Through themes of domestic abuse, the death of a parent, the loss of a friend, and the search for cultural identity, the poems in Between a Bird Cage and a Bird House transcend the borders of language and nation-states.
Jay McCoy
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? The Common Wealth of Kentucky Project was written and produced by Beth Pride and Kentucky artist Kelly Brewer. It is a time capsule of the inspirational and powerful journey across the state, painting Kentuckians from life and recording and telling their […]
Benefactors of Posterity explores the Filson Historical Society's founding era and Louisville in the Gilded Age.
With chapters contributed by a diversity of higher education staff and faculty, Belonging in Higher Education illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States.
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Lisa Dickey The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis A longtime book collaborator, Lisa Dickey has helped write more than 20 nonfiction books, including 12 New York Times best sellers, and is […]
In Before the Storm Takes It Away, he steps away from poetry and into short explorations in nonfiction—alternately dark, wry, contemplative, and explosive.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Tula Pendleton: The Life and Work of a Forgotten Southern Writer is the story of a woman born in a Kentucky village in 1872 who became a successful short story writer in the 1910s. But tragically, as Tula’s career blossomed, her husband became […]
Barbara Kingsolver discussed her new novel Demon Copperhead with Jan Isenhour at Joseph-Beth Booksellers as part of the Kentucky Book Festival on October 29, 2022. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
Baby’s Here! is a sweet interactive board book with a unique shape that encourages young readers to cradle, rock, and play with the babies in the pages. Gift this board book to little ones who love babies or baby dolls, or are expecting a new baby sibling themselves!
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 people faced […]
Whether writing a thrilling, plot-twisting mystery or an agent-on-the-case, these authors truly know how to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Tune in to hear them talk about key elements in writing the perfect crime.