Book Festival
Children’s Fairyland Book Festival: Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10 to 4
- Meet more than 25 authors and illustrators and ask them about their craft
- Enjoy read-alouds by authors and see live art demonstrations by book illustrators
- Buy books from The Collective Oakland and get them autographed in person
- Celebrate young writers and their work at the Youth Author Table with a special reading
- Visit the Oakland Public Library booth and get creative with local librarians
With special presentations by:
JaNay Brown-Wood, Joanna Ho, Wednesday Kirwan, Nina LaCour and C.V. Monterrubio
Featuring:
Jane Bahk • JaNay Brown-Wood • John Casselberry • Madeline Connor • Angela Dalton • Cindy Derby • Hayley Diep • Meg Fleming • Alia Gabres • Michael Genhart • Jill Guerra • Joanna Ho • Felicia Hoshino • Illustoria • Nancy Johnson James • Wednesday Kirwan • Nina LaCour • Dawood Marion • C.V. Monterrubio • Constance Moore • Christina Newhard • Keely Parrack • Lea Redmond • Nadia Salomon • Victoria Sanchez • Simone Shin • Emma Bland Smith • Meera Sriram • Meredith Steiner • Maggie Tokuda Hall
Stay to play: Our Book Festival is included with your Fairyland admission on Saturday, June 18, 2022!
See our schedule
Author and Illustrator presentations
Playing at the Emerald City Stage
Showtimes: 10:20 a.m. Wednesday Kirwan, 11:30 a.m. Joanna Ho, 12:15 p.m. Angela Dalton, 1 p.m. C.V. Monterrubio, 1:30 p.m. Nina LaCour, 2:30 p.m. Youth Writers, 3:15 p.m. JaNay Brown-Wood
Author and Illustrator meet and greets
Located in the Merry Meadow
Showtimes: 10 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Wednesday Kirwan, Meera Sriram, Hayley Diep, Alia Gabres
11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Joanna Ho, Cindy Derby, Meg Fleming, Keely Parrack, John Casselberry and Madeline Connor, Dawood Marion
12:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Angela Dalton, Nancy Johnson James and Constance Moore, Lea Redmond, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Jane Park and Felicia Hoshino, Jill Guerra
1:40 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. Nina LaCour, Victoria Sanchez, Meredith Steiner, C.V. Monterrubio, Emma Bland Smith, Nadia Solomon
2:50 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. JaNay Brown-Wood, Christina Newhard, Simone Shin, Michael Genhard, Illustoria
