5th Annual • Free Community Event
Our Lives.
Our Words.Our stories.
A celebration of LGBTQIA+ authors and allies, with a full day of lively conversations, books, signings and community.
About the Festival
Five years of queer stories and the people who tell them.
Celebrating the theme “Five Years of Pride on the Page: Our Lives, Our Words, Our Stories,” Pride on the Page is a free full-day festival featuring LGBTQIA+ and affirming authors and allies in conversation about their books and dynamic topics, book signings, a local authors table, LGBTQIA+ presses, updates about the Palm Springs Public Library Renovation, and much more!
Throughout the day, attendees can enjoy author conversations, book signings, local authors, independent publishers, community organizations and more. A limited number of books by featured authors will also be given away at presentations, as available. The celebration continues into the evening with special guests and a free anniversary reception.
Saturday's Lineup
Daytime Program
Conversations run from 10:00am through 4:45pm. Tap any session to see its featured authors and books.
Meet all the authors →
10:00–10:45amMining the Mother/Daughter Memoir+
Erika Simpson, author of This is Your Mother, in conversation with Danielle Myers-Porter, co-owner of Get Lit Books and Things.
11:00–11:45amThe Memoir in Collaboration+
Daniel M. Jaffe, author of Russian Silhouette: A Memoir of Activism and Identity, and Ian Henzel, founder/managing publisher of Rattling Good Yarns Press, discuss their unique author/publisher/editor partnership.
1:00–1:45pmThe Personal Behind the Novel: Life, Memory & Imagination+
Rasheed Newson, author of There's Only One Sin in Hollywood, in conversation with Meredith Maran, author of The New Old Me.
2:00–2:45pmBreaking Free: A Queer Black Man's Journey+
Phill Branch, author of The Double Dutch Fuss, in conversation with Geoffrey Newman, author of Better to Cry Now: Shaping the Flow of a Gay Black Man.
3:00–3:45pmLGBTQ+ Social Change Through the Stories of Athletes/Entertainers in Popular Culture+
Lisa M. Stulberg, author of How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture, in conversation with writer/actress/producer/activist Jen Richards.
4:00–4:45pm★ Special Guests: Murray Hill & Tim BagleyA “Showbiz!” Life+
Murray Hill, author of Showbiz! My Life as a Middle-Aged Man, in conversation with actor/comedian Tim Bagley.
Evening Program • Special Guest
Ty Herndon and the 5th Anniversary Celebration
What Mattered Most
Ty Herndon, author of What Mattered Most, in conversation with literary organizer Corey Roskin.
Celebrate under the tent
Refreshments, music by Leanna & Miguel, a book signing by Ty Herndon, and a mix and mingle with all our authors.
Meet More Storytellers
Under the Big Tent
Local authors, independent publishers, booksellers and community organizations all in one place.
Local Authors Tables
10:00–11:00am
Blake Allwood, Cleats & Pumps
Hal Katkov, FOMO
Matthew Kennedy, On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide
11:00am–Noon
Lucien L. Agosta, Ph.D., Inventing the Truth: Memory and Its Tricks – A Gay Life
Tom Burns, Under Cover Up
Bob Gross, Palm Springs Star Tours
Kergan Edwards-Stout, Never Turn Your Back on the Tide
Noon–1:00pm
Kenneth Strange, Cartwheels on the Curbside
1:00–2:00pm
Gareth Carter, The Misadventures of Don Kee Dong
Philip Mihol
Kyle Coffman, Falling for Theo
Bill Pugin, Fly on the Wall
2:00–3:00pm
TBA
Additional Authors
Get Lit Books & Things
Jonathan P. Higgins, Black. Fat. Femme.
Rattling Good Yarns Press
Daniel Jaffe, Russian Silhouette
Sibling Rivalry Press
Mark Gauss, What Tried to Kill Me Had Many Names
Alex Gildzen, A Litter of Lists
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Saturday, November 14, 2026