2026 Schedule by Genre
Explore this year’s indoor and outdoor programming, featuring 90+ author interviews and panels, along with poetry and children’s readings, book signings, all-ages activities, and much more. Click the genre links below to jump directly to that section of programming and panels.
ARTS & CULTURE
(Biography/Memoir, Cooking, True Crime)
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Danielle Sepsy (aka The Hungry Gnome!): Talks Scones & More!
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Saturday, May 16
10:30 AM-11:30 AM -
Long Island's Dark Side: True Crime Stories
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Susan Lucci, Author of La Lucci, in Conversation with Meredith Viera
Oyster Bay Town Hall
Saturday, May 16
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
Rep. Elise Stefanik, author of 'Poisoned Ivies,' in Conversation
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Sunday, May 17
8:30 AM-10:00 AM -
On the Road: Journeys of Discovery and Renewal
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll: 1970s Icons Who Defined an Era
Anchor Tent
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Joan Lunden, Author of Joan: Life Beyond the Script, in Conversation
First Presbyterian Church Of Oyster Bay
Sunday, May 17
1:00 PM-2:00 PM -
True Crime: The Stories Behind the Headlines
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
We Are Our Parents' Children: How We Found Our Way
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
Trailblazers and Pioneers: Women Who Made Their Mark
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Sunday, May 17
2:00 PM-3:00 PM -
Jewish Creativity and Cultural Impact: David Denby and David Margolick in Conversation
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Sunday, May 17
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
CHILDREN’S STORYTIME STAGE
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Adrienne Thurman, Author of 'No Way, Wash Day'
Saturday, May 16
10:30 AM-10:55 AM -
Claudia Rueda, Author of 'Meet the Smushkins'
Saturday, May 16
11:00 AM-11:25 AM -
Eric Velasquez, Author of 'The Polar Bear and the Ballerina'
Saturday, May 16
11:30 AM-11:55 AM -
Stefanie Foster Brown, Author of 'My Heart Speaks Kriolu'
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-12:25 PM -
Stephen Barr, Author of 'If This Were the World'
Saturday, May 16
12:30 PM-12:55 PM -
Elizabeth Tracy, Author of 'Mystery Driver: The Story of Alice Johnson and the First Soap Box Derby'
Saturday, May 16
1:00 PM-1:25 PM -
M.O. Yuksel, Author of 'The Prince of Stars'
Saturday, May 16
1:30 PM-1:55 PM -
Kerry McQuaide, Author of 'The Biggest, Highest Wave'
Saturday, May 16
2:00 PM-2:25 PM -
David Ezra Stein, Author of the 'Interrupting Chicken Series'
Saturday, May 16
2:30 PM-3:10 PM
Reading and Puppet Show -
Leah Schanke, Author of 'Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls's Voyage Out of Slavery'
Sunday, May 17
10:30 AM-10:55 AM -
Artie Bennett, Author of 'The Tenth Man: A Miracle of Jewish Faith and Friendship in New Orleans'
Sunday, May 17
11:00 AM-11:25 AM -
Hyewon Yum, Author of 'Toto'
Sunday, May 17
11:30 AM-11:55 AM -
Eliot Schrefer, Author of 'Lulu and the Others'
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-12:25 PM -
Jill Santopolo, Author of 'Can You Grow a Striped Banana?'
