The Northern Arizona Book Festival is excited to announce its return in conventional fashion with virtual components for a world still gripped by uncertainty. The festival will run Friday, April 1st through Sunday, April 10th with live, in-person events and dual modality sessions via Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook Live.
This year, we are proud to present a multitude of different authors as well as literary presses. We will kick off the festival Friday night with *Creative Meditation guided by Tanner Menard. The rest of the weekend will include events such as Drag Queen Story Time, Queer Poetry Salon, and Scottish Showcase, and authors such as Baje Whitethorn, Avery Denny, Jake Skeets, Orlando White, Shaina Nez, and more. For the full schedule of events please visit our website: https://www.noazbookfest.org/
Established in 1997, the Northern Arizona Book Festival (NOAZBF) is a literary nonprofit based out of Kinłání which works to coordinate readings, panels, workshops, contests, and more that reflect the literary interests and cultural issues that define life in the Colorado Plateau region of Northern Arizona. As part of its regular programming, the NOAZBF includes the Indigenous Writers’ Symposium, Young Readers’ Festival, and the Flagstaff Off-the-Page Lit Crawl (FLG OTP). Throughout the year, the NOAZBF collaborates with and supports the Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase, the Northern Arizona University MFA Program, Cinder Skies Reading Series, Juniper House Reading Series, Flagstaff Poetry Slam, Red Ink., Thin Air Magazine, Carbon Copy, Curios, Eggtooth Editions, Tolsun Books, Salina Bookshelf, Abalone Mountain Press, Outspokin’ and Bookish, Poetry Out Loud, and Bright Side Bookshop.
Please find the extended lineup of events, authors, and board members here https://www.noazbookfest.org/.
For more information, please contact the President Lawrence Lenhart or Vice President Margarita Cruz at noazbookfest@gmail.com