SHEPHERDSTOWN — The second annual Shepherdstown Book Festival was held at locations throughout Shepherdstown over the weekend.
Shepherdstown Book Festival founder Leigh Koonce said he was pleased with the turnout, so much so that he was already making plans for the festival to return in 2025.
“We have people here from Virginia, from Maryland, from Pennsylvania, from other parts of West Virginia. I just met a gentleman who drove up from Washington, D.C. to come here,” Koonce said. “I’m happy with the attendance, the lineup of events and the number of authors we have here — both the nationally known, featured authors and the regional authors who came to the Regional Author Fair.”…