Easton Book Festival
Events
Meet Clifford the Big Red Dog!
Easton Area Public Library and District Center 515 Church St, Easton, PABring the kids to meet Clifford the Big Red Dog at the Easton Area Public Library. Three time slots. Free!
Remember When Storytime: Homecoming & Heritage Craft
Easton Area Public Library and District Center 515 Church St, Easton, PAJoin local author, Stacey Stallings, for a heartwarming celebration of family, faith, and community with a special reading of Homecoming, the first installment in the Remember When book series. In a world that often feels disconnected, Homecoming invites young readers to return to a place where the heart is never hungry. Through the lens of...
DAISY HELPS WITH THE DRESS Read Aloud (and Collage Activity)
Easton Area Public Library and District Center 515 Church St, Easton, PAA read aloud of Daisy Helps With the Dress, a picture book about a little girl's attempts to "help" with preparations for a wedding celebration in her family of reusers, recyclers, and remixers. Accompanying collage activity if possible. OLUGBEMISOLA RHUDAY-PERKOVICH is the author of several children’s books, including Operation Sisterhood, an IndieNext Top Ten Pick...
2026 Easton Book Festival
Easton, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18042The 8th Annual Easton Book Festival, October 12-18, 2026, presents literary programs for adults and children, including seminars, open mic performances, story-times, panel discussions, and three different author expos. Program themes include mystery, horror, sci-fi, memoir, poetry, and politics. Venues include the Sigal Museum, Easton Area Public Library, Book and Puppet Company, Quadrant Book Mart,...
FreeOperation Hug: Storytime with Madeline Marriott
Easton Area Public Library and District Center 515 Church St, Easton, PAAuthor Madeline Marriott reads and discusses her children's book, Operation Hug. Operation Hug is a big-hearted children's picture book that tells the story of a pack of critter friends banding together to make a special suit so their porcupine friend can safely join their group hug. Joining the long history of children's literature about the...
Creative Power of Journaling (Workshop)
The Journey Home 52 South 2nd St, Easton, PAThe Creative Power of Journaling invites artists, writers, readers and even those who think they are “boring” or “not creative” to explore different types of journaling with various materials and in multiple styles (from paper to electronic) as a way to unleash your creative side, organize and record your life, and improve your mental health....
Words in the Ward
Plants + Coffee 1458 Northampton St, Easton, PAWords in the Ward has been a local, grassroots West Ward neighborhood event for over ten years, starting with open mic gatherings on sidewalks and pocket parks. During the pandemic, Words in the Ward went virtual in the form of videos featuring local poets. We are happy to partner with the Easton Book Festival again...
Lehigh Valley Poetry Virtual Open Mic
Easton, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18042Join us virtually for an open mic event where you can share your poetry and be part of the Easton Book Festival! The Lehigh Valley Poetry Collective, established in 2015 with events in Easton, has been a loose group of regional poets who have organized and collaborated together on performance series and open mic events....
Breaking the Mold
Book & Puppet Co.This workshop will help writers look at alternatives to the heroic cycle or Freitag's upside down checkmark when writing fiction or creative nonfiction. Using examples from contemporary writers, we will analyze and experiment with writing in different kinds of forms to help crack open creativity and get those stories out of your head and onto...
