Great Valley Bookfest returns to Manteca on Saturday

The Great Valley Bookfest is returning to Manteca for another year of literature.

The book festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley at Bass Pro Center at the intersection of Highway 120 and Union Road in Manteca.

This is a free event that is open to the public.

"Our mission for the Great Valley Bookfest is to create a family-friendly festival that celebrates literacy and promotes the written word in the heart of California’s Central Valley," the events website states.

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According to the book festival's website there will be authors, workshops, cooking demonstrations, a parade, performances and much more.

"Dozens of authors will answer questions and sign books in 'Authors’ Alley,' gourmet food trucks will line 'Knosh Boulevard,' and the rest of the walkways will be filled with a wide variety of vendors," the website states.

Saturday's authors alley includes the following:

• Britt Nunes
• Capitol Crimes
• Central Valley Fiction Writers (CVFW)
• Claudia Hagen
• Kevin Dixon (DIXON9COLLECTIBLES)
• Lois Buchter (Fern Canyon Studios)
• N. J. Hanson (Ink Drop Press)
• Judith Starkston
• Julia Cline
• June Gillam
• Kathleen Gorman and Karen Moore
• Kathy Goosev Howell
• Mariah Clark Skewes (Li'l Hedgehog Publishing)
• Mary Stewart
• Matt Abraham (Matt Abraham Books)
• Nick Webster
• Nicolas Harrison
• Northern California Romance Writers
• Perry Lake (Othermind Books)
• T.I. Avens (Over The Tall Shelf LLC)
• Pam Atherstone
• Peach Tree Kids Books
• Richard Meredith
• San Joaquin Valley Writers
• Sharon E. Cathcart
• Tara Rico
• T.E. Macarthur
• Tricia Gardella
• Wonderland, Dreams of Nightmares

Past authors have included Bubba Paris, former San Francisco 49ers football player, award-winning author Crystel Patterson, and former newspaper reporter and columnist, author Meera Ekkanath Klein.

For those 21 and over attending the book festival there will be beer and wine vendors.

For more information on the Great Valley Bookfest visit gvbookfest.org .

Record reporter Angelaydet Rocha covers business and community news in Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at arocha@recordnet.com or on Twitter @ AngelaydetRocha . To support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow .

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