Bookstock 2012 will take place on Friday, July 27th through Sunday, July 29th.

The 4th Annual Bookstock, a Green Mountain Festival of Words, will take place on Friday, July 27, through Sunday,  July 29, 2012 in the beautiful village of Woodstock, Vermont.

Our community-sponsored day celebrates the diverse ways that books and authors, especially those connected with Vermont and the Upper Valley, helping us explore a wide range of human experience for all ages,

All events are free and open to the public!

Here are coming highlights of Bookstock 2012:

A massive second hand book sale starts on the Green on Friday, July 27 at 10 AM. The book sale runs through Saturday, July 28 at 4 PM.

On Friday afternoon, Unbound II, a juried exhibition of Book Arts will be held at the ArtisTree Gallery, co-presented by Pentangle Arts Council,  with a Bookstock/ArtisTree Opening Reception at 5:30 PM. Later that evening will be a Poetry Jam, which in 2011 packed a large room above Bentley’s Restaurant.

On Saturday morning, Sue Miller, the noted novelist, will give a keynote presentation at Town Hall Theater at 10 AM.

Following Sue, over thirty authors of national and local renown will speak, reading from their work, discuss their writing, and mingle with the participating public.  Fiction, non-fiction, cartooning, memoir, puppet theater, history, nature, poetry and other genres will be represented. These sessions take place in venues near the Green.

On the Green during Saturday a large exhibitor tent for publishers and self-published authors will be crammed with special bargains.   Also on the Green will be the book sale, food concessions, and live music, including Gumbo Loco, a Cajun band

On Sunday, The Norman Williams Public Library will host a presentation of a book about Vermont’s most illustrious circus, Circus Smirkus!

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