Boston College’s annual Arts Festival is a time for the BC community to gather and celebrate the visual, performing, and literary arts. Among the highlights in the literary arts this year are readings from seniors in the creative writing concentration (Apr. 27, noon, Gasson 100); the Jane Austen-Edgar Allan Poe smackdown (Apr., 27, 5 p.m., Devlin 101), and readings by faculty authors Carlo Rotella, Andrew Sofer, Eileen Donovan Kranz, Michael C. Keith, Allison Adair, Christopher Boucher, Sue Roberts, James Najarian, Bob Chibka and Kim Garcia (noon, Apr. 28 and 29, Gasson 100). In addition, alumna Tracey Wigfield, who won an Emmy Award for writing, will participate in a number of events throughout the festival. Wigfield is a television producer/writer who has worked on “30 Rock” and “The Mindy Project.” She is the creator and executive producer of the new show, “Great News.” BC News | Full Schedule