Oct 17

October 16, 2023 @ 9:00 am - October 20, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT

Easton Book Festival Brings Authors into the Schools

Oct 17

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Meet Levine Querido Children’s Authors J.E. Thomas and Rashin Kheiriyeh

Oct 17

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

VIRTUAL: Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales

Oct 17

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm

VIRTUAL: Words in the Ward Open Mic: Virtual Book Festival Edition

Oct 18

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

VIRTUAL: How to Resist Amazon and Why & How to Protect Bookstores and Why

Oct 18

8:30 pm - 9:30 pm

VIRTUAL: How Memoirs Heal the Social Fabric: Panel Discussion

Oct 19

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

VIRTUAL: Biblical Reception in Folklores of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas: Panel Discussion

Oct 19

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

VIRTUAL: Nothing New Under 1,000 Suns: Speculative Fiction Workshop

Oct 20

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Big Easy Easton Brass Kickoff Concert

Oct 20

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

LVPC Presents: Poetry on the Square

Oct 20

8:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Do Your Own Research! Panel Discussion with Independent Scholars

Oct 20

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Juicy Bits: Easton Book Festival After Dark with Parisian Phoenix Press

Oct 21

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Tucker and Zoey Adventures Storyhour

Oct 21

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Mermaids Fast Asleep Storyhour

Oct 21

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Just As It Is! Storyhour

Oct 21

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Mr. Sunnyside Storyhour

Oct 21

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Echo City Capers Storytime with Artmaking

Oct 21

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Looking Toward the Rising Sun: Author Reading

Oct 21

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Stick Figure Poetry Showcase

Oct 21

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

75 Years of Easton Wrestling: Interview

Oct 21

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Home is Where the Heart Is with 8-year-old author Finley Campbell

Oct 21

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Business of Personal Training

Oct 21

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Four Picture-Book Authors Read Their Books, plus, Crafts

Oct 21

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Nothing to Lose but Our Chains! Panel Discussion about Social Transformation

Oct 21

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Polymath: The Life and Professions of ‘Joy of Sex’ author Alex Comfort

Oct 22

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Author Readings @ Easton Small Press Expo

Oct 22

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Kensington Press Mystery-Writers Panel

Oct 22

1:00 pm - 1:40 pm

Meet Camille Gomera-Tavarez @ Young Adult Festival

Oct 22

1:40 pm - 2:20 pm

Victoria Jamieson: Writing Graphic Novels @ Young Adult Festival

Oct 22

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Fidelity Bank Ice Cream Truck

Oct 22

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Love, Nature Magic: Shamanic Journeys into the Heart of My Garden

Oct 22

2:20 pm - 3:00 pm

Meet Shveta Thakrar @ Young Adult Festival

Oct 22

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Discussion Panel @ Young Adult Festival: The Impact of Book Banning on the Voices of Traditionally Marginalized Authors

Oct 22

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Laughs on Paper

Oct 22

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Living Ur Sonata

Oct 14

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Meet & Greet Clifford the Big Red Dog!

Oct 14

10:30 am - 11:00 am

It’s Harvest Time, with author Katarah Jordan

Oct 14

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Meet & Greet Maisy the Mouse!

Oct 14

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Crick, Crack Crow, with author Janet Lord

Oct 14

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Meet & Greet Curious George!

Oct 14

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Mindful with Me: Connecting with Your Child Through Daily Mindfulness

Oct 14

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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

Oct 15

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

LVP Virtual Open Mic

Oct 16

7:00 pm - 7:45 pm

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

Oct 17

9:30 am - 9:45 am

Girls of the World: Doing More Than Ever Before–Storytime with Linsey Davis, ABC News Anchor and Children’s Book Author

Oct 17

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Wicked Brew, presented by Lehigh Valley Poetry

Oct 18

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Open Mic at Centre Square, hosted by Lehigh Valley Poetry and Noble Quills

Oct 18

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

World War 3: Now? Magazine Release Party, Art Show, Slideshow & Concert

Oct 19

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Easton Book Festival Local Author Tables Meet and Greet

Oct 19

10:00 am - 11:00 am

How to Nurture the Story That Is Within You

Oct 19

10:30 am - 11:30 am

What Does It Mean to have Published a Memoir?

Oct 19

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Storytime for Dogs at Easton Farmers’ Market with special guest Clifford the Big Red Dog

Oct 19

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Conversations in Solarpunk, Climate Fiction, and Futurisms

Oct 19

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Discover the Power of Nonviolent Communication

Oct 19

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation–Bill Ayers in conversation with Melba Tolliver

Oct 19

11:30 am - 4:00 pm

Dive into Stream Health with Penn State Extension and Dr. Watt R Shedd

Oct 19

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Ignite Your Cinematic Creativity with Brandon Avery

Oct 19

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Art & Text: Artists Talks

Oct 19

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Drag Story Hour with Yippee Skippy Puppets

Oct 19

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Our Changing Climate: A “Science on a Sphere” program

Oct 19

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Sharing Thoughts on End of Life Care, with Death Cafe Workshop

Oct 19

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Bethlehem Steel: Rusting Relic – with author & photographer John and Steven Landis

Oct 19

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Stream Doctor Experience: Storytime & Watershed Exploration!

Oct 19

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

World War 3: Now? – Discussion with International Artists (Hybrid Online/In-person)

Oct 19

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

How To Get Your Book To The Screen

Oct 19

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Poetry & Puppetry Workshop with Magnus Matteo

Oct 19

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A Dark and Stormy Night Game Show Day 1: Crime, Suspense, Thriller

Oct 19

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Party Time with Unbearables Poetry Collective & Collapse Press East

Oct 20

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Essentials of Social Media: Workshop (Special 4-Hour Intensive; $200 Fee)

Oct 20

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Grit and Crime–The Art of Writing Noir: Panel DIscussion

Oct 20

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Storying a Bright Future – Workshop

Oct 20

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Protagonist vs. Plot — A Writers’ Panel Discussion

Oct 20

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Easton Zine [Mini] Library ZINE SWAP @ Small Press Expo

Oct 20

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Small Press Expo: Publisher Tables with Author Meet & Greet

Oct 20

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Writing a No-Fail Poem: Workshop with Rebecca Reynolds

Oct 20

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Preserving the Pennsylvania Wilds: the Rebirth of Elk Country — Author Mario Chiappelli in Conversation with Environmental Educator Ian Kindle

Oct 20

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

A Dark and Stormy Night: Game Show Day 2: with Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group

Oct 20

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Beyond Representation: LGBTQIA+ Book Workshop

Oct 20

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Jump Start Your Young Adult and Middle-Grade Book – Workshop

Oct 20

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Celebrating the Lehigh Valley in Print

Oct 20

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Making Open Mic Magic: How We Host

Oct 20

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

On Whose Shoulders We Stand: a Book Discussion about “Mal Goode Reporting–The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer”

Oct 20

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Words from the Youth: Featuring the Lafayette College English Club

Oct 20

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Pink Trees Press Poetry Reading

Oct 20

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Transforming Pain into Art: A Workshop on Creative Healing

Oct 20

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

How Do I Draw These Memories? Meet Jonell Joshua @ YA Fest

Oct 20

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Investigative Journalism Transformed: Podcasts and Network News

Oct 20

5:45 pm - 6:15 pm

Daydreamer: Meet Rob Cameron @ YA Fest

Oct 20

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Star Daughter: Meet Shveta Thakrar @ YA Fest

Oct 20

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Call Femella: A Goddess Ritual