(Tucson, AZ) Celebrate Mes de la Cultura and LGBTQ+ History Month with authors Jonny Garza Villa and Sonido Reyes:
Saturday, October 17 from 2 to 4 pm
Richard Elías-Mission Library, 3770 S. Mission Rd. and via Zoom
Advance registration (either in-person or via Zoom) is required.
About the event:
Join the Library's Pride and Nuestras Raíces teams for a special hybrid author event with Jonny Garza Villa (via Zoom) and Sonido Reyes (in person)! Attendees can attend online or in person.
The co-hosts of the podcast Bidi Bidi Book Pod will talk about their most recent books, what it means to be a queer author of color, and more! The event will include an audience Q&A and book signing (books will be available for purchase). Light refreshments will be served.
About the authors:
Sonido Reyes is the award-winning and bestselling author of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School, The Luis Ortega Survival Club, The Broposal, and The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar. They have also contributed short stories to the anthologies Transmogrify! and For the Rest of Us. Sonido writes fiction celebrating queer and Mexican stories in a variety of genres and age categories. He is also the vice-president of My Galvanized Friend, a nonprofit focused on providing access to and amplifying LGBTQ+ writing, art, and creators. They also co-host the podcast Bidi Bidi Book Pod, which celebrates queer and trans BIPOC authors and stories.
Jonny Garza Villa is a product of the great state of Texas, a Sagittarius sun and Capricorn everything else. They consider themself a former, very bad, baseball player and former, pretty good, drag queen. They are an award-winning author of contemporary romances, including, in young adult, the International Latino Book Award winner Ander & Santi Were Here and the Stonewall Book Award winner for Canto Contigo. Futbolista, is their new adult debut novel. They live in San Antonio, Texas.
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