Festival · Tours · Retreats
Interlink Foundation
What’s on offer
Retreats, author tours, a speaker series and our signature festival — the public face of the four programs. Our facility in Western Massachusetts serves as a regional hub for cultural programming.
The program
Read and Resist
Our signature annual event, returning for its second year. Two days of readings, panels and workshops, drawing audiences nationally and locally to our Western Massachusetts facility.
Arabic Literature-in-Translation
In collaboration with the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, we bring an award-winning Arab author and their translator to twelve institutions each year. Past tours: Iman Humaydan with Michelle Hartman (2026), Yassin Adnan with Alexander Elinson (2025), and Shahla Ujayli with Michelle Hartman (2024).
Storyteller Collaborative
A retreat offering vital space for creative growth and cultural exchange for writers, illustrators and literary professionals from underrepresented communities.
Storyteller Collaborative
A mentor group for Palestinian writers of children’s literature, supported by a growing network of partnerships.
Read and Resist
Author tours, community events and literary gatherings that promote storytelling and cross-cultural dialogue.
Bookstores, libraries and universities are welcome to join the annual author and translator tour.
Past events
