Festival hours are from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 29.
Admission is free to the public.
However, tickets will be required to attend author panel discussions and lectures. Beginning April 22, tickets will be available free of charge at all participating Southern California Ticketmaster locations. A limited number of tickets will also be available on-site. The Los Angeles Times will honor Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan for his long-standing support of literacy and reading programs across the country and for his contributions to the Festival of Books and The Times' Reading by 9 child literacy initiative. A one-hour tribute will be held at noon on Saturday, April 28, in UCLA's Royce Hall.