Rhode Island Reading Festival

About

The Rhode Island Reading Festival (RIRF)

Author talks

What does RIRF Do?

The Rhode Island Reading Festival celebrates the joy of reading by developing literary events for readers of all ages, backgrounds, and literacy levels.

Literacy outreach & advocacy

Book marketplaces & swaps

Bookclubs

Reading!

Plus a day long festival that celebrates readers and the thing they love most:

We host multiple events throughout the year, including:

Our programming and events are inclusive to all literacy abilities
We advocate for an increased literacy education
We acknowledge the various interconnected systems that actively limit literacy education and challenge those systems
The Right to Read guides all our work

Rhode Island Reading Festival (RIRF) is also an advocate for increased literacy education. RIRF understands that literacy is an access point to a life full of abundance and connection. We also understand that literacy and the Right to Read is a social justice issue, therefore: