FREE to the Public!
March 1, 2025
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fort Myers Regional Library – 2450 First St, Fort Myers, FL
Each year the Southwest Florida Reading Festival gets better and better and this year promises to be the best one yet! There is something for everyone.
What Is There to Do At The Reading Festival?
There is something for all ages to experience at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival. Everyone enjoys the multiple stages with the celebrity authors who share ‘inside scoop’ about their latest books or what makes a story idea click for them. You will be able to buy books and have the authors personalize and sign them too! Kids will be mesmerized by the storytellers.
There’s an abundance of family fun activities such as crafts, readings, drawings and so much more. Be sure to visit the local author marketplace and meet writers from the Florida Writers Association, Gulf Coast Writers Association and the Southwest Florida Fiction Writers. It’ll be a day you will thoroughly enjoy and one you will want to repeat every year!
What Authors are Coming?
Many talented offers will be coming to Fort Myers, but here are just a few of the highly anticipated writers who will be in attendance:
Debbie Macomber Fan Favorite and a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of today’s most popular writers with more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide
Reed Farrel Coleman New York Times bestselling author of over 30 novels
Lisa Genova Harvard educated neuroscientist and the New York Times bestselling author
Jean Kwok Award-winning, New York Times and international bestselling author of The Leftover Woman, Searching for Sylvie Lee, Girl in Translation and Mambo in Chinatown
Renée Ahdieh #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling young adult author of The Wrath & the Dawn series, the Flame in the Mist series and The Beautiful quartet
Molly Idle Caldecott Honor-winning creator of the picture book Flora and the Flamingo
Megan McDonald Creator of the widely popular and award-winning Judy Moody and Stink series for older readers
The full list of authors can be viewed on the festival’s website at http://www.ReadFest.org or by downloading the festival’s mobile app “SWFL Reads” at the App Store or Google Play. Anyone with the app already downloaded from last year will need to perform a software update to see the newly loaded content.
Festival Parking
Free parking is available along the streets of downtown Fort Myers.
The Main Street garage offers parking at $1 per hour up to a maximum of $10 per day. They will accept cash or credit cards. The garage is located at 2286 Main Street, with entrances on Main Street.
Parking for those with a valid handicap placard is available at the First Presbyterian Church on Second Street, directly across the street from the festival.
Food & Drink
The Southwest Florida Reading Festival offers plenty of menu items for you to enjoy!
Jason’s Deli will be on site with their popular box lunches along with a variety of food trucks.
