Join Us For The Foco Book Fest 2025!
Schedule of Events:
Immigrant Stories: Read and Lived, Free
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
We know there is no one "Immigrant Experience." In fact, each family and individual has their own and, unless your family is indigenous to the United States, your family does too. However, there are many shared themes of opportunity, loneliness, hope, loss, etc. Our Poudre Libraries' ESL Mentoring community, representing immigrants from many countries and situations, will discuss books about or by immigrants to the United States. This group will participate in a panel discussion about these stories and their own immigrant experiences – their joys, challenges, and paths to belonging in Fort Collins. Come hear these incredible stories – they may even resonate with your own family's journey!
Turning Pages Into Posts with Bookstagram, Free
2:30pm - 3:30pm
The Lyric 1209 N College Ave, Fort Collins, Colorado
Do you use social media to find your next read? Authors Kate Shelton and Vanessa Rasanen discuss how they engage with social media to connect with their readers, create community, and hype their books. Join this panel to hear about their new books and how they plan to share them with their followers!
Revealing Romantasy
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Romantasy authors Amalie Howard (The Starlight Heir) and Vanessa Rasanen (Until the Stars Fall) spin epic romances featuring swoon-worthy princes from magical lands. Hear how the authors combine elements of fantasy and romance to create these titillating and spellbinding narratives.
Horror with a Twist
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Let's turn the horror genre on its head! Stephen Graham Jones (I Was a Teenage Slasher) writes his story from the perspective of the killer, Devon A. Mihesuah (The Bone Picker) retells Native stories and histories with a spine tingling twist, and Lindsay King-Miller (The Z Word) attempts to overcome a breakup and save Pride
