Local Author Book Festival

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Arts & Culture, Special Event

Program Description

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Join SBPL for a Local Author Book Festival! Celebrate Santa Barbara’s literary talent and listen to authors read excerpts from their work in a “book karaoke” format on the Michael Towbes Library Plaza.

Books make great gifts and this is a wonderful way to “shop local” for the holiday season. The Library will host a crafting table for kids and our Friends of the Library will be on hand to gift wrap.

Featured author/book categories include:

-Children’s Books
-Young Adult
-Adult Fiction
-Adult Nonfiction
-Poetry
-Local Publishers

Participating authors and publishers include:

Adam McHugh

Ana Ellickson

Anita Perez Ferguson

Arthur Hoyle

Betsy J. Green

Bonnie Lady Lee

Cheri Rae

D.J. Palladino

Darrell McNeill

David Starkey

Debra Brinkman

Diana Raab

Douglas Hufschmid

Edward Cooper

Elisa Stad

Elisabeth Haggblade

Elizabeth Foscue

Fleurie Leclercq

George Yatchisin

Gunpowder Press

Hope Christofferson

Honey Boy Press

Jana Goldbloom Brody

Jeanine Kitchel

Jenna Tico

Joan Z. Calder

John McKinney

Josh Shelton

Leah Evert-Burks

Lissa Landry

Melinda Palacio

Nikki Barthelmess

Patrick Shattuck

River Curls (pen name C.M. Rivers)

Ruth Wishengrad

Shirley Lim

Stephanie Barbé Hammer

Tania Israel

Taran Collis

Thank you to the Friends of the Library and the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation for their support.

Disclaimer(s):

Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.

In case of inclement weather, outdoor activities may be canceled. For the most up to date information, please contact the library with any questions or concerns before traveling to library events.