Come on out to The Great Carson City Literary Festival
The Great Carson City Literary Festival is coming to town on the weekend of June 6-8 at Mills Park. The festival will have many family oriented and child activities including authors of every genre, a book nook with readings by the actual authors, Kid Chef Eliana who will be doing cooking demonstrations, a giant bounce house and obstacle course, a free kids art tent, food, and much more.
Several book stores from the Reno area will be present, including Sundance Books who will have author signings from more than 60 authors who are flying in from all around the country. Also, Grassroots Bookstore will be hosting a second-hand media exchange where people can bring in books, cds, dvds, records and other types of media and sell or exchange their goods on the spot. Some of the booths will be giving away free books, including Grassroots Books, which will have cards for one free book per customer.
Some of the other things you can expect are arts and crafts booths, delicious foods of different varieties, art, raffles, and more. There will be story-telling on the big stage, a well as a songwriters contest and other great entertainment.
The face behind the Literary Festival is author Ellen Hopkins, who has 13 best selling books. Her first YA novel, "Crank" was written into a play that resulted in nine sold out performances in Reno. The play will be showing at the community center, which is adjacent to Mills Park.
There will be two performances, one Saturday night at 7 pm, and one the following day at 2 pm. Tickets can be purchased on the event website, carsoncitylitfest.org.
Bring the kids down for this amazing event, all proceeds benefit the Carson City non-profit Ventana Sierra. You never know what surprises you might find, and rekindling a love of books is on the top of the list!
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