Boston Public Library
Literary Lights
Associates of the Boston Public Library


The Associates of the Boston Public Library will host the 26th annual Literary Lights on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. This annual black tie dinner is our opportunity to honor outstanding writers from the Northeast and celebrate their contribution to literature.

We are in the process of nominating authors and planning key event details, so please check back for updates. To be added to the mailing list for next year's event, please contact associates@bpl.org.


The 25th annual Literary Lights was held on April 14, 2013. The 2013 honorees or "Literary Lights," were recognized for excellence in a wide variety of literary genres. Collectively, they have won dozens of major awards for their inspiring work.

The Literary Lights were:

David McCullough

David McCullough

Keynote Speaker

Writer, narrator, historian, and lecturer, author of John Adams, and Truman.

Presented by: Ric Burns

 

Junot Diaz

Junot Diaz

Professor, writer, editor, and author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and This Is How You Lose Her.

Presented by: Erica Funkhouser

Drew Faust

Drew Faust

President of Harvard University, Professor of History, and author of Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War.

Presented by: Geraldine Brooks

Josepsh Finder

Joseph Finder

Writer, former Harvard Faculty member, former CIA recruit, and author of High Crimes, The Moscow Club, Paranoia, and many others.

Presented by: John Taylor Williams

Siddhartha Mukherjee

David Lindsay-Abaire

Playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter and author of The Rabbit Hole.

Presented by: Peter DuBois

Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle

Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.

Presented by: David Kaiser

Mo Williams

Mo Willems

Writer, animator, children's books author/illustrator, and author of the Knuffle Bunny and Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.

Presented by: Jack Gantos

 

   


In addition to celebrating the accomplishments of these seven writers, the evening also served as the Associates’ key fundraising event to raise funds for The David McCullough Conservation Fund and the Associates of the Boston Public Library's operations. The Associates created the McCullough Fund in 2001 to provide a consistent source of funding for the conservation and preservation of the BPL's Special Collections of books, manuscripts, works of art and historic documents.

The Associates have been honoring authors for the past 25 years at Literary Lights dinners. View a list of authors the Associates have honored over the years.

To find out more about this event and sponsorship opportunities, or to be added to the mailing list for next year's Literary Lights, please contact the Associates office at:

Associates of the Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Phone: 617-536-3886
e-mail: associates@bpl.org