On Wednesday, October 15th at 7 pm, the Harrisburg Book Festival will welcome actor, comedian, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman to FNBField in Harrisburg to launch his new book, Little Woodchucks: Offerman Woodshop's Guide to Tools and Tomfoolery. 

This event will take place at the home of the Harrisburg Senators, and will include a conversation, live woodworking demonstration, songs, jokes, and fun for the whole family. Doors will open at 6:00pm; the event will begin at 7:00pm. Seating is general admission; first come, first served. There will not be a public book signing with the author.

Tickets are required for entry to this event. Every ticket per adult includes a signed copy of the book; children under 16 will be allowed entry for free with an adult who has purchased a ticket. All attendees 16 and over must purchase a general admission ticket (with book) for entry to this event. 

Date: Wednesday, October 15th at 7:00 pm 

Location: FNB Field | 245 Championship Way, Harrisburg, PA 17101

Details: https://www.milb.com/harrisburg/fans/little-woodchucks

About the Book:

From New York Times bestselling author, Emmy-winning actor, and charismatically carnivorous woodworker Nick Offerman, an illustrated woodworking guide with projects for the whole family

In his long running hit book Good Clean Fun, Nick Offerman brought us into his woodshop with personal reflections on woodworking alongside instructions to create some of his favorite projects. Now, in Little Woodchucks, the Offerman Woodshop is opening its avuncular doors to woodworkers of all ages in the form of twelve brand-new, family-friendly projects perfect for kids, from beginner projects like a handmade box kite to more challenging offerings like a little free library / meat locker.

Combining his signature wry humor with clearly written and joyfully illustrated project instructions, Little Woodchucks is the perfect way to encourage eye contact and other old-fashioned familial engagements, while introducing young woodworkers-to-be to the satisfaction and good, clean fun of hands-on crafting.

About the Speakers:

Actor, humorist, and woodworker Nick Offerman is the New York Times bestselling author of Paddle Your Own Canoe, Gumption, Good Clean Fun, and Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, as well as co-author of The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, with his wife, Megan Mullally. His onscreen credits include the Emmy award-winning role of Bill in The Last of Us (HBO), Ron Swanson on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, and co-host and executive producer of NBC’s Making It. In 2025, Nick will be featured in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Death by Lightning (Netflix), and as the voices of Papa Smurf’s brother in the Smurfs movie, and Beef Tobin in the FOX animated series, The Great North. Nick and Megan live in Los Angeles, California, with their pups and a fairly decent collection of assorted wood clamps.

Lee Buchanan got her first taste of woodworking in the Kids' Carpentry program in Berkeley, California, at the age of seven. The passion stuck, and after stints as a scenic carpenter, then building science exhibits at the Exploratorium museum, she met a guy named Nick and spent a decade running his LA woodshop, designing and building furniture and carving a whole lot of mustache combs. Lee now lives back in the Bay Area, where she builds custom furniture as LeeBuild, draws cartoons, bakes bread, and makes fun stuff for and with her two little boys in their home woodshop.

SPONSORS 

The Harrisburg Book Festival would not be possible without the support from our community of businesses, universities, and media partners. Across Pennsylvania, these organizations have demonstrated their commitment to, and support of, reading and the literary arts. Over twenty community businesses, universities, and media partners have come on-board to sponsor the festival, including: 

Community Reads

Messiah University School of Arts, Culture, and Society

Carpe Librum

Mid Penn Bank

Penn State Harrisburg

National Constitution Center

Tröegs Independent Brewing

Millersville University Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Thought Catalog

AAUW Harrisburg

Susquehanna University Department of English & Creative Writing

Harrisburg Academy

Fernecrest

Explore HBG

Harrisburg Chamber & CREDC

Bucknell University Press

Dickinson College Department of English & Creative Writing

Lebanon Valley College Department of English

Fox Pest Control

WITF

Spotlight PA

The Millworks