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Bookstock, Woodstock’s celebration of books and storytelling, will host a remarkable group of award-winning authors and poets at Bookstock 2025, on May 16-17-18. Opening night events take place at Artistree. On Saturday, you’ll find talks and readings by award-winning authors and poets, our great used book sale, exhibitors, music, activities for children, and food on and around The Green in the heart of our town. Be sure to visit Norman Williams Public Library for their own used and rare book sale. Plus there’s plenty to experience around our town, including restaurants, bakeries, and many interesting local shops.
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Friday, May 16 Events
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
Registration is required for all Events and Workshops
Friday's Events and Workshops
12:00 – 1:30 | Artistree
Workshop – Learn to Make Folding Books. Leader/artist Carolyn Shattuck will offer instructions and guidance necessary to learn several folding structures to make your own Flutter book and the Turkish pop-up.
4:00 – 5:30 | UU Parlor
Workshop – Author/Instructor Joni B. Cole will lead an interactive workshop titled This is the Time When . . . A Workshop for Everyone with a Story to Tell
4:30 – 7:00 | Artistree
The Unbound Exhibit – Artistree’s annual exhibit focused on Artist’s Books and other artwork made from (or about) books, will be open late. *** need details on event, ****
Saturday, May 17 Events
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
Registration is required for all Events and Workshops
Saturday's Events and Workshops
2:00 – 3:30 | Town Hall Theatre
Author – Alison Espach, the New York Times best-selling author of The Wedding People in conversation with Chard DeNiord
Sunday, May 18 Events
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
Registration is required for all Events and Workshops
Sunday's Events and Workshops
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 Theatre
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.
12:00 – 1:30 | Billings Park
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 – 4:00 | Town Hall Theatre
Movie and Panel Discussion – American Fiction Movie and Panel Discussion ??????? Need details on how to get tickets, etc *****
Venue Locations
ART = Artistree Community Arts Center, 2095 Pomfret Rd, South Pomfret
UU = North Universalist Chapel, 7 Church St., Woodstock
NWPL = Norman Williams Public Library, 10 The Green, Woodstock
Focus = the Focus Vermont Gallery, 23 Elm St, Woodstock
Billings = Billings Farm & Museum, 69 Old River Road, Woodstock
OHF = Ottauquechee Health Foundation, 32 Pleasant St, Woodstock
St. James = St. James Episcopal Church, 2 St. James Place, Woodstock
THT = The Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 31 The Green, Woodstock
Jackson =
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ART = Artistree
UU = North Universalist Chapel
NWPL = Norman Williams Public Library
Focus = the Focus Vermont Gallery
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