Open Book – Whatcom County Library System

Mark your calendars for Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, to join us for Open Book Festival 2024.
Ferndale Events Center, 5715 Barrett Road, Ferndale, WA

Generously sponsored by the Whatcom County Library Foundation
and enthusiastically presented by Whatcom County Library System and Village Books.

BOOKISH EXPERIENCES

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Storytelling with Brian Flowers
Lightning book talks with local authors
Experience music and films from our streaming collections
Discover how to gather and digitize your family stories and artifacts
Find out more about our digital resources
Check out American Girl Dolls, ukuleles, board games and puzzles from our Library of Things
Visit the Book Hospital where we repair damaged books
Your Right to Read: How Libraries Protect Intellectual Freedom
Step inside the Bookmobile and see how we serve patrons on the road.

And so much more!

MAINSTAGE

Storyteller
Brian Flowers
12:45 p.m.

Poet/Author
Robert Lashley
1:45 p.m.

Golden Apple Award
for Educators
2:00 p.m.

Author
Janie Chang
2:30 p.m.

LOCAL AUTHORS

LOCAL AUTHORS APPEARING AT OPEN BOOK
Susan Colleen Browne	Rain Fordyce	Nala Henkel-Aislinn	Barbara Hicks
Robert Lashley	Motoko Lewis (Illustrator)	Kerry Claire Mitchell	Ögn Magnusson
Becky Mandelbaum	Janet Oakley	Brooke Pederson	Carol Reed-Jones
Rob Slater

MAINSTAGE AUTHOR: JANIE CHANG

Janie Chang is a Canadian bestselling author of historical fiction. Inspired by family stories and tales of ancestors who encountered dragons, ghosts and immortals, her novels include: The Porcelain Moon, The Library of Legends, Dragon Springs Road, Three Souls and The Phoenix Crown (co-authored with Kate Quinn).

Janie will present “Inspiration, Research and Serendipity” with a special focus on her bestselling book The Library of Legends.