We held the Sacramento Book Festival on Sunday, June 2, 2024, at McKinley Park. Twenty local authors participated, sharing twelve booths. Two bookstores—East Village Bookshop and Capital Books on K Street—helped to sponsor the event. The East Village Bookshop also had a booth at the festival. The club expects that this will be the first of an annual book festival event.
By all accounts, the book festival was a success. The weather cooperated nicely. Authors reported selling many books. In a quick survey at the end of the day, every author said they hoped to return to the book festival next year. The festival also gave us a chance to tout the California Writers Club to potential new members, and to talk about books with the many people who came to the festival.
A shout out to members of the club who joined a committee to organize and publicize the book festival: Bernard Wozny, Judith Starkston, Lois Buchter, Terri Dorow, Larry Mandelberg, and Tim Schooley.
Although we shared McKinley Park with a farmer’s market, our publicity seemed to be effective as many people told us they came specifically for the book festival. We all hope to make the festival grow year after year. If you’re interested in helping to plan or publicize next year’s book festival, please email Bernard Wozny.
Sacramento has not experienced a book festival in many years. The California Writers Club restarted this important event in Sacramento. We intend to develop this into an annual Sacramento Capital Experience.
The Sacramento Branch of the California Writers Club will be holding a book festival in Sacramento, McKinley Park.
Sunday, June 2, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.