Author visit with Sally Cissna during Woodstock Rail Fest (Sunday)

Sally Cissna, an author with deep Woodstock roots, will be at Read Between The Lynes with us during Woodstock Rail Fest on Saturday, October 10 & Sunday, October 11, 2026 (during shop hours), and brings along with her a train set reminiscent of early 1900s Woodstock. All of the books in Cissna’s Woodstock Tales series will be available for purchase at the event, and Sally will also be available to sign them during her visit. The fifth book in the Woodstock Tales series, Till Clouds Roll By in Woodstock released in August.

About the author: 
Sally Cissna was born in Woodstock, Illinois, but it wasn't until she began researching her roots that she came to understand how strongly she felt about the city and her connections to it. Her grandparents, John and Ida Wienke, left an imprint on Woodstock that Cissna has discovered through research into The Woodstock Sentinel, old family letters, and stories from her childhood. Sally has used the Woodstock Public Library collections along with online sources and her own stockpile to piece together the story as the Wienkes participate in growing of the village of Woodstock.