2023 Schedule – Bookstock VT

Session Registration

Registration is encouraged, but voluntary – it allows us to prepare a fun and engaging experience for all attendees. Proof of registration is not required in person; this helps us prepare for the festival and allows us to send you news of updates and changes. Registration does not guarantee a seat at free events; seating for free sessions is first-come-first-served.

Day 1

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Day 2

Friday, June 23, 2023

Day 3

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Day 4

Sunday, June 25, 2023

UNBOUND, gallery opening

5:30 pm

Artistree

God of Carnage, opening night

7:00 pm

Artistree

Book Sale opens!

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Melodie Winawer

Lunch & Learn with Author Melodie Winawer

12:00 pm

Thompson Senior Center

Melodie Winawer

Admission Fee

Nurturing the Art of Poetry

3:00 pm

North Chapel

Tessa Wegert

Writers Session: Tessa Wegert on Marketing Your Book

5:00 pm

Town Hall Meeting Room

Tessa Wegert

Admission Fee, Workshop

Joni B. Cole

Good Naked: Wit, Wisdom, and a Writing Workshop

5:00 pm

Soulfully Good Cafe

Joni B. Cole

Admission Fee, Authors, Workshop

Dzvinia Orlowsky

Poetry Workshop with Dzvinia Orlowsky: From the Planetary to the Personal & Imagistic Leaps

5:00 pm

North Chapel in the Parlor

Dzvinia Orlowsky

Admission Fee, Poetry, Workshop

Andy Borowitz

Political Satirist Andy Borowitz with Mitch Wertlieb

7:00 pm

Town Hall Theater

Andy Borowitz

Mitch Wertlieb

Opening Night Reception

8:00 pm

Au Comptoir

Admission Fee

Book Sale opens!

