In partnership with AARP Kentucky, Stephen Perrine and co-author Heidi Skolnik discuss their book, The Whole Body Reset. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
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What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Our book, The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts (2023) Whom do you invite to stop by? Who will benefit from reading your book? Anyone interested in fairness in […]
Mole can smell that spring is in the air, but Bear is still asleep after his long winter nap! But Bear keeps snoozing. Mole is determined, so he milks and gathers and bakes a special springtime surprise for his friend-- the perfect way to wake up!
Small Acreages completes a trilogy of connected essays told in Georgia Green Stamper’s unique Kentucky voice. In Small Acreages, readers are returned to Stamper’s Eagle Creek world and its colorful characters, but her voice has both deepened with time and widened to include her journey beyond Natlee.
Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away is the biography of a Soviet military-trained intelligence officer who, as a U.S. Army corporal, had full security clearance at two sites of the Manhattan Project, America’s top-secret World War II mission to build the first atomic bomb. Born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa, […]
Skacky: Adventures in Imagination is a “charming story that takes you through the imagination, creativity, and sense of humor” of a child on the autism spectrum and his beloved toys. Written and illustrated by Timothy A. Pack, this story will encourage families to celebrate children of all kinds and help their children find an identity […]
The never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same.
Silas House, author and editor of the Firesides Industry Imprint of the University Press of Kentucky, will discuss the most recent titles in that series with their authors, Jayne Moore Waldrop and Marianne Worthington, on the Main Stage. Join at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, or watch the livestream from here on Saturday, November 6. Thanks to our […]
Silas House discussed his new novel, Lark Ascending, with fellow Lexington author, David Arnold at the Kentucky Book Festival on October 29, 2022. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Abandoned Kentucky is a captivating hardcover book spanning 133 pages that transports the reader to a bygone era in the Bluegrass State, showing life as it was back then, and stirring in us a sense of wonder and curiosity about those who […]
When 17-year-old Hunter Gifford wakes in the hospital on the night of homecoming, he’s shocked to learn he and his girlfriend, Chloe Summers, have been in a terrible car accident. Hunter has no memory of the crash, and his shock turns to horror when he is told Chloe’s blood has been found in the car―but […]
Listen as Shawn Pryor, author of the graphic novel "Nat Turner's Rebellion," discusses adapting this story for young readers and its continued significance today with Dr. Vanessa M. Holden, author of "Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community," on the Main Stage. Join at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, or watch the livestream from […]