4th Annual Greater Roxbury Book Fair

The Greater Roxbury Book Fair returns in 2026! The Fourth Annual Greater Roxbury Book Fair, celebrating a love of books and reading and championing local authors, returns in 2026 on Saturday, May 16 from 9am to 5pm at the Shaw-Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library.

The fourth annual Greater Roxbury Book Fair connects books with readers and brings together authors, artists, and the Greater Roxbury community in a vibrant celebration of storytelling and creativity. By creating space for discovery, conversation, and collaboration, the fair sparks excitement for reading and helps cultivate a broader, more engaged community of readers.

The Fair will spotlight local and BIPOC authors from the Greater Roxbury area and beyond, including featured guests:

• Massachusetts Book Award-winning author Kellie Carter Jackson (We Refuse)
• Newbery Honor-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome (One Big Open Sky)

The Book Fair will have panels, workshops, local author and literary organization exhibitors.

Featured authors include:

• Alison Barnet (South End Incident), Taylor Adams-Bass (The Ten Tins), Janet Costa Bates (Rica Baptista), Kathleen Choi (Giving Thanks with Halmoni), Crystal Collier (I Think My Teacher Is a Superhero), Briana Crockett (The Growing Place), Karilyn Crockett (People Before Highways), Caroline Hu (Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?), Amitha Knight (Usha and the Big Digger), Theresa Okokon (Who I Always Was), Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah (not without small joys), Erik Casimiro Rodriguez (Eternity’s Journey: The Magical Necklace), Abria Smith (Somebody Soup), Ariel Vanece (Searching for Mr. Johnson’s Song), Gwendolyn Wallace (Dancing with Water), Dr. De’Shawn Washington (Cici’s Money Seeds), Mia Wenjen (Barbed Wire Between Us)
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"Savor the Square is committed to bringing intentional programming in response to the community. We're excited for the Greater Roxbury Book Fair to continue building momentum and become an annual event and destination while providing a platform for local authors and artists to showcase their talent. We enthusiastically support the ongoing exchange of ideas to encourage the intellectual circulation of knowledge and culture, particularly as diverse stories and narratives are being erased across the nation. We look forward to seeing you on May 16th at the Shaw-Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library." --Willie Bodrick II, President & CEO, The American City Coalition

Savor the Square is a culturally inspired economic development program of TACC that combines existing brick-and-mortar businesses and BIPOC vendors into one marketplace in the form of seven monthly themed events annually from April through October at the Shaw-Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library Plaza. Launched in 2023, the Greater Roxbury Book Fair is one such event. It is a collaborative effort with the Shaw-Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library, Frugal Bookstore, and the Roxbury community.

The Greater Roxbury Book Fair is a Savor the Square event hosted by TACC in collaboration with the Shaw-Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library, and Frugal Bookstore. The Greater Roxbury Book Fair is supported by TACC, and the Fellowes Athenaeum Trust, Roxbury Community College, Mass Center for Books, Mayor's Office of Economic Inclusion, and Santander.

Become a Savor the Square and/or Greater Roxbury Book Fair sponsor.

Become a Savor the Square and/or Greater Roxbury Book Fair volunteer.

For additional information, contact Carole Walton, Director of Creative Economic Initiatives, TACC, at carole_walton@tamcc.org or 857.308.3014.