HAYSTACK BOOK FESTIVAL
The annual Haystack Book Festival, a program of the Norfolk Foundation, brings together writers and thinkers to explore new ideas in literature and the arts.
October 4th October 5th
October 6th
FALL 2024
FALL 2024 PROGRAM
October 4 — OCTOBER 6, 2024
Friday, OCTOBER 4TH
3:30PM
The Norfolk Library
Out of Steps
Marina Harss, author of The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky’s Life in Ballet
In conversation with Mindy Aloff, author of Why Dance Matters
FRIDAY, October 4th
5:30PM
The Norfolk Library
The Brendan Gill Lecture
Gillian Linden, author of Negative Space: A Novel
Open reception will follow at The Manor House, 69 Maple Avenue.
Sunday, October 6th
8:00 AM
Location: TBA
SaturDAY, October 5th
10:30AM
The Norfolk Library
A Conversation About Wisdom and Memory
Michael Korda, author of Muse of Fire: WWI as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets
In conversation with Simon Winchester, author of Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
SATURDAY, October 5th
1:00PM
The Norfolk Library
Institutions and Ideas
William Egginton, author of The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
In conversation with Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times
SATURDAY, October 5th
3:00PM
The Norfolk Library
A Walk in the Woods
Reading the Landscape: How Trees Tell a Story
Noah Charney, author of These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes
In conversation with Mike Zarfos, Executive Director Great Mountain Forest
A walk in the Great Mountain Forest with Noah Charney and Mike Zarfos.
Registration is required: Limited to 20 people.
saturday, October 6th
11:00AM
The Norfolk Library
Horses and Us: Treasured Companions and Engines of Power
David Chaffetz, author of Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires
In conversation with Sarah Maslin Nir, author of Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6TH
1:30PM
The Norfolk Hub
Once Upon A Horse
Sarah Maslin Nir talks to young readers about her series, Once Upon A Horse and the new novel in the series, The Star Horse
This event will be held at the Norfolk Hub.
Free copies of The Star Horse will be available for all kids in attendance!