Date and Time
Saturday Jun 23, 2012
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM CDT
Saturday, June 23, 2012. Events begin at 8 am and end at 3:30 pm. The complete schedule of events is available at www.bookfest.org.
Location
Authors are featured at events throughout downtown Glen Ellyn. For a complete schedule of authors and locations, visit www.bookfest.org.
Fees/Admission
Fees apply for the Luncheons at the Library and at Glen Oak Restaurant, pre-register online. Other author appearances, book signings and literary events are free. Book purchases at these events or at The Bookstore, 475 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, are encouraged!
Website
Contact Information
Glen Ellyn Public Library, 630-469-0879 or The Bookstore, 630-469-2891.
Description
The 3rd Annual Downtown Glen Ellyn Bookfest features keynote speaker David Finch, a New York Times bestselling author speaking at the Glen Ellyn Public Library at 2 pm. Bookfest kicks off with a breakfast program for aspiring authors at the library from 8 to 9:30 am. Children's author Jim Aylesworth will be entertaining parents and tots at The Bookstore from 10 to 11 am. Two special lunches are planned, tickets required: a Ladies' Lunch with a panel of female authors at the Library, and a luncheon for children & parents with author Marianne Malone at Glen Oak restaurant. Emerging authors will be gathered under the tent just west of Citibank in downtown Glen Ellyn from 10 am to 1 pm, and a special event for YA readers and teens will be held at Asian Pearl from 2:30 to 3:30 pm.
Additional program information may be found at www.bookfest.org.
Share your love of reading and celebrate books at Bookfest!
