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 |
UA Library YA /Room 254 Main Floor (Seats 55) | Make It Your Own, Write a Retelling: YA Workshop Debbie and Marc Fleischman | Spoken Word Poetry: YA Workshop Laura and Peter Mychaels | From Cartooning to Graphic Novels: YA Workshop Randy and Jane Moody | Writing as a Career: YA Workshop Robbie and Mary Michel | |
YA Author Stage (Seats 84) | Step into the Dark Side of YA Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law Vicker Charitable Trust | Survival and Action in an Unfair World Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law David and Marsha Irwin | Heart-Stopping Thrillers of Power & Control Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law Todd Horst | Living Our Truths in a Harsh World Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law Randy and Jane Moody | The "Meet Cute" in Rom Coms Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law The Greg D. and Melanie S. McFarland Foundation |
Sun, Mar 15 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am | 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm |
Education Room 211 (Kiva) (Seats 200) | Teen Worlds: YA Author Carousel HarperCollins Children's Books Worlds of Words | Celebrating 100 Years of HarperCollins Children's Books HarperCollins Children's Books Worlds of Words | No event | No event | No event |
UA Library YA /Room 254 Main Floor (Seats 55) | Building Worlds & Magic Systems: YA Workshop: Kristin Anne Rognes | Creating a Meet Cute: YA Workshop Bill and Rie Ross | Commit to the Story: YA Workshop Gordon W. Rosier / Roy W. Mainger | ||
YA Author Stage (Seats 84) | No event | Fake Dating and Second Chances: YA Rom-Com Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law | Nothing is Certain: Thrill of the Unknown Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law Daniel and Julia Elitzer | Romantasy: Love, Secrets and Betrayal Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law | Golden Hour: Showcase of Youth Poets Bookmans Entertainment Exchange Vanessa C. Moss, Attorney-at-Law |
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