LitFest Pasadena 2.0: Noted Authors, Activities and More Saturday

Literature in multiple forms will take over Central Park Saturday for LitFest Pasadena 2.0: The Pasadena Community’s Book Festival.

Panels, performances and book signings will be in store from well-known and upcoming authors from the area and beyond.

Among the activities, attendees can paint their poetry on a car and kids can make Mother’s Day crafts with Little Junebugs for $5.

The first 10 authors to show up for GuerillaReads will get filmed reading their work for the online video literary magazine.

A list of notable confirmed LitFest Pasadena 2.0 guests, according to the event website, includes: 

JONATHAN GOLD, Pulitzer-Prize winning Los Angeles Times food critic, in conversation with the “626 Foodettes.”

REYNA GRANDE, American Book Award winner for “Across a Hundred Mountains,” speaking as a member of a panel exploring Latino literature.

KATE DURBIN, Los Angeles-based writer, performer, and founding editor of the online journal “Gaga Stigmata,” performing on and off stage.

HISTORY LIT, a project of the theater troupe Unbound Productions, performing a Harriet Beecher Stowe story.

ALAN BRENNERT, Emmy award-winning writer/producer of L.A. Law, speaking on a panel about his new novel.

BOB BAKER MARIONETTE THEATER, a treasured Los Angeles institution for more than 50 years, presenting a children’s performance.

See the full list of participating authors and performers here.

Book signings will happen throughout the day, including signings from a few authors featured in the recently-released anthology Literary Pasadena.

Read more about Literary Pasadena and Patch’s interviews with two of the authors here.

See the book signing schedule for LitFest 2.0 here. 

Food

Four food trucks will be catering to Saturday’s crowd:

Crepe’n Around

Slammin’ Sliders

Paradise Fine Cookies & Ice Cream

India Jones Chow Truck

See more about LitFest Pasadena 2.0 at its website here http://litfestpasadena.org/

Pasadena’s Central Park is at 275 South Raymond Avenue. 

Do you plan to attend LitFest Pasadena 2.0? If so, what are you looking forward to? Share in the comments section below.