Lifted wholesale from PW today is a list of upcoming book festivals




Fall 2006 Book Festivals



Publishers of all sizes will be busy this fall sending their authors and editors to partake of the fall book festivals celebrating books, authors, families and reading. Our annual list, which covers September through November, is jam-packed with 39, which includes the brand-new Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival. Contact information for publishers wishing to participate is provided below; check festival Web sites for complete author lists and more details on participants, activities and educational programs.

SEPTEMBER
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL
Atlanta, Ga., September 1-3
www.decaturbookfestival.com

First year. Authors: One hundred authors, including Robert Olen Butler, Pearl Cleage, Michael Connelly, Brian Corrigan, Nathalie Dupree, John T. Edge, Connie May Fowler, David Fulmer, Alan Gratz, Edward P. Jones, Danny Schnitzlein, Karin Slaughter. Activities: Keynote address by Arianna Huffington; opening day Children's Parade led by the Cat in the Hat; poetry slams for adults and children; programming at ten different stages includes The Cook's Warehouse featuring cooking demonstrations by culinary celebrities; Antiquarian Book Fair; children's stage.

CENTRAL COAST BOOK AND AUTHOR FESTIVAL
San Luis Obispo, Calif., September 9
www.ccbookfest.org
(805) 546-1392
email: [email protected]

Seventh year. Authors: Cecil Castellucci, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Carolyn Marsden & Virginia Loh, Robert Scheer, Mark London Williams. Activities: readings, workshops and lectures; kids' storytime and crafts; book sales and signings; non-competitive essay writing challenge for adults and children.

MIDWEST LITERARY FESTIVAL
Aurora, Ill., September 16-17
www.midwestliteraryfestival.com
) 844-3640

Fourth year. Authors: More than 50, including Tasha Alexander, Raymond Benson, Max Allan Collins, J.A. Konrath, Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates, James Rollins. Activities: book signings; panel discussions; a how-to tent; children's area.

WEST TEXAS BOOK & AUTHOR FESTIVAL
Abilene, Tex., September 19-23
http://sdhc.sdstate.org/festival
(605) 688-6113
email: [email protected]

Fourth year. Authors: Jennifer Armstrong, Jessica Barksdale Inclán, J.A. Jance, Ted Kooser, Kent Nerburn, Marilynne Robinson, Juan Williams. Activities: Reception honoring Pulitzer winners Marilynne Robinson and Ted Kooser; panel discussions with authors; silent auctions; talks on history, poetry, fiction and tribal writing.

FALL FOR THE BOOK LITERARY FESTIVAL
Fairfax, Va., September 27-October 5
www.fallforthebook.org
(703) 993-3986
email: [email protected]

Eighth year. Authors: Chimamanda Adichie, Dave Eggers, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Francine Prose, Deborah Tannen, Roger Wilkins. Activities: Presentation of the new Fall for the Book Prize to Dave Eggers; a Poetry Café; staged readings.

MONTANA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK
Missoula, Mont., September 28-30
www.bookfest-mt.org
email: [email protected]

Seventh year. Authors: Mary Clearman Blew, James Lee Burke, Ivan Doig, David James Duncan, Gary Ferguson, Greg Keeler, William Kittredge, David Long, David Quammen, Annick Smith, Richard Wheeler. Activities: Celebrating the annual One Book Montana selection, Ivan Doig's This House of Sky; symposium on Montana poetry, featuring Montana's first Poet Laureate, Sandra Alcosser; readings and presentations from the Environmental Writing Institute; Montana Book Awards banquet; live performance and airing of Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Expected attendance: More than 5,000.

BALTIMORE BOOK FESTIVAL
Baltimore, Md., September 29-October 1
www.promotionandarts.com/resources/up182.aspx
(877) BALTIMORE

Eleventh year. Authors: More than 225, including Taylor Branch, Kevin Clash, J. California Cooper, Hill Harper, Sebastian Junger, Cooper Lawrence, Joseph C. Phillips. Activities: poetry readings, cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs, live music; new activities at the Literary Salon, Food for Thought Stage, Karibu Stage, Creative Café, Children's Bookstore Stage, CityLit Stage and the Baltimore Theatre Alliance Readers' Theatre Tent.

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Washington, D.C., September 30
www.loc.gov/bookfest
(888) 714-4696
email: [email protected]

Sixth year. Authors: More than 70, including Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin, Taylor Branch, Andrew Clements, Michael Connelly, Joan Didion, John Hope Franklin, Dana Gioia, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Donald Hall, Khaled Hosseini, Elmer Kelton, Stephenie Meyer, Richard Peck, Louis Sachar, Lisa Scottoline, Alexander McCall Smith, Spider Robinson. Activities: Themed pavilions (fiction & fantasy, mysteries & thrillers, teens & children, poetry, etc.); storybook and television characters. Expected attendance: 85,000.

ORANGE COUNTY CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL
Costa Mesa, Calif., September 30
www.kidsbookfestival.com/attendee.html
email: [email protected]

Third year. Authors: TBA. Activities: Multiple stages for author and illustrator presentations; entertainment; panel discussions; face painting; clowns; musicians; readings; drawings.

SANTA BARBARA BOOK & AUTHOR FESTIVAL
Santa Barbara, Calif., September 30
www.sbbookfestival.org
email: [email protected]

Eighth year. Authors: Robert Crais, Ann Louise Bardach, Philip F. Deaver, Shirley Lim, Helena Maria Viramontes. Activities: The 2006 Ross Macdonald Award presented to Robert Crais; the Fourth Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature presented to Helena Maria Viramontes; the first Glenna Luschei Distinguished Poet Fellowship presented to Jane Hirshfield; Santa Barbara Reads! annual community reading selection My California: Journeys by Great Writers; panels on media, mystery, writing in multiple genres, and multicultural stories. Expected attendance: 5,000.

OCTOBER

COLLINGSWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL
Collingswood, N.J., October 2-7
www.collingswoodbookfestival.com

email: [email protected]

Fourth annual. Authors: Lloyd Allen, Robert Amoroso, Sam Carchidi, DyAnne DiSalvo, Melissa Jacobs, Ellen Meister, Camille Paglia, Josh Piven, Lorraine Ranalli, Jordan Sonnenblick, Gordon T. Ward. Activities: Discussion of Old School by Tobias Wolff, selected as the Collingswood Town Book; book appraisals; new and used book sales; book-related merchandise; entertainment.

AMELIA BOOK ISLAND FESTIVAL
Amelia Island, Fla., October 5-8
www.bookisland.org

(904) 491-8176

Sixth year. Authors: More than 35, including Bill Belleville, Steve Berry, Susan Cerulean, Sheila Curran, Donna Woolfolk Cross, Tim Dorsey, Cassandra King, Pamela Mueller. Activities: Gala featuring Cassandra King; writer workshops and panels; Readers' Day, with author talks, readings, and signings; Lunch with Authors; a Children's Chapter Tent.

NEBRASKA BOOK FESTIVAL
Lincoln, Ne., October 6-7
www.unl.edu/NCB/2006.html

(402) 465-2349
email: [email protected]
Fifteenth year. Authors: Garry Alkire, Meghan Daum, Amelia Maria de la Luz Montes, Sean Doolittle, Charles Fort, Richard Graham, Mary Jackson, Eric Konigsberg, Robert McEwen, Timothy Schaffert, Mary Helen Stefaniak, Teresa Svoboda, Liza Ward. Activities: Writing workshops for high school students; talks on the graphic novel and comics; creative storytelling activities for children; one free book to every child who attends; exhibits; book sales; music.

NEW YORKER FESTIVAL
New York, N.Y., October 6-8
http://festival.newyorker.com/

Seventh year. Authors: TBA. Activities: TBA.

LITQUAKE
San Francisco, Calif. October 6-14
www.litquake.org

Fifth year. Authors: Over 300, including Andrew Sean Greer, Daniel Handler, Frank Portman, K.M. Soehnlein, Amy Tan, Michelle Tea. Activities: Opening night with Bay Area musicians reading from literature that either inspired them or made its way into their work; Stephen Elliot's Progressive Reading Series; a Word for Word dramatic reading of an Andrew Sean Greer short story; closing night Lit Crawl through more than 30 venues. Expected attendance: more than 10,000.

NOVELLO FESTIVAL OF READING
Charlotte, N.C., October 9-November 8
www.novellofestival.net

(704) 336-2725

Sixteenth year. Authors: Mitch Albom, David Baldacci, Augusten Burroughs, Gene Cheek, Pearl Cleage, Bryan Collier, Mark Ethridge, Russell Greenfield, MD, Gail Carson Levine, Doug Marlette, Sonia Nazario, Jane & Michael Stern, Dr. Andrew Weil, Amy Tan. Activities: Book Brunch; a Press Night; "Evenings With" Amy Tan, Andrew Weil, Jane & Michael Stern, Sonia Nazario, Doug Marlette, Tommy Hays, Margaret Maron, Augusten Burroughs, Pearl Cleage, Mark de Castrique; WordPlay Saturday.

SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Nashville, Tenn., October 13-15
www.tn-humanities.org/festival/current.php

(615) 770-0006
email: [email protected]

Eighteenth year. Authors: More than 200, including: Edward P. Jones, Garrison Keillor, Gail Carson Levine,Laura Lippman, Barry Lopez, David Maraniss, Laura Numeroff, Lee Smith, Paul Zelinsky. Activities: Events on the Café Stage, the Poetry and Drama Stage and the Children's Stage.

TWIN CITIES BOOK FESTIVAL
Minneapolis, Minn., October 14
www.raintaxi.com/bookfest

email: [email protected]

Sixth year. Authors: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mark Z. Danielewski, Shannon Hale, Linda Medley, Julie Powell, Mary Roach, Bapsi Sidwa, John Yau. Activities: Author readings and talks; book arts demonstrations by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts; annual used book sale and literary magazine fair.

THE LATINO BOOK & FAMILY FESTIVALS
Los Angeles, Calif., October 14-15; Chicago, Ill., November 11--12
www.latinobookfestival.com

(713) 236-1036

Tenth year in L.A., eighth in Chicago. Authors: TBA. Activities: Author readings and signings in themed "villages" which include music, dancing and capoeira performances.

NEW YORK TIMES GREAT READ IN THE PARK
New York, N.Y., October 15
http://209.131.117.124/greatread/

email: [email protected]

Second year. Authors: More than 120, including James Ellroy, Sara Gruen, Oscar Hijeulos, Susan Isaacs, Eleanor Lipman, Malika Oufkir, Adriana Trigiani. Activities: panel discussions moderated by Times journalists; The Great Read in the Park Brunch; The Great Read in the Park Tea; The Gently Used, Greatly Loved Book Sale; on-site bookstore; children's area with costumed characters, readings and live entertainment.
WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR
Los Angeles, Calif., October 17
www.weho.org/bookfair

(323) 848-6400

Fifth year. Authors: Tommy Chong, Jackie Collins, Katherine Forrest, Denise Hamilton, Hill Harper, Mike Mignola. Activities: TBA. Expected attendance: more than 25,000.

WISCONSIN BOOK FESTIVAL
Madison, Wis., October 18-22
www.wisconsinbookfestival.org

(608) 262-0706
email: [email protected]

Fifth year. Authors: Michael Chabon, Jane Hamilton, Ted Kooser, Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky, Marjane Satrapi, Chris Ware. Activities: More than 100 readings, lectures, book discussions, writing workshops, live interviews, and children's events.

