Beaver County BookFest to Return at LP

Alumni Hall at Lincoln Park will be the site of the 2025 Beaver County BookFest, which is returning after a six-year hiatus.

Beaver County BookFest, one of the area's most beloved literary festivals, will be held for the first time in six years this October.

BookFest's return will be hosted on Saturday, Oct. 11 by Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland. The event annually drew large crowds to Beaver to meet authors, buy books, hear readings, and participate in other literary events.

"We're very happy to welcome BookFest to our campus--and back to Beaver County," said Chief School Administrator P.K. Poling. "This was always a great event for the community, and we're glad to be able to bring it to LP for our students, families, and local residents."

The event will be held in the park behind Alumni Hall, with covered facilities available in case of inclement weather. There will be live entertainment, author readings, and food vendors, as well as book sales and signings.

Area author Valentine Brkich, who founded the original BookFest, said, "I'm thrilled that Lincoln Park has decided to revive Beaver County BookFest. For ten years it was the best book festival in the state, and it gave so many local authors a chance to showcase their talent."

Brkich, who has been assisting LP officials in reviving the festival, added, "I think Lincoln Park is the perfect venue for BookFest, being that it's a school that values and supports the arts."

Authors and vendors who wish to sign up for the 2025 Beaver County BookFest at Lincoln Park can fill out the event's online application form here.

The rebooted BookFest will be sponsored by the Writing & Publishing Department at Lincoln Park, which trains young writers grades 7 through 12 in creative and professional writing, editing and publishing, and journalism, among other disciplines. The department is home to LP's school newspaper, The SIREN; the nation's only student-run small press, BatCat Press; and an award-winning literary journal, Pulp, which it produced in conjunction with the school's Media Arts Department.

The Writing & Publishing Department has been the subject of several national media stories recently, with appearances in USA Today, PEOPLE magazine, and a forthcoming spot on CBS Sunday Morning.

For Brkich, who has written several books, the rebooted BookFest offers him an opportunity that he was never able to enjoy as an organizer.

"Personally," he admitted, "I'm excited to actually be a participating author for the first time."

For more information about Beaver BookFest 2025, please contact bookfest@lppacs.org.

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is a tuition-free public charter school located in Midland, PA, and open to all Pennsylvania families. Students grades 7-12 are bused from more than 90 different school districts to study the arts concentration of their choice: theatre, writing and publishing, media arts, health science and the arts, music, dance, and pre-law and the arts.

For more information, visit lppacs.org or contact: admissions@lppacs.org