Oh yes, we have a literary costume contest at the 2025 Mesa Book Festival- With prizes including tickets to Legoland Discovery Center, tickets to Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park and (for the BIG kids) a stay at Canoa Ranch Golf Resort in Green Valley, Arizona.

Costume Contest details here: https://pxllnk.co/MesaBookFest25
#bookfest #costume #ComeDressed

Island Prize selectee and Holland House author Andile Cele will be at the Festival on Thursday, in an event packed with authors, books, discussion panels on all things literary - are you there?

Check them out:

https://www.instagram.com/ms_andilecele/

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#booktown #bookfest #bookfestival #litfest #literaryfestival #bookstodon #books

iLembe Book Festival brings together readers, writers, and creatives, fostering a deeper appreciation for literature and the spoken word.
Are You There Yet?

Check them out:

https://www.instagram.com/ms_andilecele
https://www.instagram.com/catullusfan

https://ilembebookfestival.co.za

#AfricanWriter #AfricanLiterature #WritingCommunity #AfricanVoices #bookfest #literaryfestival #bookstodon #books

In Taunton today? Pop along by Brendon Books for an evening of author chats and discover new books at the Tauton Literary Festival!
Starting at 6:30, tickets GBP 8

brendonbooks.org/author-events-taunton-literary-festival-2025

#bookfest #authorslife #bookstodon #books #literaryawards

A quick reminder - Recommended! and author Nicola WIlson will be there on the 10th - will you be there too?

Check it out:
brendonbooks.org/author-events-taunton-literary-festival-2025

#books #bookstodon #literaryfestival #bookfest

HHB / Island Prize Special Edition!

Check them out:

https://ilembebookfestival.co.za
www.instagram.com/catullusfan
www.instagram.com/ms_andilecele

www.instagram.com/simba_steyn
www.africanwriter.com

#AfricanWriter #AfricanLiterature #WritingCommunity #AfricanVoices #bookfest #literaryfestival #bookstodon #books

It was fantastic to see #histsci friend @SurekhaDavies
on stage at the #Edinburgh #bookfest
last week, promoting her book Humans: a Monstrous History. I particularly enjoyed seeing what authors do behind the scenes at these events (including: hard at work signing books...)