BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20231105T200000Z DTEND:20231106T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Open Book: A Festival for Readers DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Whatcom County's book festival! Open Book is a book lover's dream day with books\, authors\, book talks\, readings\, hands-on literary experiences and book swag. Mingle with fellow readers\, writers and library fans. Enjoy main stage appearances by award-winning poet Rena Priest\, author and illustrator Phoebe Wahl\, Washington State Poet Laureate Arianne True\, and author and biologist Thor Hanson. Enter to win prizes\, including a virtual book club discussion with beloved poet and author Ross Gay\, a book chat with America's Librarian Nancy Pearl\, and a Phoebe Wahl book collection signed by the author. Presented in partnership with Village Books and Whatcom County Library Foundation. Free! No registration required. Visit wcls.org/openbook for schedule and updates. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Welcome to Whatcom County'\;s book festival! Open Book is a book lover'\;s dream day with books\, authors\, book talks\, readings\, hands-on literary experiences and book swag. Mingle with fellow readers\, writers and library fans. Enjoy main stage appearances by award-winning poet Rena Priest\, author and illustrator Phoebe Wahl\, Washington State Poet Laureate Arianne True\, and author and biologist Thor Hanson. Enter to win prizes\, including a virtual book club discussion with beloved poet and author Ross Gay\, a book chat with America'\;s Librarian Nancy Pearl\, and a Phoebe Wahl book collection signed by the author. Presented in partnership with Village Books and Whatcom County Library Foundation. Free! No registration required. Visit wcls.org/openbook for schedule and updates. LOCATION:Open Book is happening at the Ferndale Events Center\, 5715 Barrett Road\, Ferndale. UID:e.2362.10979 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260516T132807Z URL:http://business.ferndale-chamber.com/events/details/open-book-a-festival-for-readers-11-05-2023-10979 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR