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<\/p>\nHundreds of authors to be featured in this year’s Sacramento Book Festival<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCALLING ALL BOOKWORMS THIS WEEKEND. THE SACRAMENTO BOOK FESTIVAL IS THE LITERARY EVENT, BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. JOINING US RIGHT NOW, WE\u2019VE GOT TWO LOCAL AUTHORS, JUDITH STOCKTON AND CLARE BOOTHE. THANK YOU, LADIES, SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU BROUGHT ALL THE BOOKS THIS MORNING. WE\u2019RE NOT GOING TO DO A BOOK REPORT ON EACH ONE, BUT THIS IS JUST A SMALL AMOUNT, A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF WHAT\u2019S TO COME ISN\u2019T IT? YES, WE HAVE OVER 270 AUTHORS. WE HAVE THREE PERFORMANCE HALLS WITH PANELS AND READINGS ALL DAY LONG. SO YES, IT\u2019S PRETTY AMAZING. LAST YEAR, THE RESPONSE TO OUR INAUGURAL BOOK FESTIVAL WAS SO OVERWHELMING. WE WERE IN A NEW, BIGGER SPACE AT THE SCOTTISH RITE CENTER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO\u2019VE BEEN THERE, IT\u2019S GORGEOUS AND ALL INSIDE AND AIR CONDITIONED. LAST YEAR WE WERE A LITTLE TOASTY. I WAS GOING TO SAY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING LAST YEAR NOW WITH HAVING THAT MANY AUTHORS, I MEAN, THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT\u2019S GOING TO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, ISN\u2019T IT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. WE\u2019VE GOT COOKBOOK AUTHORS, WE\u2019VE GOT ROMANCE WRITERS, HORROR, SCI FI. WE ARE THRILLED WITH OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER. KIM STANLEY ROBINSON. HE IS ONE OF THE EMINENT WRITERS OUT THERE. HE\u2019S WON A HUGO MULTIPLE OTHER AWARDS. HE\u2019S GOING TO BE SPEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON. WE\u2019RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE? SOMEBODY IS WRITING ABOUT IT AND THEY\u2019LL BE THERE TABLES ALL DAY TO CHAT, TO SELL BOOKS. AND THAT\u2019S KIND OF ONE OF THE, THE BEST PARTS OF THIS, RIGHT, IS THAT IT\u2019S NOT JUST GOING THERE AND LISTENING TO SOMEBODY SPEAK IN FRONT OF A LARGE ROOM. YOU ACTUALLY GET TO KIND OF RUB ELBOWS AND NOT JUST RUB ELBOWS WITH THE AUTHORS, BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO OTHER FOLKS WHO MIGHT ENJOY YOUR GENRE. RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. ADULTS. WE HAVE A WHOLE A THIRD OF THE SPACE IS FULL OF CHILDREN\u2019S AUTHORS, YOUNG ADULT, MIDDLE GRADE. YES. WE HAVE A, A YOUNG ADULT AUTHOR DOING OUR OTHER KEYNOTE. WENDELIN VAN DRUNEN, AND SHE IS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALSO, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR THEME THIS YEAR. IT\u2019S BUILDING COMMUNITY BOOK BY BOOK. WHAT\u2019S THE ESSENCE BEHIND ALL OF THAT? SO WELL, TO, TO, TO BRING TOGETHER READERS. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU\u2019VE GOT READERS TEND TO, YOU KNOW, THAT\u2019S SOMETHING THAT YOU DO BY YOURSELF. YEAH. RIGHT. ON THE COUCH OR, OR OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, ON THE PATIO. AND THIS GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO CHAT ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE TO FIND NEW THINGS TO DISCOVER NEW AUTHORS. BEST PART YOU CAN ALSO SHARE. SO REAL QUICK, I KNOW WE\u2019RE KIND OF RUNNING OUT OF TIME. YOU ARE BOTH ALSO AUTHORS, SO GO AHEAD AND SHARE SOMETHING REAL QUICK ABOUT WHAT YOU FOLKS BROUGHT. SO I WRITE MYSTERIES. IT\u2019S A SERIES FEATURING A COUNTY SHERIFF DOWN IN THE OZARKS IN MISSOURI, AND MY MOST CURRENT ONE IS CALLED THROWING SHADOWS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE EIGHT IN THE SERIES THIS FALL, SO SEVEN RIGHT NOW. OKAY, PERFECT. AND, AND I, MY MOST RECENT BOOK PUBLISHED IS A GREEK MYTH RETELLING, FEMINIST GREEK MYTH RETELLING. AND I WRITE HISTORICAL FICTION SET IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. VERY NICE. ACHILLES WIFE. VERY COOL. REAL QUICK, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET SOME TICKETS, WHERE SHOULD THEY GO? WEBSITE. NO TICKETS REQUIRED. IT\u2019S FREE ADMISSION. EVEN BETTER. YOU JUST COME ON BY. THERE\u2019S PLENTY OF PARKING AT THE SCOTTISH RITE CENTER. IF FOR SOME REASON. BY SOME MIRACLE, WE ARE FULL UP PARKING. THERE\u2019S LOTS OF PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND, SO. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, WHICH WE\u2019LL SAY HERE IN A SECOND. AND ONE THING I SHOULD SAY IS WE ARE ASKING OUR GENEROUS COMMUNITY. WE ARE SUPPORTING THE LOAVES AND FISHES, MUSTARD SEED SCHOOL AND THE PEOPLE CAN PLEASE BRING ACTIVITY BOOKS AND WORKBOOKS FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THIS IS VERY MUCH A PRO LITERACY SUPPORT. THE THE COMMUNITY WEBSITE SACRAMENTO.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Hundreds of authors to be featured in this year’s Sacramento Book Festival<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:58 AM PDT Apr 15, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tLiterary lovers are set to flock to the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in River Park for this year’s Sacramento Book Festival, set to be the largest one yet.More than 250 local authors will be featured, performing readings, participating on panels and introducing themselves to readers. Among the authors are Kim Stanley Robinson, Gail Carriger, James Rollins, Wendelin Van Draanen, Brenda Novak, Beth Ruyak and Allison Brennan.Attendees will find books for readers of all ages available for purchase.Also part of the festival is a book drive to benefit the Mustard Seed School, a free private school for children ages 3 to 15 who are currently experiencing homelessness.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Literary lovers are set to flock to the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in River Park for this year’s Sacramento Book Festival, set to be the largest one yet.<\/p>\n More than 250 local authors will be featured, performing readings, participating on panels and introducing themselves to readers. Among the authors are Kim Stanley Robinson, Gail Carriger, James Rollins, Wendelin Van Draanen, Brenda Novak, Beth Ruyak and Allison Brennan.<\/p>\n Attendees will find books for readers of all ages available for purchase.<\/p>\n Also part of the festival is a book drive to benefit the Mustard Seed School, a free private school for children ages 3 to 15 who are currently experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of authors to be featured in this year’s Sacramento Book Festival CALLING ALL BOOKWORMS THIS WEEKEND. THE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[117342,117336,117337,117338,117339,117340,121,99196,123,122,117341],"class_list":["post-269417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-allison-brennan","tag-beth-ruyak","tag-brenda-novak","tag-gail-carriger","tag-james-rollins","tag-kim-stanley-robinson","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-book-festival","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-wendelin-van-draanen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}