Sunday, May 17
12:30 PM-12:55 PM -
Brian Floca, Author of 'Island Storm'
Sunday, May 17
1:00 PM-1:25 PM -
Brian J. Heinz, Author of 'Adirondack Spring'
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-1:55 PM -
Sylvia Chen, Author of 'Sparkles for Sunny: A Lunar New Year Story'
Sunday, May 17
2:00 PM-2:25 PM -
Della Ross Ferreri, Author of 'The Mouse Buffet: A Christmas Treat'
Sunday, May 17
2:30 PM-2:55 PM
FICTION
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Queer Voices Across Genres: Love, Identity & Imagination on the Page
Gold Coast Forum
Saturday, May 16
11:00 AM-12:00 PM -
A Thomas Pynchon Perspective: Oyster Bay’s Literary Son
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Who is the Real You: Secrets and Identity in Fiction
Gold Coast Forum
Saturday, May 16
12:30 PM-1:30 PM -
The Art of the Short Story
Anchor Tent
Saturday, May 16
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
Jay McInerney, Author of 'See You on the Other Side,' in Conversation
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Saturday, May 16
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
Emma Straub, Author of American Fantasy, in Conversation with Miwa Messer
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Saturday, May 16
3:00 PM-4:00 PM -
Women Writing on the Edge: Pushing Boundaries in Fiction
Raynham Hall
Sunday, May 17
10:30 AM-11:30 AM -
Debut Fiction: Writing Love, Loss, and Starting Over with Humor and Pathos
Gold Coast Forum
Sunday, May 17
11:00 AM-12:00 PM -
I Love New York: Fiction Looking Back at the 1970s & 80s
Gold Coast Forum
Sunday, May 17
12:30 PM-1:30 PM -
Fiction, Meet History: Bringing the Past to Life
Raynham Hall
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
Fiction: The Ties That Bind: Family, Secrets, and the Pull of the Past
First Presbyterian Church Of Oyster Bay
Sunday, May 17
2:30 PM-3:30 PM -
Belletrist presents Lila Raicek, Author of 'The Plunge,' in conversation with Shelby Renjifo
Anchor Tent
Sunday, May 17
3:00 PM-4:00 PM -
Speculative Fiction as Political Imagination
Raynham Hall
Sunday, May 17
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
JEWISH PROGRAMMING
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Journeys of Courage: Jewish Lives from Europe’s Persecution to America’s Promise
Raynham Hall
Saturday, May 16
3:30 PM-4:30 PM -
From Genius to Conspiracy: Einstein and the Nazi Threat at Home
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
On Being Jewish Now: A Panel Conversation
Gold Coast Forum
Sunday, May 17
2:00 PM-3:00 PM -
Jewish Creativity and Cultural Impact: David Denby and David Margolick in Conversation
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Sunday, May 17
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
LONG ISLAND INTEREST
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Long Island's Dark Side: True Crime Stories
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Long Island Lives: Stories That Shaped the Island
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Saturday, May 16
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
From Genius to Conspiracy: Einstein and the Nazi Threat at Home
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Trailblazers and Pioneers: Women Who Made Their Mark
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Sunday, May 17
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
MIDDLE GRADE @ SIREN’S COVE
(Ages 8-12)
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Finding Their Voice: Middle-Grade Girls Confront the Truth
Siren’s Cove
Saturday, May 16
11:00 AM-12:00 PM -
Drawn to Adventure: Epic Middle-Grade Tales in Words and Pictures
Siren’s Cove
Saturday, May 16
12:30 PM-1:30 PM -
The Story of My Life: Middle Grade Journeys Through Love and Loss
Siren’s Cove
Saturday, May 16
2:00 PM-3:00 PM -
With A Little Help From My Friends: Stories That Navigate Middle School Ups and Downs
Siren’s Cove
Sunday, May 17
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
MYSTERY/THRILLER
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Secrets, Lies, and Alternate Lives: Mystery with an Edge
Anchor Tent
Saturday, May 16
10:30 AM-11:30 AM -
Long Island's Dark Side: True Crime Stories
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
A Haunting: Gothic and Supernatural Horror Across Time
Gold Coast Forum
Saturday, May 16
2:00 PM-3:00 PM -
Secrets and Suspense: From the Streets of New York to the Alleys of Taipei
Raynham Hall
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Fiction, Meet History: Bringing the Past to Life
Raynham Hall
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
True Crime: The Stories Behind the Headlines
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
