{"id":25607,"date":"2025-09-08T14:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/?post_type=ajde_events&#038;p=25607"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:23:12","slug":"townships-book-fest-2025-celebrate-local-literary-talent","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/events\/townships-book-fest-2025-celebrate-local-literary-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Townships Book Fest 2025 &#8211; Celebrate local literary talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">third annual Townships Book Fest<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"> is coming up on <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Saturday, November 22, 2025<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">, in the downstairs hall of <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Hope Community Church, Lennoxville<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Organized by <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Biblioth\u00e8que Lennoxville Library, Black Cat Books, Shoreline Press, Townshippers\u2019 Association, and the Townships Sun<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"> with financial support from the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Townshippers\u2019 Foundation<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">, this one day festive event aims to connect <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">over 50 local authors<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"> from across the Townships with book lovers of all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">What to expect:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Author presentations throughout the day<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Books to browse and buy, signed by the authors themselves<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Food, drink, and live music<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">A festive holiday atmosphere celebrating the wealth and diversity of English-language writing in the Townships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Open to all \u2014 come meet your favourite writers, discover new voices, and take home books that tell our local stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Are you a local published author who would like to participate?<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"> Contact any of the organizers to find out more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25847\" src=\"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BooKFest1-1-180x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BooKFest1-1-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/townshippers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BooKFest1-1.png 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25850\" src=\"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BookFest2-1-181x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BookFest2-1-181x300.png 181w, https:\/\/townshippers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BookFest2-1.png 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25843,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"tags":[],"event_type":[],"event_type_2":[],"class_list":["post-25607","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_location-hope-community-church","event_organizer-bibliotheque-lennoxville-library","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/25607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25607"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=25607"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townshippers.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=25607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}