learned the s

@mbartleyseigel is a former poet laureate of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. His poetry frequently appears in literary journals such as Poetry, Michigan Quarterly Review, About Place, The Fourth River, and

@maggie_stiefvater is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shiver trilogy, The Raven Cycle, and The Scorpio Races, among dozens of other YA fantasy novels. Her latest books are The Listeners, her adult debut, and a graphic novel adaptation of

We can’t believe the festival is only 2 weeks away! We have some great merchandise this year!
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Since the inaugural Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, presenters have visited over 150 classrooms in six area elementary, middle, and high schools. On September 27, 2024, 18 authors/illustrators presented over 40 sessions to over 4,000 students in

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@majortraeger is a self-taught cook, recipe creator, video producer, YouTuber, podcaster & digital creator with over 2 million social media followers. Traeger was a pioneer in the success and virality of Buzzfeed Tasty, serving as a lead producer

@kennedytarrell likes to write and illustrate dark comedies, overt therapy analogies, and general spooky stuff. Aside from that, they work as a story artist and animation writer, across studios such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, Netflix, Cartoon

We are so excited for this year’s festival! Now that we are only a month away it’s time to start picking out your merch!
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@RichBenjamin is a cultural anthropologist and the author of Searching for Whitopia. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and elsewhere, and he’s appeared as a commentator on MSNBC and CNN. His work has received suppo

The Festival is sold out but there are opportunities to attend the following four events throughout the weekend without registration. Listed below are workshops (sign-up required due to space limitations), children's programming, poetry readings, and

Karen Russell is the author of six fiction books, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Born and raised

@rebstead Stead is a New York Times best-selling author of middle-grade novels, including When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, The List of Things That Will Not Change, and The Lost Library. In 2025, her debut picture book, Anything (illustrated by Grac

The 2025 SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE is now available! The schedule with full session descriptions will be posted on our website by August 22!
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Laura Poppick is a Maine-based science and environmental journalist whose stories have appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, National Geographic, and elsewhere. She has been listed as a finalist for the National Association of Science