Literary Lights 2012
Sunday, April 15th

The Associates of the Boston Public Library is pleased to announce the 24th annual Literary Lights dinner. It will take place on Sunday, April 15th, 2012 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, starting with a Reception at 6:00 pm followed by dinner and the program at 7:00 pm. For an invitation, contact the Associates Office at Associates@bpl.org or 617.536.3886.

Literary Lights 2012 author honorees will be announced shortly.

Literary Lights 2011
April 17th

The 23rd annual Literary Lights dinner was on Sunday, April 17th at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The authors honored were:

Dan Okrent

Keynote Speaker

Nonfiction Writer, author of Last Call

Presented by: David Gergen

Ron Powers

Novelist, author of Mark Twain: A Life

Presented by: Megan Marshall

Lydia R. Diamond

Playwright, author of Stick Fly

Presented by: Paula Vogel

Paul Harding

Novelist, author of Tinkers (Pulitzer Prize 2010)

Presented by: Christopher Lydon

Ann Hood

Novelist, author of Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine

Presented by: Tom Perrotta

Thomas Cook

Mystery/Crime writer, author of The Last Talk With Lola Faye

Presented by: William Martin

Stephen Burt

Poet and critic, author of Close Calls with Nonsense.

Presented by: Dan Chiasson

Barbara Lynch

Author of Stir: Mixing It Up in the Italian Tradition

Presented by: Christopher Kimball