
Festival of Books 2025:
Same amount of coverage as 2024, including the Saturday morning live remote
FFoB25 theme: “Getting Your Book Published”
* 47 Exhibitors
* 5 workshops: Three on Publishing and two on audio recording and podcasting
* Keynote Speaker — USA Bestselling Author Toby Neal “Paradise Crime Series” of cozy mysteries set in Hawai’i
* Award Winning Authors in Conversation — podcaster and author Brendan O’Meara [The Front Runner — The Life of Steve Prefontaine – 2025] and environmentalist and author Ruby McConnell [Wilderness and the American Spirit – 2024]
Plus great food for purchase at FEC Concessions, and a collegial spirit of book lovers gathered in person.
All in one place — on one day — at the Florence Events Center at 715 Quince Street
Brought to you by Florence Arts, Culture & Entertainment — an independent 501c3 nonprofit which supports the Florence Events Center and all who use it.
Sponsors: (as of 05 September): Western Lane Community Foundation, Ladies of Elks, Bonnie and Bob MacDuffee
In kind: KCST, KXCR, KEZI-9 News, Siuslaw Consulting, City Lights Cinemas