Bookstock has been an important summer event in Woodstock since 2009.  Since then it has hosted over 400 authors, sold over 70,000 used books under a huge circus tent on the Town Green, and been attended by tens of thousands of individuals – with all talks and readings being free and open to all.  Bookstock has been a beacon of literary life and a source of fun and enrichment in the region. 

Any event that features dozens of speakers, dozens of volunteers, and multiple venues requires a huge amount of work every year.  It has a lot of moving parts.  It’s also a delicate balance at best, with some people wanting each year to be bigger and better than the previous year, and others preferring a more modest event.  This year, despite numerous dedicated partnering organizations, energetic volunteers, and generous supporters, it proved not possible to pull off. As a result, the board of Bookstock is sorry to announce that it has decided to cancel this year’s festival and suspend any future plans.

We’re enormously grateful for all that the enormously talented staff, dedicated and energetic volunteers, and generous financial supporters and local partners have invested this year and previous years to bring outstanding writers and poets to our community to share their work.