Join Us for the Second Annual Sacramento Book Festival!

On Saturday, May 31st, from 10 AM to 4 PM, the California Writers Club Sacramento Branch will host the second annual Sacramento Book Festival at the Shepard Garden & Arts Center, located next to McKinley Park in East Sacramento.

As part of our focus on literacy, we are holding a book drive for new and gently used children’s books to benefit the Mustard Seed School, a program of Loaves & Fishes that provides a free private education for homeless children ages 3-15. We are also partnering with the Sacramento Literacy Foundation, which works to ensure all children in our community can read at grade level, and 916 Ink, an arts-based creative writing nonprofit empowering youth through reading and writing.

The festival will feature over 125 local authors, who will be selling books, performing readings, participating in panels, and meeting Sacramento readers. Authors include James Rollins, New York Times bestselling thriller author; Catriona McPherson, award-winning mystery author; and Claire Booth and James L’Etoile, both acclaimed crime fiction writers.

The event will also include activities for children, author readings, a food truck, and a scavenger hunt with prizes. 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, 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.

Don’t miss out on this exciting day celebrating books, literacy, and local authors! We hope to see you there.