Attendees walk through exhibitor tents on the University of Arizona mall at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 14, 2026.
The University of Arizona mall was filled with readers and writers once again on Saturday and Sunday during the annual Tucson Festival of Books.
The festival, first held in 2009 and interrupted only by the COVID-19 pandemic, typically draws over 100,000 attendees and has been estimated to add $4 million to Tucson’s economy, the Arizona Daily Star reported…