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2025 Confirmed Presenter List Now Available

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2025 Registration & Ticket Sales begin Thursday, July 17 at 9:00 a.m.

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2025 Registration & Ticket Sales begin Thursday, July 17 at 9:00 a.m. 〰️

INSPIRING READERS OF ALL AGES

CELEBRATING THE CULTURE OF BOOKS

Festival Details

A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE WORLD

Nathan W. Pyle is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strange Planet; Stranger Planet; Strange Planet: The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature; NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette; and 99 Stories I Could Tell. He is based in Pennsylvania with his w

Adam Roberts is the author of The Amateur Gourmet, Secrets of the Best Chefs, and Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway. He started his food blog, The Amateur Gourmet, in 2004 and hosts the podcast Lunch Therapy. Roberts has also written for The Washingto

Nick Brooks is an award-winning author, ﬁlmmaker, and musician from Washington, DC. His ﬁrst YA novel, Promise Boys, debuted in January 2023 and was the largest publishing deal for a Young Adult debut in history. The book received critical acclaim, i

Maureen Abood has helped the world’s Lebanese-food-loving community cook and eat this vibrant Mediterranean cuisine. Growing up in a large family in Michigan, Abood learned to master Lebanese cuisine and cherish its stories while also studying

Brianne Farley is the author of Secret Tree Fort and Ike's Incredible Ink. She illustrated Dozens of Doughnuts by Carrie Finison, the Charlotte the Scientist books by Camille Andros, and Building Books by Megan Wagner Lloyd. Farley studied creative w

Robin Walter is a poet, book artist, and printmaker. Walter is the author of Little Mercy, which was selected by Victoria Chang as the winner of the 2024 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Her writing has appeared in the American Poetry Revi

David Nayfeld worked with some of the best chefs in the world before co-creating Back Home Hospitality and opening the group’s first restaurant, Che Fico, in San Francisco, which was named one of the best new restaurants in America by Bon App&e

The 2025 Keynote Conversation with Jenna Bush Hager and special guest arielhsullivan will take place on Friday, September 26th at 7:30 p.m. at the Harbor Springs High School Performing Arts Center.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 17th at 9:00 a.m

This year, we will welcome special guests Jenna Bush Hager and fiction author @arielhsullivan for a captivating conversation about Jenna’s love of reading, how she inspires readers of all ages, and her new publishing imprint, Thousand Voices. A

Great conversation with The BLTnT Podcast yesterday!
Books, Boardrooms & Big Ideas - Amy Gillard & Elise Fisher!
Stay tuned!

So excited!🙌
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Have you seen our confirmed presenters for the 10th anniversary of the Harbor Springs Festival of the Book?!?
www.hsfotb.org/2025presenters

Friends - we are sad to report the cancellation of the June 25th event with Suleika Jaouad.
If you have already purchased it gets, you will receive an email to answer any further questions. Thank you for your understanding and support.

We are excited to announce our initial list of confirmed presenters for the 10th anniversary of the Harbor Springs Festival of the Book! More presenters will be added in the days and weeks to come!
www.hsfotb.org/2025presenters

Suleika Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, author artist, and advocate. She documented her odyssey of illness, healing, and self-discovery in the instant New York Times bestselling memoir Between Two Kingdoms, which she presented at the 2021

Calling all artists to submit an original work of art or image for the 2025 Festival. The selected work will be featured on the Festival's 10th anniversary poster, program cover, and other collateral materials. The winner will receive $500 and two Fe

Please join us as we kick off the Festival's 10th anniversary with this special author event. Suleika, a 2021 Festival presenter, will be in conversation with Hollye Jacobs.
Get your tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/hsfotb/1702318

Happy Mother’s Day!!
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