Kate Feiffer
All-Island Book Fair
Mathew Tombers, the manager of Edgartown Books, recently told me that they did a count of books written by Island-connected authors, and there were...
Islanders Write: ‘Book flood’
Christmas Eve is celebrated in Iceland with a book swap. Families and friends exchange recently published books, and spend the evening reading together. This...
‘Mirror Me’ by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
Lisa Williamson Rosenberg writes in an author’s note at the end of her new novel “Mirror Me” (Little A), “As authors, we mine our...
Islanders Write: Shouldering writers in March
March on the Vineyard can feel a bit like a houseguest who overstays a welcome, which is why I am delighted to announce an...
Gregory Mone’s latest book
Gregory Mone introduced young readers to Maurice Reidy, a.k.a Fish, in 2010. “Fish” was Mone’s first book for children. He has since gone on...
Erasing the Gerry-Mander
In 1812, the Boston Gazette published a cartoon of a mythical creature, drawn by Elkanah Tisdale, mocking a new voting district in the shape...
Islanders Write: Election season
Two members of my writer’s group have books coming out in the next few months. Nicole Galland’s novel “Boy” will be published in late...
Digging into the art, craft, and business of writing at Islanders Write
Songwriter John Forté, documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter, author and founder of the Black Doctors Consortium Dr. Ala Stanford, and media entrepreneur John Battelle will...
Islanders Write — It’s gametime!
The good news is that if you spent too much money at the fair, you can still afford to come to Islanders Write. The...
Islanders Write
I was sitting on the front porch of Edgartown Books making small talk and signing copies of my novel on the Sunday afternoon that...
Islanders Write
This summer’s Islanders Write will kick off on Sunday, August 18, at 7:30 pm, with a discussion about “Finding Truth in a Post-Truth Era.”...
Islanders Write
There was a shocking bit of publishing misinformation making the rounds a while back. It had to do with the number of books an...
Islanders Write: On pitch
Last week during a book talk at the Chilmark library, someone asked me how I found a publisher for my novel. It’s a question...
Islanders Write, two ways
We are changing the name of this column from Around the Writers’ Table to Islanders Write. We decided to do this for two reasons...
Around the Writers’ Table: ’Tis the season for book talks all over the Island
It’s speaking season on the Vineyard, and Island-connected authors are stepping out. Terri Potts-Chattaway, Mark Chester, Thomas and Joyce Dresser, Richard Lewis Taylor, and...
Around the Writers’ Table: Islanders Write workshops
We’re still putting the pieces together for this year’s Islanders Write, which will take place on Monday, August 19, at Featherstone Center for...
Bumpy road-trip
I hadn’t heard of a babymoon before reading Sidney Karger's delightfully engaging new novel, “The Bump,” but it’s an idea that makes a lot...
Around the Writers’ Table: The pitch panel returns to Islanders Write
Veteran journalist and author Loren Ghiglione said he wasn’t nervous when he stood in front of last summer’s Islanders Write pitch panel and talked...
Around the Writers’ Table: The cruise ship doctor
Dr. Gerry Yukevich was finishing up dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Boston when he cracked open his fortune cookie and read, “Soon will...
Around the Writers’ Table: Where to write?
Cafés have long been a makeshift office space for the writers we read. Hemingway famously penned most of “A Moveable Feast” in a Parisian...