The Boston Book Festival is held in Copley Square, rain or shine. All author events take place indoors in either the Boston Public Library, Old South Church, Trinity Church, Church of the Covenant, or Boston Common Hotel and Conference Center. The street festival takes place in Copley Square and also occurs rain or shine.
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Public Transportation
We highly recommend using Boston's public transit system, the MBTA, to get to the Boston Book Festival. It's easy, inexpensive, and best of all, you can spend your travel time doing what you do best: reading!
Take the "T" to the Copley stop on the Green Line and exit onto Copley Square (and the Boston Book Festival!). For detailed directions, go to the MBTA “Trip Planner.” Enter “Copley Station” as your end address.
From the commuter rail (Framingham/Worcester line, Needham line, Franklin line, and Providence/Stoughton line), get off at the Back Bay Station. Walk 0.1 miles northeast along Dartmouth Street toward Huntington Avenue.
Parking
Laz Parking is the official Parking Sponsor of Boston Book Festival 2012. What does that mean? It means BIG savings for you on parking the day of the festival! Just download and print out a parking voucher, park in one of two participating garages--Copley Place Garage or 126 Dartmouth Street Garage--and on your way out, just give the voucher to the attendant. YOU'LL PARK ALL DAY FOR ONLY $10! (offer good only for attendees of the Boston Book Festival on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 6am-10pm).
We're grateful to Laz Parking for extending such an amazing deal to Boston Book Festival goers! Show them your support (and get the 411 on great events and parking info throughout the city) by following them on Twitter: @lazparkingbos
Driving
From 93 South to Copley Place Garage:
Take the exit toward MA-28/MA-3 N/Storrow Dr/N Station 0.9 mi
Continue straight onto MA-3 N 0.3 mi
Slight right at MA-28 S/Embankment Rd Continue to follow MA-28 S 0.6 mi
Turn right at Beacon St 0.2 mi
Turn left at the 2nd cross street onto Clarendon St 0.3 mi
Turn right at MA-9 W/St James Ave
Continue to follow St. James Ave
Destination will be on the right
From 93 North to Copley Place Garage:
Keep right at the fork to continue toward I-93 N/MA-3 N 1.0 mi
Take the ramp onto I-93 N/MA-3 N 4.5 mi
Take exit 18 for Frontage Rd toward Mass Ave/Roxbury 417 ft
Merge onto I-93 Frontage Rd 0.8 mi
Turn left at W 4th St 226 ft
Continue onto E Berkeley St 0.8 mi
Turn left at MA-9 W/St James Ave Continue to follow MA-9 W
Destination will be on the right
From Mass Pike East to Copley Place Garage
Take exit 22 for Prudential Ctr toward Copley Square 0.4 mi
Sharp right at Stuart St 180 ft
Take the 1st left onto Dartmouth St 413 ft
Turn left at MA-9 W
Destination will be on the right
From 93N to 126 Dartmouth Street Garage
Keep right at the fork to continue toward I-93 N/MA-3 N 1.0 mi
Take the ramp onto I-93 N/MA-3 N 4.5 mi
Take exit 18 for Frontage Rd toward Mass Ave/Roxbury 417 ft
Merge onto I-93 Frontage Rd 0.8 mi
Turn left at W 4th St 226 ft
Continue onto E Berkeley St 0.4 mi
Turn left at Tremont St 0.3 mi
Turn right at Dartmouth St
Destination will be on the left
From 93 South to 126 Dartmouth Street Garage
Merge onto I-93 S 2.8 mi
Take exit 26 for MA-3 N toward MA-28/Storrow Dr/N Station 1.6 mi
Continue straight onto MA-3 N 0.3 mi
Slight right at MA-28 S/Embankment Rd
Continue to follow MA-28 S 0.6 mi
Turn right at Beacon St 0.2 mi
Turn left at the 2nd cross street onto Clarendon St 0.5 mi
Turn right at Columbus Ave 0.1 mi
1Take the 1st right onto Dartmouth St
Destination will be on the left
From Mass Pike East to 126 Dartmouth Street Garage
Merge onto I-84 E via the ramp to Hartford
Partial toll road
Entering Massachusetts 51.6 mi
Take the exit onto I-90 E toward N.H. - Maine/Boston
Partial toll road 55.0 mi
Take exit 22 for Prudential Ctr toward Copley Square 0.4 mi
Sharp right at Stuart St 180 ft
Slight right at Dartmouth St
Destination will be on the right
Accommodations
Copley Square Hotel is an official hotel sponsor of Boston Book Festival 2012. It is conveniently located (shockingly enough) in Copley Square, steps from all the action of BBF 2012.
Copley Square Hotel will be offering a special Boston Book Festival Package which features deluxe overnight accommodations including a bookmark and copy of the One City One Story selection at turndown, and an invite to their nightly "Wine Down" wine reception. A link to purchase this special package will be available soon.
Back Bay Hotel (part of the Doyle Collection) is an official hotel sponsor of Boston Book Festival 2012. It is conveniently located in Copley Square, steps from all the action of BBF 2012.
Back Bay Hotel will be offering a special Boston Book Festival Package which features deluxe overnight accommodations including a bookmark and copy of the One City One Story selection at turndown. A link to purchase this special package will be available soon.