Pride on the Page Book Festival has returned to Palm Springs

The Festival will present ten panels of LGBTQ+ and affirming authors and allies in conversation about their books.

They will host break out discussions surrounding various topics that are important to the LGBTQ+ community and stories that tell the experiences of the community. This event is a celebration of LGBTQ+ books and writers.

One of the authors we spoke with says it was her first time being back in Palm Springs, which she is originally from, as an author.

"Storytelling is so deeply human; it's how we come to know each other, how we come to empathize with people who are different from us by hearing their stories," says the author of Hollow, Branden Boyer-White (local author). "It's important for queer people to see themselves on the page and for nonqueer people to understand more about us by reading characters who are in our community."

The festival will run from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday at the Palm Springs Cultural Center (PSCC) and the historic Camelot Theatre, which is a part of the same building.

2300 E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262

If you would like to see a full schedule for today's event and potential reading list, CLICK HERE.