Jim Host, author of Changing the Game: My Career in Collegiate Sports Marketing, is the founder of Host Communications, Inc, a nationally renowned college sports marketing and association management company. He will discuss his book, published by the University Press of Kentucky earlier this year, with co-author, Eric A. Moyen. This event is brought to […]
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Grisham and Edwards, two New York Times bestselling authors, will discuss their writing careers and Grisham’s newest book, A Time for Mercy, which brings Jake Brigance—the star of Grisham’s first novel, A Time to Kill—back to the courtroom. Sponsored by Campbellsville University.
How on earth can an author have an imagination big enough to encompass another universe? Listen in as authors Terry Brooks—author of more than 30 books, including the "Shannara" series—and Alix E. Harrow—author of "The Ten Thousand Doors of January" and "The Once and Future Witches"—“talk shop” about how (and why) they write what they do, in […]
Join renowned poets Nikky Finney, Frank X Walker, and Reginald Dwayne Betts for an unforgettable evening in celebration of their work as poets, advocates, and educators. Sponsored by the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
David Blight, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his most recent book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, will discuss Douglass’ personal and political life as well as his long and continued significance and impact on the history of the United States. Amy Murrell Taylor, a historian of the American South whose work focuses on […]
How do environmental, cultural, and political conditions impact a region and the health of its occupants? Why does it seem certain parts of the U.S. are more negatively impacted by the opioid crisis than others? Learn how these investigative journalists and educators are fighting for justice, advocating for positive change, and informing the American public […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? I’ll have the latest copy of my poetry chapbook The Vine Temple, which features poems about the Louisville bussing riots and the Cemetery for CSA Veterans in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. I’ll also have my award-winning collection Next Door to the Dead. […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Not Here to Stay Friends is a young adult romance about two best friends who unexpectedly end up spending their summer around a reality dating show! While one is a contestant being courted by the lead actor of her favorite TV show, […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Readers will find my most recent title Wicked Little Things, which is a spooky and queer Young Adult novel about a recently out teenager who discovers he is a witch and joins a coven to hunt down a serial killer. […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Going Through It, my new book, the 40th of my ‘career’ published around my 80th birthday. First book was published in 1966. This adds about a third beyond two previous collections reprinted in its pages. One thinks one progresses and so this […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? The three crime books from my Cain City Series. The latest, Bad Men Will Come, centers on Ephraim, a single father struggling to stay afloat, on the brink of losing his factory job. When a mysterious man emerges from the wilderness with […]
Jon Meacham discusses his new book And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle with fellow author and historian David Blight. Click "Learn More" to watch the video.