If you love reading anything from nonfiction and fiction, to poetry, biographies and even comic books, then you are not going to want to miss the 2009 Las Vegas Valley Book Festival. This year’s installment of the Las Vegas Valley Book Festival is scheduled to take place starting on Wednesday, November 4, and will run through to Sunday, November 9.
Over the course of the four days, attendees will be able to attend a variety of book signings, discussions, films, exhibitions, poetry readings, spoken word performances. This festival is a great way for readers and writers alike to meet and share their love for written and spoken word. Attendees will have the opportunity to buy both new and used books as well as meet some of their favorite authors and other book buffs in the Las Vegas Valley.
Throughout the four days of this book festival, there will be a variety of events including the Target Children’s Book Festival, which will take place at the Centennial Plaza at the historic Fifth Street School on Saturday, November 7. So if you love reading, why not take the kids out on Saturday to enjoy a day full of fun and fantasy.
This Festival will be presented by the City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs and the large majority of the events will be free and open to the general public. The Office of Cultural affairs is currently looking for volunteers to help with the book festival, if you would like to find out more about how you can help, please call the volunteer coordinator at 229-3515.
For more information about this year’s Las Vegas Valley Book Festival, visit the Office of Cultural Affairs’ website at http://www.artslasvegas.org/vvbf/
