Meet acclaimed authors and guest speakers visiting othe famed arts colony for three days of free events, including readings, interviews, conversations, and the 2025 Rose Dorothea Award presentation.
Events
Designed to celebrate the best of Kansas literature, arts and history, this free festival offers a variety of activities, including meet-the-author sessions, panel discussions, book signings and sales, and a special tent with projects for children.
An all-day event that brings Kansas City-area teens together with authors, poets, illustrators, and other creators. Not only will attendees be able to meet their favorite authors, but they'll also learn new ways to harness their own creative talents.
A literary celebration that includes readers, publishers, booksellers, and hundreds of authors. More than 200 local, international, debut and iconic authors are presented in panel discussions and book-signings on outdoor stages and with partner venues in Downtown Brooklyn.
Begun as an annual book festival in 2004, this has since grown to be the largest annual book festival in the Carolinas—part of the organization's mission to cultivate community by bringing people of all ages together with books and authors that educate, inspire, challenge, and entertain.
he goal of this festival is to provide book lovers in Central Wisconsin and beyond with a chance to hear and meet a multitude of authors over the course of several days. It gives people a chance to build their own connections through their mutual passion for literature in its many forms and genres.
The only book festival dedicated to history through story, showcasing new historical fiction and narrative nonfiction from multiple subjects, eras, and voices. 95% of HBF’s 22 author presentations are free and open to all, drawing readers from 30 states and abroad to this singular event at the Delaware beaches in historic Lewes.
A three-day celebration of readers, writers, books, and the literary craft, featuring up to 50 nationally published authors and illustrators in sessions including such genres as fiction, nonfiction, mystery/thriller, poetry, cookbook, and children's.
The state’s premier literary event, celebrating literature in South Dakota and beyond by connecting the very best regional and national writers with the state’s readers for conversations, presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and special events.
This annual fall festival features bestselling authors, panel discussions, book-signing sessions, online workshops for aspiring writers, and areas dedicated to young-adult and children's books. Regional authors and poets join in open mic sessions. Dozens of authors, bookstores, publishers, and literary organizations will be featured online.