EVENTS:

2025 Festival Schedule

A Small but Mighty Lineup

Theme: Love & Joy

NOTE: Book signings and photo ops will follow each event. Only books purchased AT the event will be autographed.

Saturday, October 18th

Time: 11am – 12 noon 
Where: Cotuit Center for the Arts 
Susan Orlean: JOYRIDE (memoir) 
Moderated by: Leigh Haber 
Book signing to follow.

From Susan Orlean, the beloved New Yorker writer and bestselling author hailed as a “national treasure” by the Washington Post, comes a masterful memoir of finding creativity, calling and purpose with an irrepressible sense of delight. Susan will be moderated by Leigh Haber, former Oprah Winfrey Book Club editor, who is  considered an icon in the publishing world. 
 
Books will be available for purchase at the event. Only books purchased AT the event will be signed.
 
 
 
Friday, October 24th
 
Time: 6:30 – 8pm 
Where: Sandwich High School Theatre*
An evening with Mitch Albom – (his latest novel) Twice
Moderated by: Lois Cahall 
Book signing to follow
 
From the  beloved American author, Mitch Albom (Tuesday’s with Morrie) comes a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along. Moderator: Lois Cahall is an author, and the Founder of the Cape Cod Book Festival 
*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A SEPARATE VENUE – SANDWICH HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
 
 
 

Time: 1:30 to 2:30 
Where: Cotuit Center for the Arts 
Eliana RamageTo the Moon and Back 
Moderated by: Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE Magazine
Book signing to follow
 
A tour de force, already being hailed a ‘best of’ fall novel.  One young woman’s relentless quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut will irrevocably alter the fates of the people she loves most. Eliana Ramage, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writer’s workshop. Moderator, Lizz Schumer, is the senior books editor at People Magazine, overseeing all things books on all platforms.
 
 
Time: 2:45 to 4 pm 
Where: Cotuit Center for the Arts 
Joseph FinderThe Oligarch’s Daughter 
Moderated by: Lois Cahall
Book signing to follow
 
From the New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire, a breakneck thriller that marries the dynastic opulence of Succession with the tense and disorienting spycraft of The Americans. “Any new novel by Joseph Finder is a ticket to reading pleasure, and this one is hands down his best ever.”—Stephen King. Moderator, Lois Cahall, Founder of Cape Cod Book Festival, is an author. Her most recent novel is The Many Lives & Loves of Hazel Lavery. 
 
Books will be available for purchase at the event. Only books purchased AT the event will be signed.
 

Tickets

Tickets for each event are sold separately (except for the combined ticket for Sat Oct 25th, Ramage/Finder, save $10). For questions on ticketing, seating, parking, lunches, or handicap accessibility, please contact the Cotuit Center for the Arts. Thank you and see you at the show!

Details

When: Oct 18-25, 2025
Where: Cotuit Arts Center, Cotuit, MA

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