The second annual Sedona Book Festival will be held all day on Saturday, October 2 on the Sedona Campus of Yavapai College. This year’s festival is sponsored by The Well Red Coyote bookstore, Yavapai College, and Friends of the Sedona Public Library.

Following last year’s successful inaugural festival under the “big tent,” our new indoor venue allows for even more participation from authors and others, with ample and close-in parking, too. And like last year, the festival will be free to the public.

The Sedona Book Festival 2010 will spotlight local and regional authors, publishers and other organizations dedicated to celebrating the pleasures of reading and writing. More than 60 exhibitors will provide attendees with a wide range of books and book-related offerings. In addition, select authors will be making presentations in our special authors’ room throughout the day.

Our Guest of Honor this year, honoring a local individual who has greatly contributed to the growth and vitality of the Sedona/Verde Valley literary community, will be Gary Every, author, poet, performer and moderator of the Sedona Writing Salon.

Our Keynote Speaker will be J. Allen Woodman, chairman of the Creative Writing Department at Northern Arizona University and author of six books of fiction and scores of short stories and essays.

Preceding the festival, on Friday evening, October 1, will be a fundraising “Dinner in the Stacks” at the Sedona Public Library, sponsored by the Friends of the Sedona Public Library.

We are also planning several special events prior to the festival, including an essay contest for school children, an authors-in-schools project and writing workshops.

For more information, go to www.sedonabookfestival.com. Questions should be directed to me by email at books@wellredcoyote.com, or by phone at (928) 282-2284.