Join us for the Kentucky Book Festival ONLINE! All events this year will be virtual, and most will be made available through Zoom and on Facebook Live. Register for events on the Schedule page.

Author of 35 novels including A Time To Kill and The Pelican Brief, Grisham will discuss his new book, A Time for Mercy, with author Kim Edwards at 7:00pm on Monday, November 9.

National Book Award-winner for her book Head Off and Split, Finney will discuss her latest book, Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts, with poets Frank X Walker and Reginald Dwayne Betts at 7:00pm on November 13.

On Saturday, November 14 at 5pm, bestselling romance authors J. R. Ward & Christine Feehan will discuss their latest books in an exclusive, live conversation via Zoom. Tickets now available!

To celebrate women’s suffrage, Dr. Martha S. Jones will join journalist Elaine Weiss and Dr. Melanie Beals Goan in conversation with Dr. Kathy Bullock on November 14 at Noon. Jones’ new book is Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All. 

Brooks will chat about writing and his latest book—the final installment in the New York Times bestselling Shannara saga—The Last Druid with author Alix E. Harrow on Saturday, November 14 at 2:00pm.