Luis Maldona, of Arizona Party Rental, sets up a table inside a tent on the University of Arizona campus for this weekend’s Tucson Festival of Books. The free festival runs 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m Saturday and Sunday.

The Tucson Festival of Books is this weekend on the University of Arizona campus. As the third-largest book event in the nation, this free festival attracts more than 300 presenting authors and attendance can reach about 140,000 people. Go to tucsonfestivalofbooks.org for more information.


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