Events
Wednesday, July 7 - Children's Day
10am - Virtual Storytime
Join us via Zoom for a special storytime! Recommended for ages 2-6, but everyone is welcome! Please register for this event. Those who register will be emailed the link to our Zoom meeting space. Registration is required.
2:30pm -Meet the Author: Charnaie Gordon
Charnaie Gordon, diversity expert and author of A Kids Book About Diversity and editor of Race Cars: A Children's Book About White Privilege, will present a talk for parents about diverse and inclusive books and ways to instill a lifelong love of reading. Registration is required.
Recommended for adults.
Thursday, July 8
8-9pm - Drink & Draw with Brom
Tabletop game artist and novelist, Brom, will join the BookFestPA fun, Thursday night for an evening of complete geekery with a side of drinks. From Dungeons & Dragons’ Dark Sun, to Plucker, and his forthcoming Slewfoot: a tale of Bewitchery (9/2021), this is our chance to ask Brom just how he became so great. This event is recommended for attendees 18 years and up.
Pick up your copies of Brom’s work at Webster’s Bookstore & Café. Signed plates available at Schlow. First come, first served.
Friday, July 9
pm - Setsucon Costume Contest Awards
Show off your creative flair in the first ever BookFestPA Virtual Costume Contest, sponsored by Setsucon. Let's celebrate our favorite fandoms by showing off costumes of the characters we love. Join us by entering into our Costume Contest using the form below for a chance to be crowned the 2020 Champion!
Enter Online Wed. June 24 - Wed. July 8.
Open to all ages, & all costume genres
Awards will be available for the following categories:
Best Overall/Handmade
Most Accurate
Best Kids
Best Anime/Comic
Best TV/Movie/Book
Awards will be announced via Zoom!
7-8pm - A Conversation with J. Courtney Sullivan
New York Times bestselling author, J. Courtney Sullivan closes out BookFestPA with a virtual chat about motherhood in modern fiction, the pandemic, and her sources of inspiration. Sullivan is known for Commencement, Maine, The Engagements, and Saints For All Occasions. Maine was named a Best Book of the Year by Time magazine, and a Washington Post Notable Book for 2011. Her recent work, Friends and Strangers, is a Today Show “Read with Jenna” book club pick.
A special thank you to author and Penn State University Professor, Elizabeth Kadetsky for moderating the evening program.
Pick up your copies of Sullivan’s work at Webster’s Bookstore & Café.
Signed plates available at Schlow. First come, first served.
“A deeply personal yet profound exploration of motherhood, friendships, and the role of privilege in determining how we shape our lives.”
—Booklist on Friends and Strangers