PS Book Fest by OUTspoken

March 27-29, 2026

The desert's literary landscape continues to grow with the debut of the Palm Spring Book Festival, a new festival designed for the entire Palm Springs community and produced by OUTspoken, a fiscally sponsored nonprofit project dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and stories. The inaugural event takes place March 27–29, 2026, at Festival Theaters (789 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs).

OUTspoken is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

PS Book Fest will feature three days of author conversations, interactive programming, and inclusive events that welcome readers, writers, and story lovers from across the region.

FESTIVAL LINEUP

The festival's expanded slate includes an impressive mix of acclaimed, bestselling, and internationally recognized writers:

Lily Brooks-Dalton (Ruins) and Lisa Lee (American Han) with exclusive pre-release launches of their respective anticipated novels; Amy Jo Burns (Wait for Me); Pulitzer Prize–winner and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart (Yet Here I Am); Grant Ginder (So Old, So Young); Myriam Gurba (Poppy State); Rachel Howzell Hall (Fog and Fury);Justinian Huang (Lucky Seed); Bruce Holsinger (Culpability), recent Oprah Book Club pick and national bestseller; chef and restaurateur Ari Kolender (How to Cook the Finest Things in the Sea); Ryan La Sala (The Dead of Summer); Claire Lombardo (Same as It Ever Was), New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had; Rex Ogle (Four Eyes); Erik Piepenburg (Dining Out); award-winning writer Shobha Rao (Indian Country);Victoria Redel (I Am You); Kat Rosenfield (How to Survive in the Woods); R.K. Russell (The Yards Between Us);Kate Schatz (Where the Girls Were); Emma Sloley (The Island of Last Thing); Emily St. James (Woodworking);Susan Straight (Sacrament); Thrity Umrigar, Reese's Book Club author of Honor and the recently released Missing Sam; and internationally bestselling novelist Chris Whitaker (All the Colors of the Dark); Nick Wolny (Money Proud).

More info, including information about Sunday's Free Community Day is available at psbookfest.org