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The 6th Annual Easton Book Festival presents literary programs for adults, teens, and children, including readings, seminars, open mic performances, story-times, panel discussions, a Small Press Expo and a Young Adult Fest. Program themes include mystery, memoir, poetry, local history, journalism, nature, politics, and social justice. Venues include Sigal Museum, Nurture Nature Center, Skillman Library, Easton Area Public Library, 1001 Thai, Book and Puppet Company, Quadrant Book Mart, Connexions Gallery, The Social Tour and The Journey Home. A school tour brings children’s authors into all the Easton public elementary schools.

Please use the links above to sign up for newsletter updates, to volunteer, or to sign up for a Small Press Expo table.

Thanks to our generous sponsors, especially our lead sponsor Lafayette College, almost all this is free and open to the public.

This program is being funded in whole or in part with funding from the Hotel Tax Grant Program through the County of Northampton Department of Community & Economic Development

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6 Authors Visit 3,000 Children in 8 Easton Public Schools, Oct 7-10

ABC News Anchor Linsey Davis on Moderating the Presidential Debate–In Conversation with Melba Tolliver

Linsey Davis talks with veteran journalist Melba Tolliver about her prep work for and moderation of the recent Harris/Trump Presidential Debate. This zoom webinar was recorded live at noon, on October 7th, at Lafayette College’s William E. Simon Center. Linsey Davis concluded the interview with a reading of her newest children’s book, “Girls of the World: Doing More Than Ever Before.”

Linsey Davis is currently an anchor for ABC News Live Prime, which is ABC News Live’s first-ever streaming evening newscast, and weekend “World News Tonight” on Sundays. She is a correspondent filing reports for “World News Tonight,” “Good Morning America,” “20/20” and “Nightline.”

How and Why Turn Memory Into Stories: A Virtual Writing Workshop

Jerry Waxler is a therapist and the author of: “Memoir Revolution,” an inquiry into the social and psychological importance of the emerging genre; “Learn to Write your Memoir in 4 Weeks”, a step by step how-to book; and his latest memoir, “How I Learned to Love the World, My Epic Journey from Solving Equations to Healing Hearts through Therapy, Memoirs, and Writing.

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Call Femella: A Goddess Ritual

Book and Puppet Company 161 Northampton Street, Easton

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Star Daughter: Meet Shveta Thakrar @ YA Fest

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The daughter of a star and a mortal, Sheetal is used to keeping secrets. Pretending to be “normal.” But when an accidental flare of her starfire puts her human father […]

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Skillman Library 710 Sullivan Road, Easton

An eleven-year-old boy copes with the challenges of his city life by weaving his reality into a magical realm of dragons, foxes, and trolls—until he must use the power of […]

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