The closing event of the 2023 Kentucky Book Festival was a poetry reading! Participating poets read a poem each from their featured books. Frank X Walker, Jessica D Thompson, Jeff Worley, Roberta Schultz, Jonathon Greene, Kathleen Driskell, Maurice Manning, Libby Falk Jones, Carolyn Grace, Norman Minnick, Willie Carver Jr and LeTonia Jones! Kentucky Poet Laureate […]
Jay McCoy
The second in her POE Prophecies series, an engaging young adult mystery series inspired by true events and the works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat continues Aidan Gray’s journey through P.O.E. Academy as he investigates the mysterious behavior of another student and uncovers a sinister secret.
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 […]
Winner of the Etchings Press Book Prize, Pineville Trace follows a former Southern revival preacher and confidence man on his escape from prison eventually confronting his past and seeking redemption amidst the wilderness.
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 […]
Perfect Day Kentucky shares insights and insider tips to help visitors make the very most of the quintessential experiences, while also presenting additional suggestions to inspire further exploration and encourage longer stays.
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? Visitors will find copies of our Book, of course. Additionally, I plan to have information from Hospice of the Bluegrass (dba Bluegrass Care Navigators) and The Palliative Care Center at the University of KY. If there are other pertinent programs, I […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? “The Coal Miner who became Governor” is a personal memoir of my life with an emphasis on my time as Governor of Kentucky. It was written by me with the assistance of University of Kentucky oral historian Jeffery Suchonek. Whom […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Athens on the Frontier: Grecian-Style Architecture in the Splendid Valley of the West, 1820-1860 In this book, I examine the material culture of Grecian-style buildings in antebellum America to help recover nineteenth-century regional identities. I invite readers to question many of the […]
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 […]