11th Annual Tucson Festival of Books

March 2-3, 2019

March 2-3, 2019 — We would love to see you at the eleventh annual Tucson Festival of Books! The festival is open from 9:30am to 5:30pm on The University of Arizona campus, and it will feature a wide and exciting variety of exhibits, author panels, book signings, vendors, and more. As a non-profit event, the Tucson Festival of Books uses proceeds to improve literacy efforts in Arizona. For many years the festival has had an attendance of over 100,000 literature lovers, making it one of the largest book festivals in the United States.

Make sure to stop by the University of Arizona Press booth to learn more about the books we’ve published, as well as authors who have published with the Press who are attending the festival this year. These authors include Ilan Stavans, Pat Mora, Gary Stuart, and Stephen Strom.

More information on this upcoming event will be available soon, so be sure to check this event page as well as the Tucson Festival of Books website for updates. The official list of invited authors will be live by late November.

Here are some highlights from last year’s festival!

 

Representing Camino del Sol at the festival, authors Daniel Olivas, Frederick Aldama, and Vickie Vértiz take a moment to pose for photographers on the Pima County Libraries Nuestra Raices stage.
Representing Camino del Sol at the festival, authors Daniel Olivas, Frederick Aldama, and Vickie Vértiz take a moment to pose for photographers on the Pima County Libraries Nuestra Raices stage.
After returning to Tucson following this year's AWP conference in Florida, poet Farid Matuk took the time to sign copies of his latest collection The Real Horse at the UA Press booth.
After returning to Tucson following this year’s AWP conference in Florida, poet Farid Matuk took the time to sign copies of his latest collection The Real Horse at the UA Press booth.
Mark Nelson, one of the eight-person crew for the first two-year closure experiment in Biosphere 2, teases UA Press publicity manager Rose Brandt at his booth signing Saturday afternoon.
Mark Nelson, one of the eight-person crew for the first two-year closure experiment in Biosphere 2, teases UA Press publicity manager Rose Brandt at his booth signing Saturday afternoon.
Cuba's leading export to Tucson has been Tom Miller, the longtime Cubanista whose latest book from UA Press is Cuba, Hot and Cold. Tom reads from his work at a panel honoring his prolific career.
Cuba’s leading export to Tucson has been Tom Miller, the longtime Cubanista whose latest book from UA Press is Cuba, Hot and Cold. Tom reads from his work at a panel honoring his prolific career.

 

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