Can you help?
The book festival is looking for volunteers. We'd love to have you.
Some new stuff this year...
Besides our usual scintillating speakers, this year, we're delighted to welcome
Deep Wild: A Literary Magazine from the Bay Area
Ridge Writers from Ridgecrest are coming!
Danny Nielsen will be launching his book Straight Flossin' and Other Stories of the American West
Cerro Coso Community College will be there! Professors Cliff Davis & Yvonne Mills will speak.
... and more in the works, just not yet confirmed...
Keep up with the updates on the website by clicking here.
“Leave the libraries alone."
~ Philip Pullman
Mono County Library System Director Christopher Platt will open the festival as he has for the past four years with a talk entitled "What I've Been Reading." Don't miss this time-saving and insightful review of recent books. He speaks at 9 a.m. [Photo by Don Chambers]
The Speaker Schedule
Speakers start at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m.
Lunch is available on-site or nearby or picnic by the creek!
Would you like to have a vendor table? Get in touch and let's talk!
We are honored that Jonathon Howland will be at the festival
with his new book, "Native Air"
FOR KIDS
Free booklets, stickers, bookmarks
Lawn games
Free kids books
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!
New books for sale from attending authors.
Used books for sale all day - at low low prices
Fiction, children's books, beautiful biographies, and many books about the West and California. Humor, non-fiction, and some rare books.
The Authors Variety Show will run from 4 to 6
Authors engaging with their books:
speaking, presenting, dancing, singing,
or whatever highlights their particular talent or book
- in quick succession, on stage -
before heading over to the book sales tables to meet their fans
and sign books.
WHAT ABOUT DRINKS AND FOOD?
Coffee and pastries
Mimosas and Bloody Marys
Bagel sandwiches, snacks, or
venture over to Dos Alas for some Cuban fare
We thank our drink sponsor!
Feel free to come in costume.
"If you don’t like to read, you haven’t
found the right book."
~ JK Rowling
The photos for the 2021 festival should be available soon...
(we hope)
