Payson Book Festival

Payson Book Festival July 19, 2025 at the Mazatzal Hotel and Casino ballroom. Free event for readers. We’ve held the festival every year since then.

We began planning in 2014 and in 2015, held our first book festival. The response from authors and the local community blew out our expectations. The mission of the Payson Book Festival is to enhance the love of reading by providing an environment that encourages personal interaction between readers and Arizona authors. Its goal is to promote literacy and showcase Arizona authors.

02/01/2026

Facebook has made changes!!! To share updates, photos, or emergency info → Go to the Mentions tab (under the cover photo) and write your post there!

01/25/2026

Registration for authors is now open!

08/06/2025

Don't forget the White Mountain Festival of Books this weekend. There are also a few spaces for the writers conference on Friday. See https://wmfestivalbooks.org/

07/25/2025

Share your photos! If you are not on the photo page from 2025 at the website and you have one of you at your author booth, send it to calamityjaimie @ Gmail.com (remove spaces) so I can add it. I'm also looking for photos of Kids Zone.
https://paysonbookfestival.org/press-room/publicity/photos-from-2025-event/

Photos from 2025 event Overview Registration Gift baskets for silent auction Gift baskets for silent auction Young shopper Teen shoppers! Authors: Bonnie Bahn Jan Cleere Connie Cockrell CK Donnelly Ruth Douthitt Matthew Duncan David Alyn Gordon Madison Johnson Karolyn Kearney Glenda Paradee Yvonne Pettiford RL Nelson DL R...