Welcome to the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books Children Teen event schedule! We are excited about this year's presenting authors and have placed the schedule into a compact, color-coded grid that you may use to organize your visit to the Festival. Click a button below and your events and then scroll down - your events will display below.
Events for Children Events for Teens
Click the title of an event to obtain detailed information about that event including a short description, the moderator and details on each panelist. The schedule is subject to change and will be updated as new information is made available. Remember that a printed version of this information will be available in the Arizona Daily Star on the Sunday before the festival. Don't forget to check out our other Entertainment and Author Activities to round out your schedule.
Each event on this grid has a star next to it. Click a star to bookmark an event. Click it again to remove the bookmark. When you are finished, you can view your bookmarked events in a printer-ready format here.
NEW THIS YEAR: TFOB will adhere to the University's Clear bag policy for entry to an author's event; find the details here.
Sat, Mar 14 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Arizona Daily Star Stage (Seats 250) | No event | No event | No event | No event | He Did It His Way ... and Theirs Arizona Daily Star |
Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 670) | No event | No event | No event | No event | |
Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110) | No event | No event | No event | No event | Bias and Inequity in Medicine Joi and Bianca Bowen Roberta and Bill Witchger Louise Glasser |
Student Union Sabino (Seats 87) | No event | No event | Curiosity, Critters and Craft Joan and Adrian Van Loozenoord Zibby Media Pima Foundation | No event | No event |
UA Campus Store Stage (Seats 250) | Look at the Bright Side Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Arizona Alpha Chapter UA Campus Store Roberta and Bill Witchger | No event | No event | No event | No event |
Sat, Mar 14 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300) | No event | No event | No event | No event | |
Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89) | Who I Am Research Corporation for Science Advancement Sundt Construction, Inc. | No event | The Stories We Inherit Research Corporation for Science Advancement Sundt Construction, Inc. | No event | No event |
Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142) | No event | No event | Storytelling as a Source of Healing Bourn Companies Lex and Carol Sears Philanthropic Fund Roy and Betty Mayfield | No event | Joyful Lives, Simple Acts Bourn Companies Lex and Carol Sears Philanthropic Fund Lauren and Steve Hagan |
UA Mall Tent (Seats 250) | No event | The Lasting Impact of Fame Pepper Viner Homes Stephen Golden and Susan Tarrence Terramar Properties Inc. | No event | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155) | Lead with Curiosity, Act with Purpose Hughes Federal Credit Union Kimberly Peters and Bruce Peters Holualoa Companies | Joy, Fame and a Little Rock ’n’ Roll Hughes Federal Credit Union Kimberly Peters and Bruce Peters Betsy and Michael Boxer | No event | No event | No event |
Sat, Mar 14 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60) | No event | Workshop: Writing Nonfiction Scenes Tucson Sentinel | No event | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40) | Workshop: Writing the Hard Stuff Words, Women, and Wine Book Club | No event | No event | Workshop: Family and Food Words, Women, and Wine Book Club | No event |
Sun, Mar 15 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 670) | No event | No event | No event | ||
Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110) | No event | No event | No event | When Identity Changes Everything Frank Mascia and Barbro Drott Huth Pima Foundation Mary Lou Forier, Author Historian | I Will Survive Frank Mascia and Barbro Drott Huth Pima Foundation Newt Williams and Connie Crow |
Student Union Kachina (Seats 100) | No event | No event | No event | No event | Food in Culture and Community Elizabeth Green Judith Marro Jim and Kim Rosborough |
Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110) | No event | Rewriting the Story Joi and Bianca Bowen Roberta and Bill Witchger Steve Gottlieb and Laura Penny | No event | No event | No event |
Student Union Sabino (Seats 87) | Beach Boys' Lost Album, Legendary Sound Joan and Adrian Van Loozenoord Zibby Media The Hameroff Law Firm, PC | No event | Noise, Quiet and Well-Being Joan and Adrian Van Loozenoord Zibby Media Sarah and David Bodney | No event | No event |
Sun, Mar 15 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89) | No event | No event | When Truth Is Dangerous: Stories of Defiance Research Corporation for Science Advancement Sundt Construction, Inc. William Banks and Cheryl Ficarra | Tomorrow’s Bestsellers Today Research Corporation for Science Advancement Sundt Construction, Inc. | No event |
Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142) | No event | No event | No event | The Fight to be Understood Bourn Companies Lex and Carol Sears Philanthropic Fund Jody Williams | No event |
UA Mall Tent (Seats 250) | Reinventing American Entertainment Pepper Viner Homes Stephen Golden and Susan Tarrence Karen Randolph | No event | No event | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60) | Workshop: Searching for Solitude Tucson Sentinel | Workshop: Hybrid Writing in Memoirs Tucson Sentinel | No event | No event | No event |
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