Michael Rectenwald, author of "Thought Criminal," and Wilfred Reilly, author of "Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About," will discuss cancel culture, the state of free speech in publishing, and other related topics with publicist Kylie Carlino of Regnery Publishing in the Writer's Room. Attend at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, or watch the livestream from here on […]
Jay McCoy
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Visitors to the table will find my most recent work: Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University, published last year by Johns Hopkins University Press. This is the first full-dress biography in the last sixty years dedicated to […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Just. Like. You. is a joyful celebration of individuality and diversity. Follow a class of students throughout the day from morning to night and discover what makes each of them unique: from different talents, abilities, and body sizes, to ethnicities, religions, gender […]
Kentucky writers with new memoirs gathered on Main Stage to discuss their writing process. Paul Patton, Erin Keane, Richard Taylor, Don Lane and John Boel were in conversation with writer Nana Lampton to get to the heart of these books.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? On my table, you’ll see three sci-fi books for young adults: UNREGISTERED, UNAFRAID, and UNDONE. Together, they’re a series called Children of the Uprising, a dystopian story of a little band of outsiders who take on an oppressive and controlling government. You’ll also see […]
We appreciate our volunteers and want to learn more about them. We asked Lucie MacDonald to answer several questions. 1. Please tell us something about yourself. Retired, former Joseph-Beth Bookseller. Also, worked circulation at the Lexington Herald-Leader and wrote book reviews. Last ten working years were spent as an adjunct instructor […]
We appreciate our volunteers and want to learn more about them. We asked Beth Barton to answer several questions. 1. Please tell us something about yourself. This is my second year volunteering at the KBF. I am a Kentuckian by birth (Glasgow), but I have lived in North Carolina […]
YOU are fighting for freedom from enslavement for yourself and others during the mid-1800s. Will you escape to freedom? And will you help others escape as part of the Underground Railroad’s network of freedom fighters? Step back in time to face the challenges and decisions that real […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Visitors will find a newly published biography of Kentucky activist, politician, and attorney Gatewood Galbraith, Gatewood: Kentucky’s Uncommon Man. Throughout his political career, regional and national media outlets focused on the policy ideas and public acts that made Gatewood a cultural fixture: […]
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Visitors will get to see Winning Tools: 3 Leadership Principles that Build Purpose, Respect and Success – a #1 Amazon Best Seller and my first book. Whom do you invite to stop by? Who will benefit from reading your book? I […]
Perfect for fans of Ivy & Bean and Dory Fantasmagory, this is the start of a charming new chapter book series about a third-grader whose plans may backfire but whose persistence and heart are inspiring.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Who We Lost: A Portable COVID Memorial is an anthology of narratives of loss and remembrance. Though Who We Lost is a national endeavor, the project’s roots are entirely centered in Kentucky, inspired by the state’s unique and empathetic response to the […]