January 26, 2023

Join us for the 2023 Tucson Festival of Books on March 4th and 5th! We will be setting up shop on the University of Arizona campus for a weekend of literary fun. We are thrilled to have a wide variety of our most recent authors presenting on panels and signing books in our booth this year. Take a look at the schedule below to see where you can find University of Arizona Press authors at this year’s festival! We hope you’ll stop by our booth to browse our great titles— which you can purchase for a 25% discount— and to meet our authors and press staff!

Book Signing Schedule

Saturday, March 4:

11:00 AM: Cynthia Guardado, author of Cenizas
12:00 PM: John Schaefer, author of Desert Jewels
2:00 PM: Yvonne de la Torre Montiel and Miguel Montiel, authors of World of Our Mothers
3:00 PM: Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, co-editor of Sing

Sunday, March 5:

10:00 AM: Tim Hunter, author of The Sky at Night
11:00 AM: Tom Zoellner, author of Rim to River
12:00 PM: Ted Fleming, author of Sonoran Desert Journeys
1:00 PM: Devon Mihesuah, author of Dance of the Returned
1:30 PM: Juan Martinez, author of Extended Stay
2:00 PM: Co-Authors of Mineralogy of Arizona, 4th Edition

Saturday, March 4th Panel Schedule

10:00 AM:

Title:	Photographing Arizona
Location:	UA Library – Special Collections
Date/Time:	Saturday, 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Panelists:	Virgil Hancock, John Schaefer, Thomas Wiewandt
Moderators:	Shan Sutton
Genres:	Fine Arts / Photography
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center

Description:
Three expert photographers, one of them former UA President John Schaefer, will discuss their craft and the secrets of shooting the perfect picture.

Title:	Going Off Grid
Location:	Koffler Room 218
Date/Time:	Saturday, 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Panelists:	Ted Conover, Janet Fogg, Bob West, Tom Zoellner
Moderators:	Mary Holden
Genres:	Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – UA BookStore Tent (on Mall)

Description:
Today we will hear several different perspectives of the American West and our authors’ approach writing their reflections about this iconic part of the United States.

1:00 PM:

Title:	Arizona, Up Close and Personal
Location:	UA Library – Special Collections
Date/Time:	Saturday, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Panelists:	Gilbert Storms, Jim Turner, Tom Zoellner
Moderators:	Heidi Osselaer
Genres:	History / Biography
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center

Description:
Gilbert Storms, Jim Turner and Tom Zoellner have studied Arizona for years, each in their very own way. Today they will explore our state’s past and present, and maybe even look into its future a bit!

2:30 PM:

Title:	The Meaning of Home
Location:	Nuestras Raíces Stage
Date/Time:	Saturday, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Panelists:	Cynthia Guardado, Alejandro Varela, Javier Zamora
Moderators:	Ernesto Portillo Jr.
Genres:	Nuestras Raices
Signing Area:	Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area

Description:
These authors share a common bond regarding home and homeland, through their different genres: literary, poetic and memoir.

Title:	Workshop: Infusing Humor, Horror, Joy
Location:	UA Main Library 254/Main Floor
Date/Time:	Saturday, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Panelists:	Juan Martinez
Genres:	Nuestras Raices
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center

Description:
We neglect the importance of affect when working on our drafts. We build characters, we engage imagery and plot and language, but we forget to exploit the comic or horrific possibilities in what we’re building. In this session, we’ll explore how to tune a piece so that it’s funnier, scarier, or sadder.

4:00 PM:

Title:	Global Deception
Location:	Student Union Tucson Room
Date/Time:	Saturday, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Panelists:	Francine Mathews, Devon Mihesuah, Camilla Trinchieri
Moderators:	Wanda Morris
Genres:	Mystery / Thrillers
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – UA BookStore Tent (on Mall)

Description:
It doesn’t matter where you live in the world, there are always mysteries to be solved. Just ask Francine Matthews, Devon Mihesuah and Camilla Trinchieri.

