The two-day event, sponsored by Westchester County, the Italian American Writers Association and The Calabria Society, will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
More than two dozen writers in the fields of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, cookbooks and children's books will read from their works and be available to sign copies, which will be for sale. Numerous publishers, agents and booksellers with have booths displaying these books. A historical exhibit will help orient attendees to the rich literary, social and cultural history of Italian America. A Debate on Contemporary Representations of Italian Americans. An Italian Film Festival is planned for October.