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SATURDAY JULY 18, 2026
 

Two days away!
 
 

Full Schedule
 

9    THE FESTIVAL OPENS — Vendor Booths, Used and New Books for Sale!

10        Welcome – Jennifer Crittenden & Robert Joki / A Word from Our Sponsor, Stellar Brew / Welcome to the Mammoth Museum

10:15    Ceanne Faustini – Mono County Library – Read for Pleasure

10:45    Suzanne Morgan Williams “Ice & Sage: Rugged Landscapes Shape Resilient Characters”   

11:15    Panel: “Anthologies: A Quilting Bee for Authors” – Stacey Powells, Donna McCrohan Rosenthal, Lina Myers Lambert, Jennifer Crittenden

12        Bridey Thelen-Heidel “Who Gets To Tell the Story? Memoir, Truth and Permission”

12:45    Panel: “Writing the Remote: Finding Narrative in Far-Flung Landscapes” – Kayla Anderson, Keith Merson, Danny Nielsen, Bruce Rettig

 1:30       Bonnie Henderson – Nellie Bly O’Bryan and the Upside-Down House

 1:45        Tyler Childress – Bryce Whitmore and Whitewater Rafting

 2            Author Variety Show begins

4 THE FESTIVAL CLOSES

 

Would you like to volunteer for a few hours? We'd love to have you.
How to Put on a Book Festival (click to view video). "Yes, it's really this easy."
Authors with Booths this year:

Ken Amster, Kayla Anderson, Ty Childress, Jennifer Crittenden, Bridey Thelen-Heidel, Bonnie Henderson, Nicola Italia, J. Butler Kyle, Bob Marks, K. A. Merson, Danny Nielsen, Sue Norman, Lisa Parsons, Lori Polydoros, Stacey Powells, Bruce Rettig, Ally Tapley
And don't forget our used book sale. Rock bottom prices and lots of books for free.

ORGANIZATIONS WITH BOOTHS THIS YEAR:
Sierra Forever (formerly Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association), Ridge Writers of Ridgecrest, the East Sierra Branch of California Writers Club, Tahoe Writers Works, Whistling Rabbit Press, Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert, the Maturango Museum

Don't miss the opening talk by Ceanne Faustini from the Mono County Library who will talk about reading for pleasure. She will be speak at 10:15 a.m.
Books of the 2026 Book Festival


THANKS AGAIN TO STELLAR BREW, OUR WONDERFUL SPONSOR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS 
Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.         
                                                    ~     Stephen King

Ah, the memories...

Photos from 2025 are posted here.

 

We're fortunate to partner with the Mammoth Museum at the Hayden Cabin, a beautiful location next to Mammoth Creek. The festival would not be possible without the guidance and hard work of Robert Joki and his terrific staff.
The Eastern Sierra Book Festival is sponsored by Whistling Rabbit Press and hosted by the Southern Mono Historical Society.
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