Spooktastic Book Fair 2025
Author and Spooktastic creator Alyssa Alessi (@pagesinthegraveyard) brings the third annual Spooktastic Book FairTM to haunt the Framingham Public Library on Saturday, September 13th! We'll be hosting 60+ authors ranging from creepy kidlit to adult horror, six publishers, several vendors of interesting and mysterious items, food trucks, and a brewery! Save the date and start off Spooky Season right!
Walk ins are more than welcome, but if you'd like to register for a reminder email and/or to get added to our Horror Author Event email list, please fill out the form here: https://framinghamlibrary.short.gy/Spooktastic-2025
Spooktastic Book Fair Panel Schedule
Panel schedule in the Costin Room
11:20-12:00 - Gone Viral
Corey Farrenkopf - Moderator
Aron Beauregard
Codie Crowley
Doug Murano
Mae Murray
Diana Rodriguez Wallach
12:15-12:55 - Pink Horror/Good for Her
Tanya Pell - Moderator
Monique Asher
Wendy Dalrymple
R.J. Joseph
Jenny Kiefer
Vanessa Montalban
1:10-1:50 - Is that Blood on the Page (Slashers and Splatter)
Bracken MacLeod - Moderator
John Lynch
Brian McAuley
Emma Murray
Rebecca Rowland
Kristopher Triana
2:05-2:45 - Scared in a Safe Space - Kidlit Guest of Honor Lora Senf panel
Lora Senf - Guest of Honor and Moderator
Nick Eliopulos
Anastasia Garcia
Christy Mandin
Donna Taylor
Paul Tremblay
3:00-3:40 - Out of this World - Guest of Honor Hailey Piper panel
Jamal Hodge - Moderator
Hailey Piper - Guest of Honor
Ann Dávila Cardinal
Todd Keisling
Tom Rimer
Trisha J. Wooldridge
3:55-4:35 - Let’s Get REAL Scary (Nonfiction)
Christa Carmen - Moderator
Jeff Belanger
Emily C. Hughes
Aaron Mahnke
J.W. Ocker
Robert Ottone
Special Events
11:15 - Author-led Storytime for kids w/ Christy Mandin, Anastasia Garcia, & Nick Eliopulos (J Program Room downstairs)
11:15-4:45 - Mask Making w/ Cartoonist Ira Marcks (SparkLab downstairs)
2:00-2:45 - Punk Drunk Horror (Relaxed panel/q&a in the Beer Garden outside)
Christoph Paul - Moderator
Renee DeCamillis
Brennan LaFaro
Ronald Malfi
Chris Panatier
Brandon Perras-Sanchez
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.