North Texas Book Festival Comes to Denton, 4/9

This year's North Texas Book Festival is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts in Denton, Texas. More than 60 authors from throughout Texas and surrounding states will sign books.

The event is open to the public, and there's no admission charge.

Money raised goes toward grants for area libraries and literacy programs that encourage family interaction and reading together and the love of books. Nonprofit NTBF is in its 16th year.

Authors and the public also may attend the annual Book Trailers Dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the center, 400 E. Hickory St. The event will include the announcement of NTBF Book Awards winners in several categories, as well as grant presentations to several area libraries and literacy programs.

Dinner tickets are $25 for NTBF members and $30 for nonmembers. To attend, go to http://www.ntbf.org/book-trails-dinner.html.

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