SPECIAL EVENTS 2026

Laura Bonazzoli is the author of two novels: Consecration Pond (Toad Hall Editions 2022) is a novel-in-stories told by eleven narrators who live along the same fictional pond in rural Maine. Publishers Weekly praised Consecration Pond as meditative, poetic, and haunting. Our Share of Morning (Sibylline Press 2025) is a historical novel that’s set in a New England mill town in the 1930s and 40s, and centers around a family secret. It was awarded five stars by Readers’ Favorite Reviews, and runner-up in regional fiction by the New England Book Festival. In addition, Laura’s short stories have appeared in literary magazines such as the Bryant Literary Review, Evening Street Review, Exposition Review, Kerning, and The Sandy River Review, and been anthologized in The Maine Standard. Her poetry has appeared in dozens of literary magazines, including The Northern New England Review, Reed Magazine, and Slant, and has been published in several anthologies, and her essays have appeared in print and online magazines. A freelance editor and ghostwriter, she teaches creative writing with Maine Media Workshops. She lives in a renovated schoolhouse in Rockport. She can be found online at LauraBonazzoli.com.