Dark Deception: Twists, Lies & Hidden Truths
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Sunday, May 17
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
POETRY CORNER
(Life Enrichment Center)
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Paula Curci, Poetry Stage Emcee Introduction and Reading
Saturday, May 16
11:00 AM-11:25 AM -
Alan Semerdjian, Reading from Selected Works
Saturday, May 16
11:30 AM-11:55 AM -
Phillis Levin, Reading from 'An Anthology of Rain'
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-12:25 PM -
Philip Schultz, Reading from 'Enormous Morning: Poems'
Saturday, May 16
12:30 PM-12:55 PM -
Getting to Know the Sonnet a Talk with Phillis Levin
Saturday, May 16
1:15 PM-1:55 PM -
Daniel Allen Rabuzzi, Reading from 'What The World Offers'
Saturday, May 16
2:00 PM-2:25 PM -
Maria Lisella, Reading from 'At the Hour of Now'
Saturday, May 16
2:30 PM-2:55 PM -
Meghan Maguire Dahn, Reading from 'Domain' and Other Works
Saturday, May 16
3:00 PM-3:25 PM -
Paula Curci, Poetry Stage Emcee Introduction and Reading
Sunday, May 17
11:00 AM-11:25 AM -
Jesse Curran, Reading from 'A Handful of Earth'
Sunday, May 17
11:30 AM-11:55 AM -
Yerra Sugarman, Reading from 'Aunt Bird'
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-12:25 PM -
George M. Guida, Reading from 'The Fulfillment Center'
Sunday, May 17
12:30 PM-12:55 PM -
Robert Ostrom, Reading from 'The Bear Wrestler'
Sunday, May 17
1:00 PM-1:25 PM -
Margarette Wahl, Reading from 'End Credits: A Poetry Memoir'
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-1:55 PM -
Frankie Soto, Reading from 'Petrichor'
Sunday, May 17
2:00 PM-2:25 PM -
Brendan McEntee, Reading from 'Before We Reached the Sea'
Sunday, May 17
2:30 PM-2:55 PM -
Dr. Lindamichellebaron, Reading from Selected Works
Sunday, May 17
3:00 PM-3:25 PM -
Dr. George H Northrup, Reading from 'Everyone's Going: Poems on Grief and Mortality'
Sunday, May 17
3:30 PM-3:55 PM
POLITICS/HISTORY
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Freedom to Read: Confronting Book Bans & Censorship in America
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Saturday, May 16
10:30 AM-11:30 AM -
America at 250: Rebellion to Republic: The People and Ideas That Shaped America
Raynham Hall
Saturday, May 16
11:00 AM-12:00 PM -
America at 250: Revolutionary Lives: Leaders, Legends & the Birth of a Nation
Oyster Bay Town Hall
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Heather Ann Thompson, Author of 'Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage,' in Conversation with Julian Zelizer
Raynham Hall
Saturday, May 16
12:30 PM-1:30 PM -
Testing Democracy: From McCarthyism to January 6th
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Saturday, May 16
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -
History: The Civil War and Its Legacy
Raynham Hall
Saturday, May 16
2:00 PM-3:00 PM -
Turning Points in History: Untold Stories of Sea & Sky
Oyster Bay Historical Society
Sunday, May 17
10:30 AM-11:30 AM
ROMANCE
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Love, Actually: A Recipe for Romance
Anchor Tent
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Small Town, Big Love: Romance Fiction Weaving Love and Community
Gold Coast Forum
Saturday, May 16
3:30 PM-4:30 PM -
Hearts in Play: Contemporary Romance
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Sunday, May 17
10:30 AM-11:30 AM -
Spellbound: Where Romance Meets Fantasy
Anchor Tent
Sunday, May 17
1:30 PM-2:30 PM
SCIENCE & NATURE
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The Roots of Life: Trees, The Arctic & A Changing World
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Saturday, May 16
12:00 PM-1:00 PM -
Under the Influence: Dysfunction & Hope in a Country Awash in Drugs
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Sunday, May 17
10:30 AM-11:30 AM
SPORTS
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Inside Baseball: The Stories & History of America's Pastime
Oyster Bay Brewing Co. | CSPAN BookTV
Saturday, May 16
3:30 PM-4:30 PM -
New York Mets Hall of Famer Mookie Wilson in Conversation
Anchor Tent
Sunday, May 17
10:30 AM-11:15 AM -
Inside the NFL: The Game On and Off the Field
Life Enrichment Center Main Stage
Sunday, May 17
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
YOUNG ADULT @ SIREN’S COVE
(Ages 12 And Up)
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Stand-Up and Stand Out: YA Stories with Heart & Humor
Siren’s Cove
Saturday, May 16
3:30 PM-4:30 PM -
Enchanted Hearts: YA Romantasy Unleashed
Siren’s Cove
Sunday, May 17
12:30 PM-1:30 PM -
Love, Magic, and Everything In Between: YA Fiction
Siren’s Cove
Sunday, May 17
2:00 PM-3:00 PM