2026:
Tucson Festival of Books March 13th & 14th:
Panel Name: Look at the Bright Side
Location: UA Campus Store Stage
Date/Time: Saturday, 10:00 am to 10:55 am
Panelists: John Fugelsang, Annabelle Gurwitch, E.A. Hanks
Moderator: Penelope Starr
Genres: Humor / Comedy, Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Lower Level (following presentation)
Exclusive for Friends of the Festival — E.A. Hanks Visits Friends Hospitality Tent
Location: Friends of the Festival Hospitality Tent
Date/Time: Saturday, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Panelist: E.A. Hanks
Genre: Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Panel Name: Seeing the Southwest
Location: UA Library/Special Collections
Date/Time: Sunday, 2:30 pm to 3:25 pm
Panelists: Craig Childs, E.A. Hanks, Ann Hedlund, Dora Rodriguez
Moderator: Gregory McNamee
Genre: Southwest Books of the Year
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
In this session, the authors of four Southwest Books of the Year will discuss the role that
landscape and culture played in the development of their work.
2025:
April 5th
Los Angeles, CA
Diesel Books at the Brentwood Country Mart, 5 PM
25 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90402
In Conversation with Aaron Bleyaert
April 8th
New York, New York
92nd Street Y, 7 PM
In Conversation With Tom Hanks (ticketed event)
April 10th
Nashville, TN
Parnassus Books
University School of Nashville, 6:30 PM
2000 Edgehill Ave, Nashville, TN 37212
In Conversation with Tom Hanks (ticketed event: SOLD OUT)
April 11
Los Angeles, CA
Skylight Books, 7PM
1818 North Vermont Avenue
In Conversation with Sam Wasson
April 17
Sacramento, CA
Time Tested Books, 7 PM
1114 21st Street (between L & K streets)