Navy wife brings together local authors for inaugural book fair [Video]

Sixteen local authors and book publishers gathered Saturday for the first ever Regina Bookwyrm’s Book Fair, organized by a Navy wife.

“This is a collection of Regina and Saskatoon and area authors,” said Christina Van Starkenburg, the organizer of the book fair.

Van Starkenburg, who has been a writer and publisher herself for many years, moved to Regina with her kids and husband who is in the Navy, one year ago.

With only having one family member living in the city, she wanted to find a way to connect with people who shared similar interests with her and build lasting friendships.

She decided to put together a book fair as an opportunity to not only sell her work but to connect with other local authors.

“Finding friendships that are going to stand the test of time, that are going to keep going, they need to be based on something. This …