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Tucson Festival of Books (tucsonfestivalofbooks.com) is a free annual literature event hosted at the University of Arizona in Tucson with hundreds of authors represented. It's the largest fandom event in Arizona, drawing 135,000 attendees each year. HistoryThe Tucson Festival of Books began in 2009, following the demise in 2007 of the one day Arizona Book Festival, which had been held in Phoenix for the previous ten years. TFoB started strong, with a two day event that featured 450 authors and presenters and attracted 50,000 attendees. The parent body, the Tucson Festival of Books Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, was founded by Bill Viner, Frank Farias, John M. Humenik, Bruce Beach and Brenda Viner. Their 2020 event was cancelled a week out (tucsonfestivalofbooks.com) because of concerns about COVID-19 that involved the cancellation of over a hundred scheduled authors. |
Chronology of Arizona Conventions
| # | Date | Location | Guests | Book | Mascot | Web | Notes |
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| 1 | 2009 14 Mar 15 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
gila monster | ||||
| 2 | 2010 13 Mar 14 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
hummingbird | ||||
| 3 | 2011 12 Mar 13 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
tarantula | ||||
| 4 | 2012 11 Mar 12 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
Sonoran green toad | ||||
| 5 | 2013 9 Mar 10 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
butterfly | ||||
| 6 | 2014 15 Mar 16 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
quail | ||||
| 7 | 2015 14 Mar 15 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
bobcat | ||||
| 8 | 2016 12 Mar 13 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
jack rabbit | ||||
| 9 | 2017 11 Mar 12 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
roadrunner | ||||
| 10 | 2018 10 Mar 11 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
coyote | ||||
| 11 | 2019 2 Mar 3 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
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| 12 | 2020 14 Mar 15 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
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| 13 | 2022 12 Mar 13 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
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| 14 | 2023 4 Mar 5 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
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| 15 | 2024 9 Mar 10 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
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| 16 | 2025 15 Mar 16 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| 50,000 | 75,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 | 130,000 | 135,000 | 135,000 |
Last update: 2nd August, 2024