SACRAMENTO BOOK FESTIVAL – BIG NAMES AND BIG CHARITY

Sacramento, California — On Saturday, May 31st, from 10 am to 4 pm, the California Writers Club Sacramento Branch will launch the second annual Sacramento Book Festival at the Shepard Garden & Arts Center, next to McKinley Park in East Sacramento. (3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95816)

As part of our focus on literacy, we are running a book drive for new and gently used children’s books for the Mustard Seed School, a program of Loaves & Fishes - a free private school for children ages 3-15 years-old who are currently homeless. We also will welcome the Sacramento Literacy Foundation to the event, an organization whose mission is to help all children in our community read at grade-level, and 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing and literacy nonprofit helping Sacramento youth discover a love of reading.

The festival will feature over 125 local authors, selling books for people of all ages, performing readings, participating on panels, and introducing themselves to Sacramento readers. The roster includes New York Times bestselling thriller author James Rollins, award-winning mystery author Catriona McPherson, and crime fiction writers Claire Booth and James L'Etoile, among many others who Sacramento readers will recognize and enjoy.

There will be activities for children, author readings, a food truck on site, and a scavenger hunt with prizes. And best of all, the event is free to the public.

Event sponsors include: 916 Ink, Amatoria Fine Art Books, Avid Reader on Broadway, Black Women Write, Capital Books on K, Capitol Crimes, Elk Grove Writers Guild, Friends of the Sacramento Library - Book Den, Lavender Library, the Mustard Seed School, Northern California Publishers and Authors, Northern California Romance Writers, Paper Lantern Writers, Queer Sacramento Authors Collective, Sacramento Literacy Foundation, Sacramento Public Library, and A Seat at the Table Books. More to come soon.

Please contact Tim Schooley if you have q

916-847-6005 [email protected]