Northshire Bookstore Event: Booktopia

(Manchester Center, VT) On May 2-4, Northshire Bookstore will host Booktopia, a reader’s dream weekend of author talks and bookish fun.

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

Programming on May 2nd and 3rd will include author talks, panels and signings, book recommendation sessions, industry expert Ann Kingman, book trivia, a celebration dinner, and a Yankee Book Swap. 

Northshire Bookstore co-owner Nicole Ihasz said “I’m so excited for this year’s Booktopia Festival! We have an incredible lineup of author events—stories sure to spark conversation, inspiration, and connection. What makes Booktopia truly special is the community it brings together. I can’t wait to welcome this year’s amazing group of readers and writers back to the store!”

The festival will conclude on Sunday, May 4th at the Southern Vermont Arts Center. National Medal of the Arts recipient Julia Alvarez will discuss her book The Cemetery of Untold Stories with fellow author Megan Mayhew Bergman.

Tickets are required to attend Booktopia, and it is possible to reserve a spot for all three days, Saturday and Sunday only, or just Sunday’s event with Julia Alvarez.

For more information on these or other events, email events@northshire.com, or visit the Northshire Bookstore website at www.northshire.com.

Northshire Bookstore, originally founded in 1976, has locations in Manchester, Vermont and Saratoga Springs, NY as well as at Northshire.com. Our large but intimate general bookstores carry the largest selection of categories and genres including new & used fiction, history, cooking, arts and rare author-signed editions. We also have entire floors devoted to Children’s Books and toys, a full line of stationery, magazines, music, cards, calendars, locally-sourced foods and many fine gifts from clothing to jewelry. Open to the public daily from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM and 24/7 online with free shipping at www.northshire.com