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. Mayor Riordan, who has been a strong supporter of the Festival of Books since its inception in 1996, established the Riordan Foundation in 1980 to help children learn to read and write by the end of the second grade.