Martha's Vineyard Books & Ideas

The Expanding Palate of Food Writing

Louisa Hufstader | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:46pm

A sell-out crowd of more than 200 people took their seats at café-style tables at the museum talk about the Changing Story of American Home Cooking, sponsored by Cook the Vineyard, a Vineyard Gazette publication.

Cook the Vineyard

Justen Ahren Is New Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate

Justen Ahren of West Tisbury has been selected as the 2017-2019 Poet Laureate of Martha’s Vineyard.

Jennifer Tseng Reading

Author and former West Tisbury librarian Jennifer Tseng returns to the Island on Saturday, March 25 to read from her new chapbook of poetry.

Edgartown Resident Receives Book Award

Edgartown summer resident James B. Conroy is one of two recipients of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

On Dec. 27, the father and son team of Brocks Callen (they share the same name) headed out to sea.

Where Land Meets Sea: Book Retraces Geological Story of the Island

Tom Dunlop

David R. Foster’s new book, A Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha’s Vineyard, weaves dynamic tales of geology, ecology, history and culture into a vast Vineyard story.

Sail the World for the Holidays, Without Leaving Hearth and Home

Virginia Crowell Jones

As is my habit each year, I’ve collected a group of maritime-themed books for land locked or winter bound mariners who might enjoy reading over the long cold months ahead.