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Literary Festival Norfolk, CT
2025 FALL
Sept 20 and Oct 3, 4, & 5

09/21/2026

📚 The Haystack Book Festival is coming up! 📚

Don’t miss out on an incredible weekend of books, authors, conversations, and ideas. Make sure you register now and save your spot!

We can’t wait to see you at Haystack! 📖✨

09/14/2026

📚 WRITERS IN CONVERSATION 📚

Meet the authors behind the stories, ideas, and books that will be taking center stage at the Haystack Book Festival!

Join us October 2–4, 2026, in Norfolk, CT for engaging conversations with an incredible lineup of writers. Hear them talk about their books, their writing journeys, the ideas that inspired their work, and so much more. ✍️📖

✨ Meet the Writers. Discover Their Books. Join the Conversation.

📅 October 2–4, 2026
📍 Norfolk, Connecticut

Come for the books. Stay for the conversations. 💬📚

09/10/2026

📚✨ Give Your Brain a Weekend Away! ✨📚

Escape the everyday and spend a weekend surrounded by books, ideas, stories, and inspiring conversations at the Haystack Book Festival!

📅 October 2–4, 2026
📍 Norfolk, Connecticut

Whether you're a lifelong book lover, a curious reader, a writer, or simply looking for something different to do, Haystack is the perfect fall getaway. 🍂📖

Come discover new voices, meet fellow book lovers, hear fascinating authors, and give your brain the weekend away it deserves.

Save the date and join us in Norfolk!

09/07/2026

Join Us for Robert Moor at the Haystack Book Festival
Among the Trees - History, Culture, and Environment
Sunday, October 4 - 11:00 AM

Hailed by The Wall Street Journal as a “philosopher on foot,” Robert Moor is the bestselling author of On Trails and In Trees: An Exploration. Translated into more than a dozen languages, On Trails garnered the National Outdoor Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and the William Saroyan International Prize. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, New York magazine, Outside, Emergence, and n+1, among other publications. He lives in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.

📚 Join us at the Haystack Book Festival to hear Robert Moor explore the fascinating connections between nature, movement, and the human experience.

09/04/2026

Join Us for Sophie Pinkham at the Haystack Book Festival
Among the Trees - History, Culture, and Environment
Sunday, October 4 - 11:00 AM

Sophie Pinkham is a professor at Cornell University and a former NEH Public Scholar. Her writing on Russia and Ukraine has appeared in the New York Review of Books, New York Times, Guardian, New Yorker, and Harper’s. She lives in Ithaca, New York.

📚 Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Sophie Pinkham at the Haystack Book Festival!

09/02/2026

📚 ONE MONTH AWAY! 📚

The countdown is on! The Haystack Book Festival returns October 2–4, bringing together acclaimed authors, thought-provoking conversations, and book lovers from near and far at the Norfolk Library.

Spend a weekend celebrating stories, ideas, history, nature, and the writers who bring them to life. Hear authors share their work, explore fascinating conversations, and connect with fellow readers in the beautiful setting of Norfolk.

✨ Mark your calendar, your next great literary experience is just one month away!

📖 Haystack Book Festival
📍 Norfolk Library
📅 October 2–4, 2026
🎟️ Registration required for events.

08/31/2026

Among the Trees - History, Culture, and Environment

Sunday, October 4 - 11:00 AM

Sophie Pinkham, author of The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires in conversation with Robert Moor, author of In Trees: An Exploration

08/27/2026

A Walk in the Woods with Mike Zarfos, Sophie Pinkham, and Robert Moor*

Sunday, October 4 - 8:00 AM

Location: Great Mountain Forest Sugar House, top of Windrow Road.

Registration is required. Limited to 20 people.

08/26/2026

📚 Haystack Book Festival Is Coming to Norfolk! 📚

We’re excited that Haystack Book Festival will be at the Norfolk Library again this year! Most of the festival’s engaging conversations will take place right here at the library, bringing an incredible lineup of acclaimed authors, historians, journalists, and thinkers to our community.

From fascinating discussions on history and culture to conversations with bestselling authors, there’s something for every book lover to enjoy. 📖✨

Join us for a weekend filled with great books, big ideas, and inspiring conversations!

📍 Norfolk Library
📚 Haystack Book Festival

Stay tuned for the full schedule and details!

08/24/2026

📚 Your ideal Fall weekend! 📚

Come check out the Haystack Book Festival in beautiful Norfolk, CT, October 2–4, 2026! Enjoy fascinating conversations with authors and thinkers, explore new ideas, and spend a fall weekend surrounded by books, culture, and the beauty of Northwest Connecticut. 🍂📖

📍 Norfolk Library
📅 October 2–4, 2026

Learn more and register for events at the Haystack Book Festival.

Address

Norfolk, CT
06058

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 6pm
Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+1 860-542-7185

Website

http://www.haystackbookfestival.org/, https://www.norfolkhub.org/about-haystackbookfestival

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