North Texas Book Festival’s annual event will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Patterson-Appleton Center for Visual Arts in Denton. For author information or to enter this year’s book contest, go to www.ntbf.org.
In preparation for its annual event in April, North Texas Book Festival recently elected the following officers:
Crystal Wood, president
Fred Funk, vice president
Jan Sikes, secretary/parliamentarian
Katherine Boyer, treasurer
NTBF officers and volunteers host the nonprofit’s annual book festival, which is slated for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts in Denton. Authors from all throughout Dallas-Fort Worth and other parts of Texas will sell and sign books for the public, and authors of all genres are encouraged to participate.
“The festival is a wonderful opportunity for authors to showcase their work,” Wood said. “It’s also a great place for booklovers to discover new writers or meet their old favorites.”
There is no admission charge. Many authors will present lectures at the event.
Authors who want to participate should go to www.ntbf.org and click on For Authors; then, go to NTBF Application. Authors also may email ntbf10@verizon.net or call 940-387-5605. Registration ends March 10, and table fees range from $30 to $70.
In addition, NTBF will host its annual book awards 6 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts. Authors of self-published books and those with books published by small, independent publishers are welcome to enter the eighth annual awards program.
Categories include:
Children, ages 1 to 6
Children, ages 6 to 12 (including chapter books)
Young adult fiction, ages 12 to 18 (including fantasy and science fiction)
Young adult nonfiction, ages 12 to 18 (including biographies)
Adult fiction (including fantasy and science fiction)
Adult nonfiction (including biographies)
Poetry, ages 12 and older
Books of short stories and anthologies in the various contest categories are welcome. The festival will not accept books containing erotica or other graphic materials deemed unacceptable to the literary standards of the competition.
NTBF offers grants to public libraries, school libraries and nonprofit literacy programs in North Texas. For applications, go to www.NTBF.org or email ntbf10@verizon.net. Grant applications are due by Monday, Nov. 3, and recipients will receive notifications by Monday, March 30.