Tickets for Stephen King/John Grisham event in Bradenton go on sale Thursday

MANATEE -- When Stephen King spoke at the Manatee Performing Arts Center earlier this year, the tickets went to sponsors and there were almost none available for the general public.

In January, King and legal thriller author John Grisham will appear on stage together in Bradenton.

They'll be in a much larger venue so a limited number of individual tickets will be available. Tickets will go on sale Thursday and are expected to go quickly.

The event is "Book-Ends: An Evening with Two Literary Giants."

The emphasis will be on Grisham, with King interviewing him on stage.

It's scheduled for Jan. 19 at State College of Florida's Neel Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are $150 and there are a few ways to get them.

Call 941-216-8746 or 941-718-7733. Leave your name and number, and someone will call back.

Stop by the Central Library, 1301 Barcarrota Ave., Bradenton, where tickets will be available from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

Purchase tickets by filling out and mailing a form posted on the Manatee Library Foundation website (manateelibraryfoundation.org) on Thursday. You can't purchase tickets directly online, though.

"Book-Ends" is a fundraiser for the Manatee Library Foundation.

The foundation hopes to raise $175,000 for its literacy programs.

This story was originally published October 14, 2015 at 11:58 PM with the headline "Tickets for Stephen King/John Grisham event in Bradenton go on sale Thursday ."