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For the first time ever, the <\/span><\/span>San Antonio Book Festival<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> (SABF), <\/strong>formerly associated with the San Antonio Library Foundation but now an independent nonprofit, will take place entirely online and run for three full days, April 9 through April 11, 2021. Pending the pandemic numbers in 2021, the festival could be somewhat hybrid, with select in-person, socially distanced events, which will be announced at a later date.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile the uncertainty of the coming months drove our decision, we are embracing the potential to reach a wider audience and elevate the book festival\u2019s reputation on a national scale,\u201d said Lilly Gonzalez, SABF\u2019s executive director. \u201cAre we disappointed? Of course. It\u2019s another year that we don\u2019t get to celebrate books in person with our festival friends. But the safety of our attendees, writers, moderators, and volunteers is our first priority. If we have to be virtual, we\u2019re focusing on ways to make the online experience as close to the real thing as we can.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After conferring with colleagues at other book festivals around the country, including the Portland Book Festival, the L. A. Times Festival of Books, and the Texas Book Festival, San Antonio organizers chose an online platform called Accelevents. Accelevents will allow them to offer book clubs, groups of friends, and classes the opportunity to chat privately among themselves during an event. There will also be a \u201cnetworking\u201d capability to mimic the in-person festival, where attendees can meet one another and talk about which events they\u2019re attending and enjoying. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SABF Literary Director Clay Smith, who oversees the author-selection process, told San Antonio Report<\/em> that the 2021 festival will feature about seventy-five authors, both local and national. While names won\u2019t be released until February, a virtual festival may make it easier to nail down big-name writers. \u201cFamous authors are more likely to go online than fly in from New York or Los Angeles,\u201d Smith said. \u201cBut some writers are comfortable in the virtual world, and some are not, so it\u2019s complicated. At least by the time of our festival, authors will have had a year to learn the basics of logging on and how to light themselves. Most of them are pretty game, so yeah, I\u2019m looking at headliners right and left.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Effective 2021, locally owned and operated <\/span><\/span>Nowhere Bookshop<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> will be the festival\u2019s official bookseller, a change from previous years when that role was filled by Barnes & Noble. The book festival\u2019s singular fundraiser, the Book App\u00e9tit Literary Feast featuring novelist Amor Towles, has been rescheduled to April 8, 2021 and will also be held online.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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