Ever wonder what it takes to write YA (Young Adult) books? Sit down with YA authors Kaitlyn Hill, Julia Watts, and Heather Henson to chat writing YA while decorating pumpkins!
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So you're ready to begin publishing your work but aren't sure how to begin? Prize-winning writer Kathleen Driskell, who has had work most recently accepted at The New Yorker, Appalachian Review, and Symposeum, as well as other journals, answers questions on publishing different forms of work. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
As Lisa Taddeo’s New York Times bestseller Three Women gave us a revelatory look inside female desire, this sharp and discerning memoir dissects male desire—its harm, its greed, and its secrets—and examines how queerness could hold the answers to subverting it.
Join us for a fast-paced poetry reading featuring Frank X Walker, Crystal Wilkinson, upfromsumdirt (Ronald W. Davis), Danni Quintos, Jeremy Paden, Richard Taylor, Elizabeth Beck, Melva Sue Priddy, Pauletta Hansel, and Marianne Worthington. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
A blistering critique of America's assembly-line approach to criminal justice' and the shameful practice at its core: the plea bargain. Most Americans believe that the jury trial is the backbone of our criminal justice system. But in fact, the vast majority of cases never make it to trial: almost all criminal convictions are the result […]
In Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling authors Lenny Shulman and Paul Volponi trace George's evolution from Miss America to professional broadcaster, to arts advocate, author, philanthropist, and also as First Lady of Kentucky who was instrumental in getting her husband, John Y. Brown Jr., elected Governor of that state. George's life was defined by her […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Intermission is the story of a popular, multiracial girl group, the Diamonds, who reluctantly consider reuniting for a twentieth anniversary tour, despite vows never to speak again. Each has their own memory of who did what to whom, and that memory has […]
Crystal Wilkinson combines a deep love for her rural roots with a passion for language and storytelling in this compelling collection of poetry and prose about girlhood, racism, and political awakening, imbued with vivid imagery of growing up in Southern Appalachia.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? My novel, Traces, is a retelling of the Daniel Boone saga through the eyes of his wife, Rebecca, and their two oldest daughters, Susannah and Jemima. Boone biographer, Robert Morgan wrote that Traces, “rescues Rebecca Boone and her daughters from the […]
Greg Howard, Elizabeth Kilcoyne, and Helene Dunbar discuss their latest books with fellow author Ashley Blooms.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? In 2023 I was pleased to publish two books. The Ancient Tradition of Angels (Bear & Co), which is a departure from, or an expansion to, my work on ancient Egypt. The other new book is the newly reprinted and expanded Awakening […]
In rural Kentucky, a sixteen-year-old boy with a love of quilting, cooking and Dolly Parton, helps his grandma care for his opioid-addicted mother, until the discovery of a family secret upends everything he has ever believed.