J. Scott Coatsworth

We’ll be running a scavenger hunt at the Sacramento Book Festival with some great prizes: Just visit every part of the event, collect a stamp at each of our six scavenger hunt stations, and turn in your completed card. We will send out the prizes after the event.

The Sacramento Book festival was just featured on KFBK by Kitty O’Neal! https://kfbk.iheart.com/featured/the-afternoon-news-with-kitty-o-neal/content/2025-05-29-sacramento-book-festival-is-531-in-mckinley-parks-garden-and-arts-center/

Many of the author talks are round table discussions with the authors listed and will be followed by author signings. Festival Introduction by California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch President Bernard Wozny 10:00-10:40 amBlack Women Write: RoseMary Covington, Kathy Lynne Marshall, and BJ Davis 10:50-11:30 amThrillers: Robin Burcell, Simon Wood, James L’Etoile, Terry Shames, Richard Meredith, … Read more

We’re featuring a special area for our youngest visitors – the Sacramento Book Festival – the Kids Zone! Kids Zone schedule: Come by with your little ones for story time, crafts, puzzles, coloring, face painting, and balloon animals! These free activities will be happening all day. And bring a new or gently used children’s book … Read more

Books are the whole reason for attending a book festival, right? So let’s start there. We have more than 140 authors attending, with 75 tables featuring books from all kinds of genres – romance, sci-fi and fantasy, mystery, thriller, historical, LGBTQ, self-help, poetry, and many more. Bring a sturdy shopping bag or two!

All of our swag – shirts, caps, notebooks, totes, etc… is on sale on the eve of the Festival! https://www.redbubble.com/people/SacBookFest/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent

James Rollins, Catriona McPherson and I just appeared on Insight on Cap Radio with Vicki Gonzalez. Take a listen: https://www.capradio.org/news/insight/2025/05/27/politicos-california-playbook-public-cutoff-during-capitol-testimonies-sacramento-book-festival/#

Wow – the Sac Bee just ran a great feature article about the book festival! They covered just about everything – it’s a great article: The Sacramento Book Festival returns Saturday, May 31, with more than 140 authors, expanded programming and a community book drive — all part of a growing literary celebration now drawing … Read more

Just got a great article on the Sacramento Book Festival from Helen Harlan at the Sacramento News and Review… Bookworms in The Big Tomato have reason to rejoice later this month when the second-ever Sacramento Book Festival hits McKinley Park’s Shepard Garden & Arts Center on May 31. The event, hosted by the Sacramento branch … Read more