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 |
Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 670) | No event | No event | No event | ||
UA Campus Store Stage (Seats 250) | No event | No event | Misfits, Meddlers and Murder Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Arizona Alpha Chapter UA Campus Store | No event | No event |
The Commons Room 105 (Seats 217) | No event | Getting Away with Murder? City of Tucson Visit Tucson Melissa M. Vito | No event | No event | No event |
Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300) | No event | No event | |||
Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89) | No event | No event | No event | Plot Twists and Page-Turners Research Corporation for Science Advancement Sundt Construction, Inc. CrossingBridge Advisors, LLC | No event |
Sat, Mar 14 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142) | No event | No event | No event | Dark Hearts, Darker Deeds Bourn Companies Lex and Carol Sears Philanthropic Fund Ingrid Novodvorsky/Chris Johnson | No event |
UA Mall Tent (Seats 250) | No event | No event | No event | No event | Bluff the Reader Pepper Viner Homes Stephen Golden and Susan Tarrence Ross and Bridget Levin |
Integrated Learning Center Room 120 (Seats 300) | Deadly History 
Hudson Group Marshall Foundation Karen Vigeland Mary Sue and Maurie Kern | No event | No event | No event | |
Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155) | No event | No event | Unraveling the Whodunit Hughes Federal Credit Union Kimberly Peters and Bruce Peters | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60) | Workshop: The Magic of Setting Tucson Sentinel | No event | No event | No event | Workshop: Sum of the Parts Tucson Sentinel |
Sat, Mar 14 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40) | No event | No event | No event | No event | Workshop: Compelling Characters Words, Women, and Wine Book Club |
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 | No event | |
Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110) | No event | Shades of Mystery Frank Mascia and Barbro Drott Huth Pima Foundation Susan and Barry Austin | No event | No event | No event |
Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110) | No event | No event | No event | No Badge Needed Joi and Bianca Bowen Roberta and Bill Witchger Jan and Mickey Dowling | No event |
UA Campus Store Stage (Seats 250) | No Amateurs Allowed Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Arizona Alpha Chapter UA Campus Store Cameron and Cara Graham | No event | No event | No event | The Art of Unease Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Arizona Alpha Chapter UA Campus Store Frank Farias |
The Commons Room 105 (Seats 217) | No event | Deadly Crimes in Different Times City of Tucson Visit Tucson Hilary Hamlin | No event | No event | No event |
Sun, Mar 15 | 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 | |
UA Mall Tent (Seats 250) | No event | No Stones Unturned Pepper Viner Homes Stephen Golden and Susan Tarrence Beth and Lee Baumgardner | Faithfully Dead Pepper Viner Homes Stephen Golden and Susan Tarrence Sally and Wade Monroe | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143) | Deadly Heat Sara Cohen The Neymeyer Family Margaret Briehl and Dennis Ray | No event | High-Stakes Mysteries Sara Cohen The Neymeyer Family Louanne Smolin | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155) | No event | Thrills, Chills and Laughs Hughes Federal Credit Union Kimberly Peters and Bruce Peters Terence Rudkin and Rene Stone | No event | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60) | No event | No event | No event | Workshop: Getting to Know Your Characters Tucson Sentinel | No event |
Sun, Mar 15 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40) | No event | Workshop: Hero's Journey: More than Just a Plotting Tool Words, Women, and Wine Book Club | No event | Workshop: Writing a Memorable Mystery Words, Women, and Wine Book Club | No event |
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