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John Boel to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Cast Away: Five Generations of Family Fish Stories”

September 6, 2023

        When a Molotov cocktail was lobbed over the security fence at my TV station during the protests of 2020 and a ball of fire exploded under a vehicle, I hoped it wasn’t mine. Not because I cared about my car. I cared about my fishing gear […]

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LeTonia Jones to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Black Girl at the Intersection”

September 6, 2023

              LeTonia Jones is a life-long Kentuckian who has used the alchemy of arts and activism for over 25 years. The poems in Black Girl at the Intersection speak from the intersection of social justice and personal heartbreak.

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Beth Pride and Kelly Brewer to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “The Common Wealth of Kentucky Project”

September 6, 2023

        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 […]

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Stephen Reily to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Promise, Witness, Remembrance”

August 29, 2023

            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 […]

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Scott Wigginton to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Adventures to Godliness: Filling The Hole In Your Bucket List”

August 29, 2023

              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 […]

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Richard Taylor to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Fathers”

August 29, 2023

              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 […]

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Maurice Manning to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Snakedoctor”

August 29, 2023

                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 […]

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Lydia P. Brownlow to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Vermilion Sunrise”

August 29, 2023

        What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? Vermilion Sunrise is a Young Adult science fiction book set on a distant planet. Stranded on an island surrounded by unknown seas, a group of teenagers fight to establish the first human colony beyond our solar […]

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Jessica Strawser to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “The Next Thing You Know”

August 29, 2023

              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 […]

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Jennifer Sommer to Participate in the Kentucky Book Festival with “Her Eyes Were On the Stars: Nancy Grace Roman, “Mother of Hubble” Space Telescope”

August 29, 2023

        What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? HER EYES WERE ON THE STARS: NANCY GRACE ROMAN, “MOTHER OF HUBBLE” SPACE TELESCOPE This picture book biography tells the story of how a young star lover overcame odds to become an astronomer and eventually become […]

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