Established 1752--the year of the City’s founding--Easton Farmers’ Market is the oldest, continuous open-air market in the nation. Meet and greet local authors under the Easton Book Festival tent. Vendor […]
Everyone has a story. This mini-workshop will demonstrate how a person can take their story, embellish it and write in down. Dennis Boyne is a seasoned storyteller and the Executive […]
What’s it like to have the opportunity to share a portion of your life with any reader? Three memoirists discuss how it feels to have translated a chunk of their […]
Stop by the Easton Book Festival tables for paw-some stories and treats. Make friends, celebrate books and community, and meet some of the EBF Board! Plus, meet special guest, the […]
By its nature, no one person defines solarpunk and it evolves as people join the movement. It tends towards interconnectedness, justice, mutualism, library economies, technology aligned with Nature, creating trajectories […]
"Human beings have enormous power to enrich life. We can use words to contribute to people's enjoyment, their wisdom. We are powerhouses, and there's nothing we enjoy doing more than […]
An esteemed activist invites us to consider the complex idea of abolition as much more than a strategy or a set of tactics—at a deeper level, abolition is an entire […]
11:30 AM to 4:00 PM Join Penn State Extension at the Nurture Nature Center during the Easton Book Festival for an engaging, water-focused experience! Discover our Youth Water Resources curriculum […]
Join world-renowned creator Brandon Avery for an incredible opportunity to dive deep into the art of cinematography. What to Expect: Discussion (20-30 mins): Brandon will share insights from his book, […]
Three hours of artists talks, by artists whose work comprise TEXT: An Exhibition of ART Made with TEXT. The show itself runs from September 2nd through November 30th, and showcases […]
Your kids and the whole family will be entertained and enlightened by this very special story hour with puppets, that features PrideFest 2022 Royale Champion drag queen, Eileen O’Brennan. Children […]
Join Kate Semmens of Nurture Nature Center for a Science on a Sphere program about our changing climate. Our climate is changing – why is it happening, what are the […]
Linda J. Mancinelli will read from her book Before You Go: A Hospice Nurse Shares Her Experiences Caring for Her Dying Patients, which contains stories and poetry from her more […]
Author talk with photographic slideshow. In 2001, the unthinkable happened when Bethlehem Steel declared bankruptcy after nearly a century and a half of making iron and steel for bridges, buildings, […]
Join Brad Kunsman, Extension Educator, for an exciting read-aloud session from Brooke Meets a Stream Doctor. Afterward, dive into hands-on watershed activities designed to bring the book’s concepts to life. […]
World War 3 NOW? -- International zoom presentation by artists and writers working with the political comic book World War 3 Illustrated, including: Dania Omari (Palestinian comic artist), Vodymyr Bylik […]
This workshop will explore the steps an author can take to bring their book to the attention of movie and TV producers. Alan Roth will also discuss how an author […]
In this Poetry & Puppetry writing workshop, participants are encouraged to choose a puppet from the Book & Puppet displays that speak to them, and to write a poem from […]
Day 1: Crime, Suspense, Thriller Storm clouds gather as the audience votes on their favorite excerpts read by three GLVWG authors in a literary “gameshow.” Each round showcases the authors’ […]
Party time at International Fusionism Museum features readings by The Unbearables and Collapse Press, The Unbearables are a loose confederation of poets and writers who came of age in 1980s […]
Join us for an immersive, hands-on workshop hosted by world-renowned multihyphenate creator Brandon Avery at The Social Tour in Easton, PA on October 20th, from 10 AM to 2 PM. […]
Noir is a subgenre of crime literature featuring cynical characters and bleak settings. Dark in theme and subject matter, noir often features systemic corruption and a disturbing mixture of sex […]
Join BrightFlame to vision our way to just, regenerative futures. Cognitive science shows we are wired for stories: it’s how we make sense of and navigate the world; it’s how […]
Ways and why's we stray from a strong protagonist arc. Pros and cons of strong protagonist arcs vs. plot-driven stories. Panelists: Thomas Terraforte: Panel Moderator; author of scifi/fantasy novels. Member […]
The Easton (Mini) Zine Library will be hosting the annual EBF zine swap (leave/take) at the Author and Small Press Expo on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at the Sigal Museum […]
Support independent small press publishers and authors! Browse 30 tables and meet local and visiting authors. Buy 4 books and get a free Expo Swag Bag! (while supplies last.) Join Media Medusa, […]
A poetry workshop in which each participant is guaranteed to leave with a pretty decent poem. Good for younger writers or older participants new to poetry -- or anyone, really. […]
A Legacy of Conservation Every year thousands flock to the Pennsylvania Wilds to be among nature and its famous elk herd. In the past, dangerous levels of hunting and industrial […]
Day 2: Storm clouds gather as the audience votes on their favorite excerpts read by three GLVWG authors in a literary “gameshow.” Each round showcases the authors’ mastery of an […]
In this workshop we explore how to engage with LGBTQIA2+ books beyond conversations of representation and towards deepening our commitments towards equity and justice.
Do you have an idea for a book you've been dying to dig into? In this workshop, participants will explore and map out idea(s) for Young Adult and Middle-Grade novels […]
Celebrate various locations around the Lehigh Valley (and Slate Belt) as they appear as settings in various books by local authors. Parisian Phoenix Publishing has titles that present a fictionalized […]
A panel of experienced Open Mic hosts offer advice for potential event hosts, with Q&A session--followed by a sample Open Mic, where any willing participant from the audience can host […]
Three veteran journalists recall their mentor Mal Goode, while discussing the new biography, "Mal Goode Reporting--The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer" Randall Pinkston is former CBS Correspondent […]
Join members of the Lafayette College English club at an intimate reading of original work. Many students have not read for an audience before and are anxious yet eager to […]
Pink Trees Press was established in 2012 producing small batches of handmade books. The press grew in 2019 when it started to produce Origami Book #1 & Origami Book # […]
In this interactive 90-minute session, local expressive art facilitator at The Journey Home Community Studio, Dr. Bonnie Winfield guides participants through the powerful process of using creative expression as a […]
Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and forth between Savannah and New Jersey – living in grandparents’ homes during the times her mother, struggling with mental illness, needed support […]
Independent journalist Greg Olear--host of the podcast "Prevail" and author of "Rough Beast: Who Donald Trump Really Is, What He’ll Do if Re-Elected, and Why Democracy Must Prevail"--talks about new approaches […]
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 […]
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 […]
Call Femella is a ritual performance to call the Female Forces into my body and into my surroundings. The goddesses are called through symbols in the color red, and through […]
