Booktopia 2025
Bookish fun at Northshire's annual festival!

Join Northshire on May 2-4, 2025 in beautiful Manchester Center, Vermont, for an intimate weekend of talks, signings, celebration, and a wonderful array of guest authors!

Our 2025 Booktopia authors are: Julia Alvarez, Jessica Anya Blau, Harry Bliss, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Jennifer Haigh, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Stuart Nadler, Amy Shearn, Shubha Sunder and Helen Whybrow. Booktopia will include interviews by Joe Donahue, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Kim Van Alkemade and the Northshire staff!

Our programming on Friday, May 2nd will include author presentations, book recommendations, and a lovely celebration dinner (with literary trivia!) at the Kimpton Taconic Hotel.

Saturday, May 3rd will feature a group reading and signing featuring many of this years' authors, a session with industry expert Ann Kingman, and a Yankee Book Swap.

The festival will conclude on Sunday, May 4th with National Medal of the Arts recipient Julia Alvarez discussing her book The Cemetery of Untold Stories with fellow author Megan Mayhew Bergman. Ms. Alvarez's presentation will begin at 1 pm at the Southern Vermont Art Center.

It is possible to purchase tickets for all three days, Saturday and Sunday only, or just Sunday's event with Julia Alvarez. All two- or three-day tickets include a $50 Northshire Bookstore gift card. You will receive your gift card upon check-in at the festival.

Friday, May 2nd 2025

10:00-11:00 am­: Check in & badge pick-up­ at Northshire Bookstore. Later arrivals will be able to check in with a bookseller at the front service desk.

11:00-11:15 am: Booktopia Welcome & Announcements (First Baptist Church Sanctuary)

11:15 am-12:30 pm: This Gift Card is Burning a Hole in My Pocket!

Lunch Break 12:30-2 pm

2:00–3:00 pm: Author Session F1 (Multiple Locations):

Harry Bliss and Helen Whybrow in conversation with Stan Hynds - First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio - Northshire Bookstore Event Space

3:15–4:15 pm: Author Session F2 (Multiple Locations)

Jessica Anya Blau and Amy Shearn in conversation with Rachel Person - First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Stuart Nadler - Northshire Bookstore Event Space

4:30-5:30 pm: Author Session F3 (Multiple Locations)

Jennifer Haigh and Shubha Sunder in conversation with Nicole Ihasz - First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Jean Hanff Korelitz - Northshire Bookstore Event Space

6:30-9:30 pm: The Celebration Dinner and Book Trivia at the Kimpton Taconic - 3835 Main Street

Saturday, May 3 2025

8:30-9:00 am: Check in & badge pick-up­ at Northshire Bookstore. Later arrivals will be able to check in with a bookseller at the front service desk.

9:00-10 am: Author Session S1 (Multiple Locations)

Jean Hanff Korelitz and Karla Cornejo Villavicencio in conversation with Nicole Ihasz - First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Harry Bliss in conversation with Joe Donahue - Northshire Bookstore Event Space

10:15 am-12:15 pm: Author Session S2 (First Baptist Church Sanctuary): Jessica Anya Blau, Harry Bliss, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Jennifer Haigh, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Stuart Nadler, Amy Shearn, Shubha Sunder and Helen Whybrow will each give a short reading. The readings will be followed by a group book signing at Northshire Bookstore on the main level.

Lunch Break 12:15-1:30 pm

1:30-2:30 pm: Author Session S3 (Multiple Locations)

Stuart Nadler & Amy Shearn in conversation with Kim Van Alkemade First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Jennifer Haigh- Northshire Bookstore Event Space  

2:45-3:45 pm: Author Session S4 (Multiple Locations)

Shubha Sunder & Jessica Anya Blau in conversation with Kim Van Alkemade - First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Helen Whybrow - Northshire Bookstore Event Space

4-5 pm: A Conversation and Book Recommendations with Ann Kingman (First Baptist Church Sanctuary)

5:15-6:15 pm: Yankee Book Swap (Northshire Bookstore Event Space)

Sunday May 4 2025

1:00 pm: Julia Alvarez in conversation with Megan Mayhew Bergman - The Arkell Pavilion at the Southern Vermont Arts Center - 860 Southern Vermont Arts Center Drive, Manchester, VT 05254

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Date: May 2-4, 2025

Location: Multiple Locations in Manchester Center, VT

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