On June 8, 1883, Rev. Elisha Green was traveling by train from Maysville to Paris, Kentucky. At Millersburg, about forty students from the Millersburg Female College crowded onto the train, accompanied by their music teacher, Frank L. Bristow, and the college president, George T. Gould. Gould grabbed the reverend by the shoulder and ordered him […]
Jay McCoy
The Act of Disappearing chronicles the days of Julia White, a bartender and debut author, struggling to make ends meet while unraveling the mystery of a strange photograph with a story more staggering than anything she could have imagined.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? FLIPPIN’ SKATERS (2023). This is Teresa’s latest release, and is a YA contemporary novel about self-love in the face of online bullying. After a photo of Aspen goes viral and destroys her reputation, she copes by reinventing herself as a fierce, gravity-defying […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? God, I Feel Sad — Kids have big feelings, but none of their feelings are too big for God. Written in partnership with licensed counselor Michelle Nietert, God, I Feel Sad helps children safely explore what it means to feel sad, discover […]
Tainted picks up where her first book, Girl, left off in a cosmic blend of magical prose, poetry, and recipes, wrestling cosmic questions as Girl continues her journey.
Join us at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington for Susan Rogers in conversation with Crystal Wilkinson discussing and signing "This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You" in collaboration with Kentucky Humanities, home of the Kentucky Book Festival.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? ALEX, THE AWESOME AND ARTSY ALLOSAURUS Alex worries a lot about a lot of stuff. His best friend, Hadley the Hadrosaurus, helps him find something that calms his mind, but that’s not all. Alex discovers a talent that not many dinosaurs have. […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? My latest book, Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence, is the history of a duel that took place near Maysville, Kentucky, during the Civil War between a Union colonel and a pro-Confederate civilian. The […]
With themes of self-advocacy and acceptance in the face of medical hardship, her debut YA novel, Stronger at the Seams, is for everyone who has ever felt broken.
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Elizabeth Beck Dancing on the Page Elizabeth Beck is a poet who writes fiction and the founder of two poetry series: Teen Howl and Poetry at the/ˈtā-bəl/ in Lexington, Kentucky. Her fifth collection of poems, […]
Story times take place behind the Children's Authors Tent on the lower level of Joseph-Beth in Lexington. Don't forget to ask a book festival volunteer about a free book voucher for kids 12 years old and under!
Story times take place behind the Children's Authors Tent on the lower level of Joseph-Beth in Lexington. Don't forget to ask a book festival volunteer about a free book voucher for kids 12 years old and under!