The Hollywood Book Festival is an annual book festival in Hollywood, California (LA). Honored, are books that deserve more attention from television, video gaming,and multimedia communities. The book festival is one of the only publishing festivals geared toward adapting print into different media. The Hollywood Book Festival includes an awards ceremony and a daytime festival. It has been commemorated since the year 2006.

History

One part of the 2006 festival was a reading by author, actress, and musician

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, known for her top-selling book, '' I’m With The Band.'' Winners from 2006 festival include '' Up Up and Oy Vey'' by Simcha Weinstein, a study of Jewish super heroes and their creators that won the

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category; ''Marcello The Movie Mouse'' by Liz Hockinson and Kathryn Otoshi, a tale of a furry fan of flicks and the winner of the children's book category; and ''My Sister's Wedding'' by Hannah R. Goodman, winner of the teenage book category. The 2007 Hollywood Book Festival grand prize winner was Will Clarke's ''The Worthy: A Ghost's Story.'' The award was presented by author/actress Michelle Dominguez Greene on Saturday, July 28 at

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in Hollywood. The event featured author readings, vendor booths, clowns, face-painting, live music,

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panels and book signings. The 2008 Hollywood Book Festival was held on July 11–12 at

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. In 2020 and 2021, the festival was held virtually on

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, which was the first time the festival was not held in person. In 2021, the Hollywood Book Festival honored books worth of further attention from the film, television and multimedia industries. In 2022, the Hollywood Book Festival considered published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's, and young adult's books.

References

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External links

Official website
Culture of Hollywood, Los Angeles Literary festivals in the United States 2006 establishments in California Recurring events established in 2006 Annual events in California