AUBURN — Safe Voices is set to host its second annual Grown-Up Book Fair from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch, 14 Great Falls Plaza.
The community engagement and fundraising event is aimed at bringing back the magic of elementary school book fairs. With independent Maine bookstores, artisans and libraries, the event will have many things attendees remember from the old days, including books, stickers, stationery, and even a throwback Polaroid photo booth.
Last year’s event, the first ever, sold 220-plus tickets, so book fair fans are encouraged to get their tickets early, according to a news release from Grace Kendall of Safe Voices.
Event highlights:
• Books will be supplied by Quiet City Books of Lewiston and Devaney, Doak & Garrett Booksellers of Farmington, as well as used book sales from the Auburn and Turner public libraries.
• A dozen Maine artisans will be selling book fair-style products such as stationery, stickers, bookmarks, art, dice sets and pins.
• The Hilton will be hosting a full cash bar.
• Maine authors Peggy DeBlois, author of “The Toll Road North”; Nancy O’Toole, author of the “Twin Kingdoms” series; and Lynne Schmidt, author of “The Unaccounted for Circles of Hell”; will be selling and signing copies of their work.
Tickets cost $28 and available at safevoices.square.site. All ticket proceeds go to support Safe Voices and the organization’s work with survivors of domestic abuse and sex trafficking in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.
For more information, call Kendall at 207-795-6744, ext. 214.