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 Kachina (Seats 100) | No event | No event | Historical Romance is for Everyone Elizabeth Green Judith Marro Monty and Karen Turner | No event | No event |
The Commons Room 105 (Seats 217) | Writing Across Romance Genres City of Tucson Visit Tucson | No event | No event | No event | No event |
Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89) | No event | Why Not Both? Writing Romance for Teens and Adults Research Corporation for Science Advancement Sundt Construction, Inc. | No event | No event | Smiling Through the Tears Research Corporation for Science Advancement Sundt Construction, Inc. |
Culinary Stage (Seats 265) | Romancing the Stove Arizona Appliance and Home The Kippur Family | No event | No event | No event | No event |
Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150) | No event | No event | No event | No event | ¡Ay, Amor!: Latinxs in Love Pima County Public Library |
Sat, Mar 14 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Integrated Learning Center Room 120 (Seats 300) | No event | No event | No event | No event | |
Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60) | No event | No event | Workshop: Crowdfunding Your Novel Tucson Sentinel | No event | No event |
Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40) | No event | Workshop: Writing Romance with Heart Words, Women, and Wine Book Club | No event | No event | No event |
Sun, Mar 15 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Student Union Kachina (Seats 100) | No event | No event | Don't Want You to Want Me Elizabeth Green Judith Marro Anna H. Spitz | No event | No event |
UA Campus Store Stage (Seats 250) | No event | Writing Love in Arizona Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Arizona Alpha Chapter UA Campus Store | No event | That's Entertainment Pi Beta Phi Fraternity - Arizona Alpha Chapter UA Campus Store | No event |
The Commons Room 105 (Seats 217) | Inspired By City of Tucson Visit Tucson | No event | No event | No event | Funny, Fierce, Unapologetically Honest City of Tucson Visit Tucson Path to Happiness The Sandroff Family |
Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300) | No event | No event | No event | No event |
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