J. Scott Coatsworth

Messenger Publications, a local specialty publisher with 30 neighborhood newspapers in the Greater Sacramento area, just shared an article about the book festival. One of them is pictured here.

Sacramento City Council District Four, where the festival is being held, just sent out a great announcement for us!

It’s official – we have a coffee vendor for the Sacramento Book Festival. I mean, what are books, without coffee, right? The Daily Fix will be joining us on the enclosed side patio at the event.

Thinking about getting a Sacramento Book Festival T-Shirt, mug, notebook, or some other swag you have your heart set on? It’s all 25% Off today at RedBubble! https://www.redbubble.com/people/sacbookfest/shop

Thanks to Luanne Birch Oleas for posting fliers at the Sassi Salon in East Sac and Future Nissan in Folsom! You’re entered into our 2026 Get the Word Out contest for a free author table!

We got a great mention in Inside Sacramento in the monthly “Out and About” Column!

The Sacramento Book Festival just got a great write-up in Outword Magazine, Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ paper!

Thinking about getting a Sacramento Book festival t-shirt? They’re 20-30% off RIGHT NOW for RedBubble’s Mothers Day Sale! Our other swag is on sale too: https://www.redbubble.com/people/SacBookFest

We just added some new styles – you can now get white text on a bunch of colors, perfect for dark-colored shirts! In all three designs: Check them all out here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/SacBookFest/shop

Another entrant in the Get the Word Out contest – Anara Guard has been hitting Little Free Libraries in and around Oak Park and Southeast Sac!