Guelph Book Bash Festival 2023

Sun, Nov 5 2023, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Guelph Book Bash Festival is an annual celebration of the books published by Guelph and area authors over the previous year. The event is presented by Vocamus Writers Community.

This year, it will be held on Sunday November 5, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, at the Guelph Farmers' Market.

Over thirty authors will be in attendance to sell their books, chat with attendees, and sign copies. The authors will be joined by many of Guelph's micro-presses, bookstores, libraries, cultural groups, and literacy organizations, all the people who help make up our great local book culture.

There will also be storytelling and free books for children, a leave-a-book-take-a-book table, a book composting demonstration, food and refreshments for sale, book prizes, and other fun!

There is no cost for the event, but donations will be accepted for Action Read, Friends of Vocamus Writers Community's charitable partner, which provides literacy programs in the community.

Here are some ways you can be involved:

If you’re a Guelph-area author with a recently published book, we'd love to have you on the program.

If you’re a local a business that would like to sponsor Book Bash, we have lots of avenues to promote your brand through our own media, external advertising, and the event itself.

If you’re looking to volunteer, we can always use help setting up, taking down, welcoming guests, handing out programs, and so forth.

For further information please contact us at vocamuswriterscommunity@gmail.com.

Book Bash 2023 Featured Local Books

Class Trip

Hijinks and silliness abound during a class trip to the museum.

By: Robert Munsch

2023

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The Country of Toó by Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Novel set in contemporary Guatemala translated by a Guelph author

By: STEPHEN HENIGHAN

2023

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Cultivating the Truth

Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Humour

By: Jamie Tremain

2023

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Dark Blossoming

mystery, police procedural, amateur sleuth, small town & rural, murder

By: Gloria Ferris

2023

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The Dead Lie

The first book in the Blue Water Mysteries series.

By: Ivanka Fear

2023

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The Deadly Trade

THE DEADLY TRADE Publication Date: September 5, 2023

By: Barbara Kyle

2023

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Double Eagle: A DreadfulWater Mystery

A new DreadfulWater mystery.

By: Thomas King

2023

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Epitaph: Full Circle

Even when you think you know, you don't. Wonderfully crafted,…

By: J. A. Gibbens

2023

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