Title:	Mundo de Nuestras Madres
Location:	Nuestras Raíces Stage
Date/Time:	Saturday, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Panelists:	Yvonne de la Torre Montiel, Miguel Montiel, Luis Alberto Urrea
Moderators:	Cristina Ramirez
Genres:	Nuestras Raices
Signing Area:	Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area

Description:
Three authors share inspiring stories of the historical journeys of brave and courageous women.

Title:	Taking it Outside
Location:	National Parks Experience
Date/Time:	Saturday, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Panelists:	Susan Lamb, Tom Zoellner
Moderators:	Roger Naylor
Genres:	Nature / Environment / Outdoor Adventure
Sponsors:	Western National Parks Association
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – Science City

Description:
Sitting down to tell a tale is only a small part of writing a good book about nature. The real work, and the real fun, is being there. Today, Susan Lamb and Tom Zoellner will explain why hitting the trail is so important to getting to know a place.

Sunday, March 5 Panel Schedule

11:30 AM:

Title:	Those Starry Skies
Location:	Science City – Main Stage
Date/Time:	Sunday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Panelists:	Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Tim Hunter
Moderators:	Timothy Swindle
Genres:	Science / Medicine / Technology
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – Science City

Description:
Join authors Lindy Elkins-Tanton and Tim Hunter as they sit down with UArizona’s Space Institute Director Timothy Swindle to discuss what drew them to learning about planets, stars and the vastness of space.

Title:	Leaving, Loving, and Returning Home through Poetry
Location:	Student Union Kiva
Date/Time:	Sunday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Panelists:	Cynthia Guardado, José Olivarez, Laura Villareal
Genres:	Poetry
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – UA Bookstore, Main Floor

Description:
Join poets Laura Villareal, Jose Olivarez and Cynthia Guardado as they explore poetry’s ability to restore a sense of home and heal the traumatic legacies of exile and the domestic violence.

Title:	That Got Weird
Location:	Student Union Kachina
Date/Time:	Sunday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Panelists:	Juan Martinez, Ander Monson
Moderators:	Matt Bell
Genres:	Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction, Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – UA BookStore Tent (on Mall)

Description:
In this session, Juan Martinez and Ander Monson will chat about finding and deploying horror and science fiction tropes in unexpected places. Moderator Matt Bell is pretty good at that himself!

2:30 PM:

Title:	Can Nature Cooperate?
Location:	National Parks Experience
Date/Time:	Sunday, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Panelists:	Stephen Buchmann, Theodore Fleming, Kristin Ohlson
Moderators:	Carol Schwalbe
Genres:	Nature / Environment / Outdoor Adventure, 2023 Big Read
Sponsors:	Western National Parks Association
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – National Parks

Description:
Stephen Buchmann, Theodore Flemming and Kristin Ohlson all write about nature, which means they understand exactly how unpredictable nature can be. We ask them, “Can nature cooperate?”

Title:	Wait for It, Wait for It …
Location:	Student Union Tucson Room
Date/Time:	Sunday, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Panelists:	Tracy Clark, Sean Doolittle, Devon Mihesuah
Moderators:	Terry Shames
Genres:	Mystery / Thrillers
Signing Area:	Sales & Signing Area – UA BookStore Tent (on Mall)

Description:
Three of our favorite authors — Tracy Clark, Sean Doolittle and Devon Mihesuah — keep us on the edge of our seats until the last page. How do they know when it’s time to reveal whodunit?

4:00 PM:

Title:	Que Susto: What a Fright!
Location:	Nuestras Raíces Stage
Date/Time:	Sunday, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Panelists:	Ramona Emerson, Juan Martinez, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Moderators:	Megan Hellwig
Genres:	Nuestras Raices
Signing Area:	Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area

Description:
These authors take you on a roller-coaster ride of terror, horror, and fright. Hold on to your seats!

For the full festival schedule, click here.