The Center is the only Coachella Valley organization dedicated to meeting the diverse needs of all LGBTQ+ individuals. From The Center’s Palm Springs McDonald Wright Building to The Center Coachella, the Scott Hines Behavioral Health Clinic and the Community Food Bank, their mission and strategic initiatives come to life by making meaningful connections to resources and to community, that contribute to LGBTQ+ people’s health and happiness. Visit them to find out more about how you can get connected to community!

Authors appearing on panels will be signing books after their panels and additional Coachella Valley authors will be selling and signing their books as scheduled:

11:00am-Noon

• Gary Smith (“The Play’s the Thing” & “Hollywood and the Bible”)

• Peter Bedard (“Convergence Healing” & “Billy and the Anxiety Monster”)

11:00am-1:00pm 

• Tim Mulligan (“Witchland” & “Snitchland”)

Noon-1:00pm 

• Les Brown (“We Are Not Saints” series)

1:00-2:00pm 

• Sam Martin ("The Curse of Cranberry Cove")

• Lorenz Qatava (“Rain After the Fire,” “Mist Under the Waterfall”)

• Dirk Schultz (“Gay Gray & Fit After 50”)

1:00-3:00pm 

• Tim Park (“The Best Laid Plans”)

2:00-3:00pm

• Peter Bedard (“Convergence Healing” & “Billy and the Anxiety Monster”)

• Robert Bruegmann (“Roman Ivory”)

• Dan Kopec (“Logan’s Legacy Beyond Blood”)

3:00-4:00pm

• Geoffrey Newman (“Better to Cry Now”)

• *Rob Osler (“Devil’s Chew Toy,” “Cirque Du Slay”) - *Signing @ Best Bookstore’s table

• Richard Sargent ("The Horror Movie Night Cookbook")

4:00-5:00pm

• Malakai Strong (“Super Me: Becoming My Own Hero through Change, Chaos and Choosing to Love Myself”)

• Rodney Rhoda Taylor (“A Life In Letters: A Story of Resilience, Sequins and Hope”)

The Palm Springs Writers Guild (PSWG) encourages, develops and supports aspiring and established Coachella Valley writers.  PSWG members will be available to discuss membership, critique groups, in-person workshops, on-line labs and other ways to participate in various Guild activities and programs.  Book signings will also take place by members of the PSWG throughout the day.

Rattling Good Yarns Press is a local LGBTQ+ owned and operated independent publishing house specializing in LGBTQ fiction and non-fiction.  Over 40 book titles will be available for purchase including those from authors Sukie de la Croix, Daniel M. Jaffe and Penelope Starr who will all appear in person.

Stacked Deck Press was founded in 2015 to cultivate diversity and excellence in LGBTQAIU comics publishing.  Creators, cartoonists and illustrators will be in attendance to sign copies of their works including Tara Madison Avery and others TBA.

Join author & 2020-23 West Hollywood Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace to get your own poem based on the topic of your choice, or write a message on a typewriter for someone else.

Founded in 2012, The L-Fund is a non-profit that provides assistance to Greater Coachella Valley cis, trans, and queer identifying lesbians in emergency financial crisis, education, the arts, and health & wellness. Board members and volunteers will be at the table to provide information about grants, events, and other resources.

UCR Palm Desert Low Residency MFA is one of the premier writing programs in the world with alumni including national and international best-selling authors, Emmy Award winners, PEN USA finalist playwrights, acclaimed journalists and memoirists, award-winning poets, top television and film producers, and even a member of Congress. Students study fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, poetry, and screenwriting. Staff and volunteers will be available to provide information about the program and answer questions.