The 2025 Literary Women: Festival of Authors

The 2025 Festival of Women Authors will take place on Saturday, April 5th.

The Festival of Women Authors had its beginning in Long Beach, California in 1982. It was created when two women, Harriet Williams and Virginia Laddey were appalled to discover the scarcity of women authors represented in the reading lists of local high schools. They decided to alter the imbalance by creating a festival showcasing women authors.

With a committee of women from fifteen other community groups, they designed a festival that brought the best of contemporary women writers to an eager audience.

This year, the festival will host 7 female authors, including Patti Callahan Henry, Marcela Fuentes, Emily Habeck, Lara Love Hardin, Shannon Sanders, Safiya Sinclair, and Kate Zernike.

Learn more here: https://www.literarywomen.org/festival.php