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The Boston Book Festival
2 Canal Park
Cambridge, MA 02141
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FB: Boston Book Festival

 

Who We Are

Staff

Deborah Z. Porter
Founding President

Emily D'Amour Pardo
Executive Director

Kirsten Alexander
Marketing Director

Interns:
Nandi Bynoe
Noelle Fogg
Tess Vander Heide
Hannah Kelly
Alison Mehlsak
Rami Taibah

 

 

Board of Directors

Deborah Z. Porter,
President

Steve Oristaglio,
Treasurer

Susana B. Lopez,
Secretary

Paul La Camera

Callie Crossley

Robert Duboff

Joe Finder

Steve Grossman

Karen Kaufman

Glenda Manzi

John Taylor (Ike) Williams

Larry Weber

 

 

 

Honorary Advisory Board

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Ann Gund

Arthur Golden

Phil Balboni

Lou Casagrande

Amy Ryan

Diane Patrick

Tom Perrotta

 

 

Literary Advisory Group

Helene Atwan

D.Y. Bechard

Chris Bohjalian

Chris Castellani

Callie Crossley

Junot Diaz

Anita Diamant

Andre Dubus III

Leslie Epstein

Atul Gawande

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Arthur Golden

Allegra Goodman

Elizabeth Graver

Lynne Griffin

Jennifer Haigh

Esmond Harmsworth

John Hodgman

Alice Hoffman

Bret Anthony Johnston

Dennis Lehane

Elinor Lipman

Margot Livesey

Michael Lowenthal

Amy MacKinnon

Gregory Maguire

Elizabeth McCracken

Kim McLarin

Mameve Medwed

Claire Messud

Sue Miller

Susan Orlean

Robert Pinsky

Richard Russo

Salvatore Scibona

Jim Shepard

Anita Shreve

Janet Silver

Jessica Stern

Karen Wulf

Erica Funkhouser

Gish Jen

Ha Jin

 

 

Technology Advisory Board

Judith Donath

Lawrence Feldman

Michael Hawley

Douglas Levin

Glenda Manzi

Andrew McAfee

Nicholas Negroponte

David Small

 

2009 Presenting Sponsor

 

State Street

 

 

2009 Leading Sponsors

 

Boston Foundation

E Ink

Hachette

Houghton Mifflin

Rodale

Verizon

Liberty Mutual

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Sponsors

Bank of America

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

John Hancock

 

2009 Media Sponsors

 

Boston Globe

New York Review Of Books

The Phoenix

NECN

WGBH

Mix 104.1

Oldies

Boston Parents

Comcast

WBUR
MBTA

 

2009 Supporters

CVS

Other Press

 

 

2009 In Kind Sponsors

Upstatement: Boston Web Design and Development

Fish & Richardson Associates

Grossman Marketing Company

The Monitor Group

Westin Copley Place

Prudential Center Parking Garage

Constangy, Brooks & Smith

Gill Fishman Associates

Polar Beverages

Martignetti Companies

Legal Seafood

Harpoon Brewery

Hill Holiday

 

 

2009 Partner Organizations

826 Boston

Berklee College of Music

Boston Athenaeum

Boston Children’s Museum

Boston Public Library

Brookline Booksmith

Cambridge Public Library

The City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department

Emerson College

Grub Street 

Harvard Bookstore 

The Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events  

New Center for Arts and Culture 

Newtonville Books 

Old South Church 

PEN New England 

Porter Square Books 

ReadBoston 

Trinity Church 

Jamaicaway Books

Brattle Theatre