The 22nd annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival will return virtually this year, giving attendees the opportunity to participate in a reading celebration.
The free annual festival produced by the Lee County Library System, is intended to incite a passion for reading and offers a variety of activities, including numerous meet-an-author opportunities.
Festival coordinator Melissa Baker said they really wanted to get to the heart of what people could do at the festival in a new virtual way because they did not want to cancel the event.
“It was really important to have the interactive component, being able to meet the author and get their booked signed. We didn’t want to lose that when we went virtual,” she said.
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Get ready for the fully virtual Southwest Florida Reading Festival this March
Published: February 22, 2021 11:01 AM EST
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The 22nd annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival has arrived, and with it comes a fully virtual celebration of the power of reading. The festival showcases nearly 30 best-selling authors in addition to crafts, contests and prizes all month long this March.
Live events start March 1, but attendees can visit the festival website now to view the author lineup, plan their schedule and take a look at the virtual marketplace booths. Visit eventhub.shop/readfest for early access to the online festival.
Nightly author presentations are offered weekdays March 1 through March 12 on the event platform. Youth and teen authors stream online at 6 p.m. and adult authors follow at 7 p.m. These presentations are also being broadcast simultaneously on LeeTV (Comcast Cable channel 97 and CenturyLink’s Prism TV Channel 88 in Lee County).
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