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Mesa Councilmember Julie Spilsbury reading to a group of children at the Mesa Book Festival, December 17, 2022Photo bySuzy Jacobson Cherry. The 5th Annual Mesa Book Festival, a free outdoor event which took place on Saturday, December 17 brought together authors, poets, and readers in a celebration of the wonders of reading. The event, organized by Anthology and Brick Cave Media, was held on the Mesa campus of Benedictine University, and hosted about 800 visitors.

Tucson poet Gene Twaronite with his books at the 2018 Mesa Book FestivalPhoto byPhoto by Suzy Jacobson Cherry. The Mesa Book Festival is a free outdoor event which will take place on Saturday, December 17 from 10 am to 5 pm. The event is brought to you by Anthology, a non-profit organization with the mission to promote performance poetry and associated literary arts in the greater Phoenix community. The Mesa Book Festival, now in its fifth year, takes place alongside the City of Mesa’s annual Merry Main Street celebrations. While the festival itself is free to the public, certain guest presentations or events may require a separate admission fee.

Ant asking Wouldn't You Rather Be Laughing?artwork by Stephanie Wilson. MuddyUm, the premiere comedy and humor magazine on Medium.com, and the Garden of Neuro Institute Inc., collaborated on the anthology “Wouldn’t You Rather Be Laughing?”

What a Day! Short Stories by Southern AuthorsBookBuzz. NYT Bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Winstead Jones are only two of the eleven wonderful authors who provided short stories for the What A Day! collection.