The Boston Globe Book Festival
Every autumn, The Globe brings well-known authors to Boston to share their latest books with the reading public. Most events are free, including the children's program. 617-929-2641

Donated Books Program
This program provides free books - fiction, nonfiction, self-help, and other categories of books - to selected nonprofit agencies in Greater Boston. Agencies are invited to The Globe to make selections. 617-929-3017

Book Awards
The Laurence Leathe Winship Book Award
Named for the late editor of The Globe, this award is presented annually for a book with a New England connection - through author, theme, plot or locale. 617-929-3017

The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
Since 1967, The Globe and The Horn Book Magazine have annually honored the best in children's and young-adult fiction, nonfiction and illustration. 617-929-3017

Reader's Note: Some of the above programs have specific requirements for participation and, therefore, and not available to the general public. For more information, call the number listed for the program. For schedules of Globe events that are open to the public, readers are invited to watch for listings and advertisements in the newspaper.