The 2025 Pascal Hall Authors Series has come to a close! Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s inspiring conversations. Please see below for recordings from past Pascal Hall Authors Series events.

The Pascal Hall Authors Series, presented in partnership with the Lesher Family Foundation and Maine Media Workshops + College, brings free literary events to the community in Rockport, ME. We’re looking forward to returning for the 2026 series next summer!


Recordings from the 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2022 seasons


2025 season’s events: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio in conversation with Caitlin Shetterly, Emily Wilson in conversation with Barbara Weiden Boyd, Patrick Radden Keefe in conversation with Lynn Boulger, and Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Palak Taneja.

2024 season’s events: Andrew Sean Greer in conversation with Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman, Emily St. John Mandel in conversation with Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, and Jia Tolentino in conversation with Morgan Lavoie. Regretfully, there was a technical difficulty with the event Elliot Ackerman in conversation with Alicia Anstead, and we are unable to share a recording.


2023 season’s events: James Shapiro in conversation with Caroline Bicks, Stacy Schiff in conversation with Robin Lloyd, and Sigrid Nunez in conversation with Christina Baker Kline, and Neil Gaiman in conversation with Laura Miller!


2022 season’s events: Lauren Groff in conversation with Slate’s Laura Miller and American historian Ted Widmer in conversation with biographer Patricia O’Toole.