Twin Cities Book Festival will leave the State Fairgrounds in 2025
The Twin Cities Book Festival is saying farewell to the State Fairgrounds. The Rain Taxi-run event will host its 25th fest at St. Paul's Union Depot, organizers announced on Thursday.
The state's longest-running book festival will bring publishers, magazines, lit groups, libraries, rare book dealers, authors, and book lovers together at the St. Paul train hub on Saturday, Nov. 8.
"We are thrilled to announce this move," says Festival Director Eric Lorberer. "With the Book Festival celebrating its 25th appearance in the Twin Cities and Rain Taxi's quarterly magazine marking 30 years of continuous publication at the end of the year as well, we intend to double down on our passion for the written word – it is the hallmark of humanity's capacity for understanding, education, and communication, and the world could use more of that, it seems."
In recent years, Rain Taxi says it has brought in more than 6,000 visitors but is preparing for even more bibliophiles to frequent the festival in the coming years.
In September, Story Line Books opened at Union Depot, putting a literary presence in the historic station year-round. It followed on the heels of the Depot's new restaurant, the 1881 Eating House. With those additions, Union Depot said it had leased out all of its storefronts.
The festival plans to unveil details about this year's Twin Cities Book Festival in the lead-up to the November event.
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