Sacramento Book Festival – 2026

Happy Wednesday Scribblers. I hope you’re having a great week. This last weekend I was at the Sacramento Book Festival (click here to learn more) and I had an absolutely amazing time. My understanding is we had over 6000 people attend the event and from what I saw the venue was packed. Here are some photos from the day.

At the book festival I was lucky enough to be on a panel talking about Other Worlds: Fantasy and SciFi. The panel was a blast. I had the opportunity to share my thoughts on both SciFi and Fantasy which are, as you know, very close to my heart. I was joined on the panel with authors; Michele Drier (click here), Andrea Stewart (click here), Michael R. Johnston (click here) and Jason Denzel (click here). They were incredible to chat with and the conversation flowed with ease. Our panel covered everything from how we create our worlds to what got us interested in writing.

As always at these sorts of events the day flies by and I didn’t get to do everything I wanted to do, but I still had a magnificent time and I got to meet so many of you wonderful readers who stopped by and said hello. Here are a couple of folks that came and said hello.

Well that’s all I have for right now. Until next time have a great week.

Sacramento Book Festival 2025

Happy Wednesday Scribblers. I hope you’re all having a great day and a wonderful Pride 2025. Today I wanted to share a couple of photos and an update from an exciting event I attended last week (well two weeks ago now). This year I was invited to be part of the Sacramento Book Festival (learn more here) this is the first book festival that Sacramento has held in eleven years and what an event it was. The festival had over 140 authors from all over Northern California and an estimated attendance in the range of 3k–4k people, but there could have been more.

The book festival was wonderful and I loved being around so many terrific authors (publishers, bookstores, and writing groups). There were some terrific panels (that I unfortunately didn’t get to see), a kids’ zone, a scavenger hunt with amazing prizes, and so much more. It really was a beautiful day and everyone who came to the event was there to support their local authors.

After the event, a few of us went to dinner and hung out for a while. The day was truly delightful.

The event organizers are already working on next year’s book festival, which will be in a larger location with more parking from my understanding. This will also allow for more authors and vendors. If you want to learn more about the Sacramento Book Festival so you plan for next year (click here). Until next time, have a great week and a wonderful Pride.