Have you ever attended a book festival?

We have the world renowned Hay on Wye Festival here, although I have never gone to it. But Hay is a place where almost every shop is a book shop and you can but books at such daft prices that it would make the authors cry! Literally pennies in some places. However, the Texas Festival sounds very grown up. I don't know whether I would want to go. I love books and reading. But I do it as a solitary activity and I'm not sure that I want to be surrounded by all the fun of the fair and worse, all those wannabe writers. I feel the same about writing. What little I do, I do quietly and away from public gaze. Which may defeat the object of course! I am not sure that I really do want to met any authors. Why would I want to? I am not generally that interested in why a character is the way that s/he is, they just are. I might be interested to know how they research certain aspects of their work. Sorry, this all sounds a little negative. I don't mean it to be.

I regularly attend the Book festival that is happening once a year here.It is always a very happy experience.

Here we have the Annual Calcutta Book Fair which is like an annual pilgrimage. I have been there since my teenage days with my parents and now we go there (hubby & I) with our son. Being held in the month of January when the winter sun is just perfect for a day out, its really love of books, family picnic, fun time all rolled into one. I cant even begin to say how much I have learned from these outings…little known books which have since enriched my life, complete collections at discount prices (which otherwise would have been unaffordable to me), latest dictionaries and encyclopaedia (this before the invasion of internet), books on everyday arts of cooking and embroidery…reminding me of recipes and designs which were really shunted to the back of my mind…aimless strolling through the dusty compound, smell of new books, unknown people hawking little magazines with zest, nameless artists doing your portrait for a pittance, clowns and balloons and of course the food stalls. January is coming yet again…yes just another visit to my favourite annual event. Oh regarding authors…no there’s none in particular that I would have loved to meet…I find most of them too officious and flamboyant for my comfort…I am comfortable as it is reading the books.

I have never had the opportunity but my book angels watching over me has been featured at several book festivals so far, I have a friend that has taken them for me. As I am disabled it is pretty difficult for me to be getting out and about.

I've been to the Texas book festival and was wandering around with my mother back at an early festival and ran into a writer friend of mine and got introduced to some of her friends. Elizabeth Moon is the writer and I got introduced to Margaret Ball and another female science fiction writer.

Hello makingpots. It is so nice to have a book festival. I think that it must have attracted many people who love reading. It is a good and interesting activity to enhance culture with the festival. It is a very significant thing. But I have never attended such a book festival. I have no impression that we have ever had one in our local place. Take care, friend.

i love going to food festivals but my hubby doesnt share my passion,so i have to go with my friend.i am really fascinated by robin cook and would like to meet him in person.

I have never heard of a Book Festival before let alone attend one! I would love to go to one though...Meeting authors and celebrating literature would be great! I actually met Temple Grandin at an Autism Symposium a couple of years ago and that was great!! I'd like to Meet Jenny McCarthy as well and Robert Munch...A few more as well! Wish we had these things here in Canada! ~Heavens~

I have never heard of something like that but I would love to attend...and be one of the authors! LOL....sounds like a wonderful way to meet an author....get a book signed etc!

It's really nice to attend book festival. It's very beautiful to see. We can see so many unknown books and fully improved and different countries books with different minds. Every type of books to every one.

I have attended many book fairs. In fact, I am always looking forward to it. I never miss one when I hear that a book fair has been organized around the place where I am.

The authors I would most like to meet if it were possible, are William Shakespeare and Homer. Although they are deceased, they are my most favorite authors of all time. First Shakespeare who is at the top of my list of favorite authors, and then next would be Homer.

Indeed i hv attended a lot of book festivals as i love reading books...especially the ones which provide knowledge

I have never attended a book festival. But I would like to. I am sort of busy nowadays; I do not have time for these sort of things. When I find enough time, I will definitely attend a book festival. Books have always been my passion. I myself do not know how many books I have read.

yes I love to attend book festivals. We have one held annually in my island. I stopped going to it since I always end up with bags of books. © ronaldinu 2008

I have not had the opportunity to attend a book festival but i sure would like to go. I have been a big reader since a kid and even with the computer age on us now I still pick up a good book to read when in bed at night. Ill have to research to see if there are any held near to me in New Jersey.

Hi dear Sure book festival is wonderful thing and its so informative and intresting that u love to go and spend time there, and sure i am one of them. u know i like reading and its one of my hobby we have one book fair in our city and its really good, it gives u opputunity to look at all kind of books, and to know whats going on. Though some books are really expensive but still u can look at them and enjoy Take care

well so far i have attended only 2 book festivals. I am avid book reader and look around for new books. the city i live in has not hosted book festivals so far, so i visit book shops to quench my reading appetite and search for books and books.

yup....and was it crowded..... didnt know there was such alot of book lovers out there..there were like stalls of wateva things u r interested in.... gosh...