I am so excited for this event! I will be exhibiting my books (table #113) this weekend at Rain Taxi's Twin Cities Book Festival at the Union Depot in Saint Paul, Minnesota! (That's right, I'm coming home!) The best part... FREE ADMISSION, plus a used book and record fair and a convention floor full of local authors, publishers and major booksellers. 

Here's a look at what we have cooking for you:

Rain Taxi’s Twin Cities Book Festival has two main components: Author Presentations, taking place all day in program rooms on the second and third floors, and the TCBF’s bustling Book Fair, featuring 150 exhibitors across both the Waiting Room and Head House on the main floor—make sure to visit each! 

Also on the main floor, you’ll find: 

• Information Station, your source for programs, exhibitor maps, free prize-drawing tickets, lost and found, and the answers to all your TCBF questions.
• Photo-op Stops, with TCBF backdrops for pics with your book-loving pals;
• Activity Areas, with a central hub in the Head House and smaller stations throughout (see list below);
• Rain Taxi, your humble TCBF organizer and host—stop by for a free copy of our quarterly magazine and great deals on merch, chapbooks and broadsides, and more!

A coffee cart with cafe seating is located in the back of the Waiting Room. Restrooms, vending machines, ATM, oversized games, lounge areas, and other amenities are located in the Lobby and Concourse areas of the first floor.

Activities

10am –4pm▸Lighting the Democracy Flame
with Na Eng, Book Fair

10am–4pm▸The Book as Sculpture with Julia Strand, Activity Hub

10am –1pm▸Books, Bonds, and Bracelets with AmazeWorks, Activity Hub

11am –4pm▸Build Event with Little Free Library, Book Fair

1–2:30pm▸Celebrating the Places We Love
with AmazeWorks, Activity Hub

1–5pm▸Typewriter Poems with Bill Meissner, Lobby

3–5pm▸The Art of Nonviolence with Lesley Younge,Activity Hub

*Also, In the RED CAP ROOM at 10:00 am: 10am

▸Kate DiCamillo

Join us as children’s literature legend Kate DiCamillo celebrates the newly released twentieth anniversary edition of one of her most beloved books, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. At this special TCBF event, the author will share some behind-the-scenes stories about how she wrote this modern classic about a china rabbit who learns what it means to love, a tale that has entranced millions of readers. Copies of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and many other books by Kate DiCamillo will be available onsite for purchase, and a book signing will immediately follow the event.

You can find all of the information here: Schedule and Maps — Twin Cities Book Festival

Come on out and hang with us, pick up some new reads, and get inspired :)