Ben Shattuck will discuss The History of Sound this Saturday at the Bunch of Grapes bookstore, in conversation with poet and Aquinnah resident Ron Slate, who also happens to be his father in law.

Author Amor Towles compares writing a short story to sitting next to a couple fighting loudly at a restaurant.

Historian and Wampanoag tribal elder Linda Coombs recently published Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. On Monday, she spoke at Aquinnah town hall about her book and her career.

Journalist, author and seasonal Chilmark resident Joan Nathan holds a unique place in American letters — and kitchens — as the country’s leading authority on Jewish cooking traditions from around the world.

For nearly four years now, Mathew Tombers has been a steady presence behind the counter — and out on the porch — at Edgartown Books. With wispy white hair and erudite speech, he has also become a fixture of the Island literary scene.

In Becoming Gandhi, author Perry Garfinkel seeks to emulate the famous Indian leader who for most of his life adopted a stark personal simplicity.