Literary Lights Dinner

The Associates of the Boston Public Library (BPL) presented its 22nd annual "Literary Lights Dinner" on 4/18 in the Grand Ballroom of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The elegant, black-tie and candle arbor-lit dinner - attended by over 350 BPL guests and supporters - featured noted Nantucket author Nathaniel Philbrick presenting the evening's keynote address. Eight other accomplished writers; poet Dan Chiasson, novelist Stona Fitch, historian Jill Lepore, novelist and essayist Jonathan Lethem, non-fiction author Ben Mezrich, author and diplomat Rory Stewart, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout, all received awards. All proceeds from Literary Lights will benefit the David McCullough Conservation Fund for the BPL's Special Collections and special programs at the library.

Photo Credit: © Roger Farrington