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North Park Book Fair

Verbatim Books, North Park Thursday Market and North Park Main Street are proud to present the first ever ????? ???? ???? ????! An open-air street fair for book lovers, located right outside of Verbatim Books in the heart of North Park. Book fairs have always been a great way to bring together local booksellers, small presses, and literary collectives. We can't wait to show you how much amazing book stuff is right here in San Diego. Over 50 booths of books, zines, and comics, as well as literary art, food, and live performances and music! ????? ????????: • 10:30 a.m: Local children's author Beatrice Zamora story time • 11 a.m: Local children's author Joy Francisco story time & activities (dual language Tagalog/English books) • 11:30: Local children's author Marcie Colleen story time • 12 p.m.: live music from Morning Glory Family Band • 1-3 p.m.: Open-mic poetry curated by Poets Underground with featured poet LITTLE BLUE • 3-4 p.m.: Spoken word/readings from the So Say We All collective • 4 p.m.: North Park history presentation from Katherine Hon of the North Park Historical Society??????: • Bluestocking Books (Hillcrest) • The Book Catapult (South Park) • DIESEL, A Bookstore in Del Mar • La Playa Books (Point Loma • Library Shop (Downtown) • Mysterious Galaxy (Point Loma) • Artifact Books (Encinitas) • Featuring SPECIAL GUEST Greg Sestero, author of "The Disaster Artist" and star of "The Room" • Various antiquarian booksellers • Puna Press • Tolteca Press • States of Terror • Taller Press • San Diego Libros • Calypso Editions • Burn All Books & Friends! • No Bad Books Press • Cooper Dillon Press • San Diego Friends of the Library • So Say We All • Southern California Comics • SoNoFest Chili Cookoff • Little Fish Comic Book Studios • KID Comics • Comic historian Jackie Estrada • Stay Strange San Diego • Horrible Imaginings Film Festival • Read My Lips Literary Lip Balm • Books n' Brambles Bookmarks • Turnkey Theatre • Glitter Pile Resin Art & Book Release! • Grrl Zines A-Go-Go • Love and Devotion Press • Joy Francisco (English/Tagalog children's books) • Mexicons Art & Books • Soupscrystals Literary Crowns • Artist Armando Elizarrares (literary portraits) • James Keeline Books • Many of your favorite local authors! • FREE BOOK BOOTH from Verbatim Books ...and more! ???? ? ??????: • House of Bao • Kula Vegan Ice Cream • Nostalgia Coffee • And all of the great restaurants and bars in the neighborhood

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