WEST VIRGINIA BOOK FESTIVAL
Charleston, W. Va., October 21-22
www.wvhumanities.org/bookfest/bookfest2.htm

(304) 343-4646
email: [email protected]

Sixth year. Authors: Jennifer Chaiverini, Cornelius Eady, Wil Haygood, George Ella Lyon, Bobbie Ann Mason, James P. Moore, Nancy Pearl, Jennifer Walls. Activities: Meet the author events, workshops and panel discussions; Festival Marketplace; children's area; used book sale.
GREAT SALT LAKE BOOK FESTIVAL
Salt Lake City, Utah, October 26-28
www.utahhumanities.org/BookFestival.htm

(801) 359-9670
email: [email protected]

Ninth year. Authors: Mary Amato, Richard L. Bushman, Chris Crowe, George Bilgere, Ken Jennings, The Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation, Janet Tashjian, Luis Alberto Urrea, Laurence Yep, Dave Sim and Gerhard. Activities: Slam poetry workshop and performance; writing and media presentations; singing by the Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation; workshops and activities for the whole family.
TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL
Austin, Tex., October 27-29
www.texasbookfestival.org

(512) 477-4055

Eleventh year. Authors: Thomas Cahill, Maureen Dowd, John Grogan, Maria Dahvana Headley, Roger and

Sally Horchow, Neil MacFarquhar, Frank McCourt, Jay McInerney, Maria Elena Salinas, Amy Sedaris, Tavis Smiley, Helen Thomas, Gore Vidal. Activities: 2006 Bookend Award given to Louis Sachar; Spanish language programming; Bon Appetit, Y'all; Authors Cocktail Party with Ken Burns; Author's Party; First Edition Literary Gala; TBF On the Road; children's live entertainment, costumed characters.

LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL
Baton Rouge, La., October 28
www.louisianabookfestival.org

(225) 219-9503
email: [email protected]

Fifth year. Authors: More than 80, including Roy Blount, Jr., Richard Campanella, Andrei Codrescu, Lynn Emery, Patty Friedmann, David Fulmer, Ellen Gilchrist. Activities: Pre-festival Writing Wordshops and Authors' Party; free book appraisals; book signing sessions; Young Readers' Pavilion; Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Ceremonies honoring Sharon Arms Doucet.
NEW ORLEANS BOOKFAIR
New Orleans, La., October 28
www.hotironpress.com/bookfair.htm

(318) 446-6774
email: [email protected]

Fifth year. Authors: Kyle Bravo, CrimethInc, Hope D'Amico, Abram Himelstein, Sarah Inman. Activities: Author readings on a school bus and in a space walk; Dunk the Author dunking booth; Squat after-party at a secret location.
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES FESTIVAL OF READING
St. Petersburg, Fla., October 28
www.festivalofreading.com

(800) 333-7505, ext. 2358

Fourteenth year. Authors: Jonathan Alter, Gail Langer Karwoski, Bob Morris, Charles J. Shields, Meg Tilly, Doug Wilhelm, Mark Yost. Activities: A Novel Night author reception; guest lectures, panel discussions, writer's workshops, book signings; a Book Market; Children's Story Land; Big Top Story Tent; Kids Create Tent.

NOVEMBER

GEORGIA LITERARY FESTIVAL
Macon, Ga., November 3-4
www.georgialiteraryfestival.org

(478) 743-3851
email: [email protected]

Seventh year. Authors: More than 50 contemporary writers with Macon connections, including Judson Mitcham and Tina McElroy Ansa. Activities: At various venues, for children, young people, college students and adults; readings; book signings; panel discussions; writing workshops; a book fair by Barnes & Noble; storytelling.
VEGAS VALLEY BOOK FESTIVAL
Las Vegas, Nev. November 3-4
www.vegasvalleybookfest.org

email: [email protected]

