Activities on the Green
Bookstock, Woodstock’s celebration of books and storytelling, will …….our great used book sale, exhibitors, music, activities for children (the Children’s Tent will feature face painting, crafts, raffle drawings and story time readings, along with exciting live presentations.), and food on and around The Green in the heart of our town. Plus there’s plenty to experience around our town, including restaurants, bakeries, and many interesting local shops.
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Friday, May 16
Activities On The Green
10:00 – 5:00 Registration and Info
1:00 – 5:00 Used Book Sale
1:00 – 5:00 Exhibitor Tent
12:00 – 5:00 Food and Drinks Tent
1:00 – 5:00 Music on the Green
Friday's Activities on the Green
10:00 – 5:00 | Registration and Info
Stop by the Registration table to pick up a copy of your schedule, to register for more activities, to pick up a map, or to just say hi.
1:00 – 5:00 | Used Book Sale
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1:00 – 5:00 | Exhibitor Tent
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1:00 – 5:00 | Exhibitor Tent
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1:00 – 5:00 | Exhibitor Tent
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Saturday, May 17
Activities On The Green
9:00 – 5:00 Registration and Info
9:00 – 5:00 Used Book Sale
9:00 – 5:00 Children’s Tent
9:00 – 5:00 Food and Drinks Tent
9:00 – 5:00 Exhibitor Tent
Saturday's Activities on the Green
10:00 – 11:30 | The Little Theater
Author – Marjan Kamali, the 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award, will Discuss her best-selling book The Lion Women of Tehran.
12:00 – 1:30 | NWPL
Author – Peter Canellos, the author of The Great Dissenter, will discuss his upcoming biography on Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito.
12:00 – 1:30 | The Little Theater
Workshop – Rocket, the creative force behind Eat Vermont, will lead a workshop on Effective Storytelling on Social Media and explore the power of storytelling to build empathy.
2:00 – 3:30 | The Little Theater
Author – Alison Espach, the New York Times best-selling author of The Wedding People will be in conversation will be in conversation with Chard DeNiord.
4:00 – 5:30 | The Little Theater
Author – Kevin Fedarko, the author of the bestseller A Walk in the Park, which won the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, will discuss his book and show slides of his adventure.
Sunday, May 18
Activities On The Green
9:00 – 5:00 Registration and Info
10:00 – 1:00 Used Book Sale
10:00 – 1:00 Children’s Tent
10:00 – 1:00 Food and Drinks Tent
10:00 – 1:00 Exhibitor Tent
Sunday's Activities on the Green
9:00 – 10:30 | Ottauquechee Health Foundation
Workshop – Susan S Reynolds, writing teacher at Dartmouth College, will lead a workshop on The Art of Memoir that will help you find your own unique voice.
10:30 – 12:00 | Billings Park
Author – Steve Kemp has spent a career working in national parks. He will discuss is upcoming book An Exaltation of Parks: John D Rockefeller Jr.’s Crusade to Save America’s Wonderlands
10:30 – 12:00 | The Little Theater
Poetry Readings – Three prize winning poets, Didi Jackson, the recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, Major Jackson, a recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and Alison Prine, winner of the Sappho’s Prize in Poetry, will share the stage during this year’s Poetry Reading.
12:15 – 1:30 | Billings Park
Author – Carriage Road Walk and Talk. Author Steve Kemp a former National Park Ranger, will lead a walk along a carriage trail in Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park. Learn about the history of the carriage trails and enjoy one of the most beautiful walks in Woodstock.
1:00 – 2:00 | The Little Theater
Workshop – Poet, artist and filmmaker Bimpé Fageyinbo will hold a workshop titled The Art of Poetic Conversation and explore the importance of conversation and the internal monologue in crafting poetics.
1:00 – 4:00 | Town Hall Theatre
Movie and Panel Discussion – In our closing event for the weekend, we’ll show the film American Fiction and follow it with a panel of publishing pros, who’ll share their insider views on this and other major themes that the film raises.
