DENTON – This year’s North Texas Book Festival is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts in Denton. Authors from throughout Texas and surrounding states are welcome to sign up for tables.
Authors will sell and sign their books, and more than 30 authors had signed up to attend as of Jan. 25, a press release stated. There is room for about 60 authors, and table prices range from $30 to $70.
Registration deadline is April 7. For information, go to http://www.ntbf.org/authors.html.
NTBF is in its 16th year, and the nonprofit raises money for grants for area libraries and literacy programs that encourage family interaction and reading together and the love of books. The festival is open to the public and there’s no admission charge.
Authors and the public also may attend the annual Book Trailers Dinner at 6 p.m., Friday, April 8, at the center, 400 E. Hickory St. The event will include the announcement of NTBF Book Awards winners in several categories, as well as grant presentations to several area libraries and literacy programs.
Dinner tickets are $25 for NTBF members and $30 for nonmembers. To attend, go to http://www.ntbf.org/book-trails-dinner.html or email ntbf10@verizon.net.
