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Join us for another year of the Northern Arizona Book Festival!

From April 5th through April 14th, join us in celebrating contemporary literary arts from Northern Arizona, the Colorado Plateau, the American Southwest, and beyond. Main Festival events occur April 12th-14th in Downtown Flagstaff with streamed events available.

Featured readers this year include Natalie Diaz, Deborah Taffa, Lydia Millet, Billy Ray Belcourt, Sarah Viren, Chelsea T. Hicks, Melissa Sevigny, Erik Bitsui, and Stacie Denetsosie! Find readings, workshops, fun-runs, and more throughout the weekend for all ages including a book fair in Heritage Square. 

For further event information, visit our website, Instagram, and Facebook. 

Established in 1997, the Northern Arizona Book Festival (NOAZBF) is a literary nonprofit based out of Kinłání (aka the border town of Flagstaff, Arizona). It coordinates readings, panels, workshops, contests, and more that reflect the literary interests and cultural issues that define life in the Colorado Plateau region of Northern Arizona. As part of its regular programming, the NOAZBF includes the Indigenous Writers\\\’ Symposium, Young Readers\\\’ Festival, and Flagstaff Off-the-Page (FLG OTP, new in Fall 2021). Throughout the year, the NOAZBF collaborates with and/or supports the Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase, the Northern Arizona University MFA Program, Cinder Skies Reading Series, Juniper House Reading Series, the Flagstaff Poetry Slam, Northern Arizona University VisualDesignLab, the McCallister Program for Community, Culture and Environment, Red Ink.,Thin Air Magazine, Carbon Copy, Curios, Eggtooth Editions, Tolsun Books, Salina Bookshelf, Abalone Mountain Press, Outspokin\\\’ and Bookish, Poetry Out Loud, Kin\\\’Lani Bordertown Dormitory, the National Park Service, Northern Arizona Museum, and Bright Side Bookshop.