Fifth year. Authors: More than 30, including Dave Hickey, Ben Katchor, Dan Kennedy, Chuck Klosterman, Peter Lefcourt, Chuck Palahniuk. Activities: Readings; book discussions; workshops; spoken word performances; a literature-themed First Friday; finale keynote address by Palahniuk.
BUCKEYE BOOK FAIR
Wooster, Ohio, November 4
www.BuckeyeBookFair.com

(330) 262-3244
email: [email protected]

Nineteenth year. Authors: Andrea Cheng, Chip Bok, Tony Cochran, Dandi Mackall, Michael Ruhlman, Helen Thomas. Activities: Over 100 Ohio authors, illustrators, and photographers signing books and meeting their readers.
DELAWARE BOOK FESTIVAL
Dover, Del., November 4
http://www.state.lib.de.us/Center_For_The_Book/Festival/festival.pdf

(302) 739-4748, ext. 113

First year. (Formerly known for ten years as Delaware Book Fair and Authors Day.) Authors: Lisa Carey, Sebastian Junger, Phillip Margolin, Donna Jo Napoli, George Vecsey, Lara Zeises. Activities: workshops on poetry, blogs, and getting published; storybook characters; book repair and appraisal workshops.

MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL
Washington, D.C., November 4
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/bookfestival/

(202) 467-4600

Tenth year. Authors: TBA. Activities: Meet and greet authors; readings; book signings; book sale; storytelling; dance workshops.

ROCHESTER CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL
Rochester, N.Y., November 4
www.rochesterchildrensbookfestival.org/index2006.html

(585) 671-0441
email: [email protected]

Tenth year. Authors: Forty authors and illustrators, including Susan Williams Beckhorn, Kathleen Blasi, Fred Bortz, Judy Bradbury, Linda Sue Park, Robin Pulver, Vivian Vande Velde. Activities: Readings; storytelling by the Blackstorytelling League of Rochester; crafts, word games & other activities for kids & families; Just for Teens afternoon program; writing & illustrating presentations for all ages.
SARASOTA READING FESTIVAL
Sarasota, Fla., November 4
www.sarasotareadingfestival.com

(941) 906-1733

Ninth year. Authors: TBA. Activities: Panel discussions; book signings; children's events; storytellers; booksellers; free giveaway books for kids. Last year's attendance: 22,000.

KENTUCKY BOOK FAIR
Frankfort, Ky., November 11
www.kybookfair.com

(502) 564-8300, ext. 297

Twenty-fifth year. Authors: Wendell Berry, Gene Burch, Deborah Ford, Robert Hicks, Bobbie Ann Mason, Ann B. Ross, James Alexander Thom. Activities: A retrospective 25th-anniversary slide show; a luncheon with nationally known authors; a full day of free symposiums, including a Lewis and Clark presentation with re-enactors and a Daniel Boone symposium. Expected attendance: More than 4,000.

CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR
Storrs, Conn., November 11-12
http://bookfair.uconn.edu

(860) 486-1307
email: [email protected]

Fifteenth year. Authors: Michael Buckley, Mordicai Gerstein, Tonya Golden, Salley Mavor, Wendell and Florence Minor, Robert Andrew Parker, Heidi Stemple, Eric Velazquez, Walter Wick, Hans Wilhelm, Jane Yolen. Activities: Storytelling; crafts; costumed characters Clifford the Big Red Dog, Brother & Sister Berenstain, Strega Nona, Tacky the Penguin, Wild Thing, Winnie the Pooh; special 15th anniversary treats and events.
MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL
Miami, Fla., November 12-19
www.miamibookfair.com

(305) 237-3258
email: [email protected]

Twenty-third year. Authors: Isabel Allende, John Berendt, Robert Olen Butler, Thomas Cahill, Da Chen, Nora Ephron, Jonathan Franzen, Jane Hamilton, Carl Hiaasen, Uzodinma Iweala, Edward P. Jones, Erik Larson, Frank McCourt. Activities: Antiquarian Annex; Children's Alley; International Village showcasing various cultures; Ibero-American Author program featuring authors from Latin America and Spain.