The first Connecticut Book Festival will be held next May 21 and 22 at the University of Connecticut Greater Hartford campus in West Hartford, Conn.
The program features readings and appearances by a range of authors, a children's activities tent, performances for all ages, food from West Hartford restaurants and specialty food purveyors. Exhibitors and vendors include book-based nonprofits, academic institutions, cultural organizations and artisans of book-related items. The UConn Co-op Bookstore will sell books by festival presenters. Wally Lamb is honorary chair of the festival.
The festival is sponsored by the UConn Co-op Bookstore, the Connecticut Library Association, the Connecticut State Library, the Connecticut Center for the Book at Hartford Public Library, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Connecticut Humanities Council, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the University of Connecticut, Greater Hartford Campus.
For more information, contact Mary Engels, Connecticut Book Festival, 786 South Main St., Middletown, Conn. 06457; 860-704-2214; fax 860-704-2228; ctbookfestval@gmail.com.