With inspiration from Langston Hughes and deep love for her grandparents, King shows the world that young people are strong enough to carry on their elders' legacy while creating a new path for themselves in her latest book, We Dream a World.
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Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Yolanda Renee King to speak at Kentucky Book Festival Activist, grand-daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. to speak, sign book at noon Nov. 2 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers Yolanda Renee King will be speaking and […]
Had Elizabeth "Bess" Clements Abell (1933–2020) been a boy, she would likely have become a politician like her father, Earle C. Clements. Effectively barred from office because of her gender, she forged her own path by helping family friends Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson.
In War & Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation, Travis L. Martin explores how a new generation of veterans is redefining what it means to come home. More than 2.7 million veterans served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Their homecomings didn't include parades or national celebrations. Instead, when the last US troops left Afghanistan, American […]
Contract Position Available Administrative Coordinator, Kentucky Book Festival Employer: Kentucky Humanities Job Type: Contract, up to 20 hours per week Start Date: Immediately Pay: $20 per hour Overview Kentucky Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Kentucky Humanities has been “Telling Kentucky’s Story” for 51 […]
Elizabeth Kilcoyne’s Wake the Bones is a dark, atmospheric debut about the complicated feelings that arise when the place you call home becomes hostile.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? I am a # 1 NYT bestselling author of 35 published books, the majority of which are written from the viewpoint of the dogs. My most recent, Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog describes the wacky life of Clancy, a yellow Labrador […]
Calling all dog lovers! Bestselling author, director, and producer W. Bruce Cameron, author of "A Dog’s Courage," will chat about writing books from a dog's perspective with Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, author of "Luna Howls at the Moon" in the Writer's Room. Attend this program at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, or watch the livestream from here on Saturday, […]
Winner of the James Beard Foundation Book of the Year Award and Best Book, American Cooking, Victuals is an exploration of the foodways, people, and places of Appalachia.
Vaulting through Time, tells of sixteen-year-old gymnast Elizabeth Arlington’s catapulting and captivating journey through time courtesy of the discovery by ex-best-friend Zach of a time machine in an abandoned house.
Bestselling author/illustrator Vashti Harrison and award-winning author Alice Faye Duncan discuss their writing careers, inspiration, upcoming projects, and so much more. Don't miss this special program if you love children's books!
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? All of my books are a celebration and motivation for Kentucky’s beautiful outdoors! If you’re looking for an easy walk in the woods, a heart-thumping hike atop a mountain ridge or simply a wander through a public garden, I have lots […]