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Emily Bernard

Writing With Radical Honesty: Emily Bernard & Peter Orner

9:30 am

Town Hall Theater

Emily Bernard

Peter Orner

Poetry

Jo Knowles

On Saying No to Book Banning

9:30 am

Norman Williams Public Library

Jo Knowles

Susan Piccoli

Children & Family

Pamela Cappetta

Family Morning Mindfulness Session

9:30 am

Woodstock History Center

Pamela Cappetta

Children & Family

Dzvinia Orlowsky

Poetry Reading: Dzvinia Orlowsky and Sarah Audsley

9:30 am

North Chapel

Dzvinia Orlowsky

Sarah Audsley

Poetry

Mikaela Lefrak

Biographer Susan Page talks Bad-Ass Women with Mikaela LeFrak

11:00 am

Town Hall Theater

Mikaela Lefrak

Susan Page

Meg Madden

For People Who Love Mushrooms

11:00 am

Norman Williams Public Library

Meg Madden

Melanie Finn

2021 Vermont Book Award Winner Melanie Finn with Miciah Bay Gault

11:00 am

Woodstock History Center

Melanie Finn

Michiah Gault

Samantha Aronson

Finding Inspiration and Creativity in Fly Fishing

11:00 am

North Chapel, Sanctuary

Samantha Aronson

Tim Weed

Dayna Lorentz

Writing from the Animal Viewpoint

11:00 am

Marsh-Billings National Park, Forest Center

Dayna Lorentz

Children & Family

Jeff Sharlet

The Red and Blue Divide

12:30 pm

Town Hall Theater

Jeff Sharlet

Thomas B. Edsall

Liza Bernard

The Glass Château: A New Novel by Stephen Kiernan

12:30 pm

Norman Williams Public Library

Liza Bernard

Stephen Kiernan

Annabel Driussi

Cartoonist Session with Annabel Driussi

12:30 pm

Woodstock History Center

Annabel Driussi

Artists

Charlotte Matthews

Poetry reading: Charlotte Matthews & Matthew Olzmann

12:30 pm

North Chapel

Charlotte Matthews

Matthew Olzmann

Poetry

Joseph J. Ellis

Joseph Ellis on The American Founding with Vic Henningsen

2:00 pm

Town Hall Theater

Joseph J. Ellis

Vic Henningsen

Authors

Elizabeth Wilcox

Women & Story Telling with Susan Conley and Elizabeth Wilcox

2:00 pm

Norman Williams Public Library

Elizabeth Wilcox

Susan Conley

Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

A Children’s History with Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

2:00 pm

Woodstock History Center

Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Carolyn Forché

Poetry reading: Carolyn Forché & Patricia Smith

2:00 pm

North Chapel

Carolyn Forché

Patricia Smith

Poetry

John Kaag

On Thoreau at Work

2:00 pm

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Forest Center

John Kaag

Bill Gifford

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

3:30 pm

Town Hall Theater

Bill Gifford

Joseph Bruchac

Speaking Native American Voices

3:30 pm

Woodstock History Center

Joseph Bruchac

Vera Longtoe Sheehan

Bianca Stone

Poetry reading: Bianca Stone & Vievee Francis

3:30 pm

North Chapel

Bianca Stone

Vievee Francis

Poetry

John T. Broderick Jr.

Changing the Culture & Conversation Around Mental Health

3:30 pm

Norman Williams Public Library

John T. Broderick Jr.

Dr. David Brams

Changing Our Perception of Ob*sity

5:00 pm

North Chapel, Sanctuary

Dr. David Brams

Wendy Willis Baldwin

Bill Schubart

Debut Novelist Leigh McMullen Abramson with Bill Schubart

5:00 pm

Norman Williams Public Library

Bill Schubart

Debut Novelist Leigh McMullen Abramson with Bill Schubart

Jean Leibowitz Wiecha

A Painter’s Workshop

5:00 pm

Woodstock History Center

Jean Leibowitz Wiecha

Workshop

KeruBo

Healing through Song with Singer/Songwriter KeruBo

5:00 pm

Town Hall Theater

KeruBo

Liz Stookey Sunde

Music

Robin Casarjian

Award-Winning Musician and Filmmaker SPEECH with Robin Casarjian

7:00 pm

Town Hall Theater

Robin Casarjian

Speech Thomas

Book Sale opens!

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Gretchen Cherington

True Crime or Fiction?

9:30 am

Norman Williams Public Library

Gretchen Cherington

Sarah Stewart Taylor

Megan Mayhew Bergman

On Nature, Women and Writing

9:30 am

Woodstock History Center

Megan Mayhew Bergman

Robin Marie MacArthur

Doug Hardy

Who’s In Your Room?

9:30 am

Town Hall Theater

Doug Hardy

Chard deNiord

The Not-So-Solitary Writing Life: Stories of Friendship and Learning

11:00 am

Town Hall Theater

Chard deNiord

Jay Parini

Bethany Brietland

Poetry Reading: Elizabeth Powell & Bethany Breitland

11:00 am

Norman Williams Public Library

Bethany Brietland

Elizabeth A. I. Powell

Poetry

Jay Craven

Storytelling in Vermont Through Film

11:00 am

Woodstock History Center

Jay Craven

Rick Winston

Rob Gurwitt

Samantha Davidson Green

Ilyon Woo

Master, Slave, Husband, Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom

12:30 pm

Town Hall Theater

Ilyon Woo

Julia Rabig

Martin Philip

Going Local, Eating Global

12:30 pm

Woodstock History Center

Martin Philip

Rocket

Chuck Collins

The Facts and Fears of Climate Disruption

12:30 pm

Woodstock History Center

Chuck Collins

Jacques Leslie

Kerrin McCadden

Poetry reading: Kerrin McCadden & Neil Shepard

1:00 pm

North Chapel

Kerrin McCadden

Neil Shepard

Poetry

GennaRose Nethercott

The Thistlefoot Traveling Puppet Show

2:00 pm

Town Hall Theater

GennaRose Nethercott

Henriette Lazaridis

Exploring the Polar Regions through Fiction

2:00 pm

Norman Williams Public Library

Henriette Lazaridis

Nathaniel Ian Miller

Dede Cummings

Writers Session: How to Sell Your Book

2:00 pm

Woodstock History Center

Bruce Smith

Poetry reading: Bruce Smith & Jules Gibbs

2:00 pm

North Chapel

Bruce Smith

Jules Gibbs

Poetry

Bloom/Funkhouser Duo

4:00 pm

Artistree

Admission Fee