A focal point of the 2012 Festival will be the Seaside marketplace. This tented city will offer the largest selection of book and magazine publishers, booksellers, literacy organizations, independent publishers, and graphic novel producers in the Maritimes.  The 2012 exhibitors packages will be ready at the end of March. Watch for a link then.

The Book Bag Treasure Hunt.

For $20 you can purchase a lovely book bag but the best part is the Treasure Hunt. Let the map guide you around to the 14 festvial exhibitors.

Each of them has a free gift for you!  Support the festival, get a great tote and some nice gifts.  There are only 250 of them on sale at the

Children's & YA Marketplace on festival day only.

2011 Particpating Exhibitors:

Bookmark II
Cape Breton University Press
Carol Little/Little Books
Family & Co
Fernwood Publishing
Formac Publishing
Kings Co-op Bookstore
Marechal Media Inc.
New World Publishing
Nimbus Publishing
First Book Canada - Le Premier Livre
IBBY- International  Board on Books for Young People
Usborne Books
Strange Adventures: Comix & Curiosities