Story times take place behind the Children's Authors Tent on the lower level of Joseph-Beth in Lexington. Don't forget to ask a book festival volunteer about a free book voucher for kids 12 years old and under!
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Story times take place behind the Children's Authors Tent on the lower level of Joseph-Beth in Lexington. Don't forget to ask a book festival volunteer about a free book voucher for kids 12 years old and under!
Story times take place behind the Children's Authors Tent on the lower level of Joseph-Beth in Lexington. Don't forget to ask a book festival volunteer about a free book voucher for kids 12 years old and under!
In partnership with AARP Kentucky, Stephen Perrine and co-author Heidi Skolnik discuss their book, The Whole Body Reset. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
Silas House, author and editor of the Firesides Industry Imprint of the University Press of Kentucky, will discuss the most recent titles in that series with their authors, Jayne Moore Waldrop and Marianne Worthington, on the Main Stage. Join at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, or watch the livestream from here on Saturday, November 6. Thanks to our […]
Silas House discussed his new novel, Lark Ascending, with fellow Lexington author, David Arnold at the Kentucky Book Festival on October 29, 2022. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
Listen as Shawn Pryor, author of the graphic novel "Nat Turner's Rebellion," discusses adapting this story for young readers and its continued significance today with Dr. Vanessa M. Holden, author of "Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community," on the Main Stage. Join at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, or watch the livestream from […]
Sam Quinones, journalist, storyteller, and New York Times bestselling author of "Dreamland" will discuss his new book, "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Age of Fentanyl and Meth" with Michael Patrick F. Smith, author of "The Good Hand: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown," […]
Join Kentucky author Angela Correll as she reads from and discusses her new release, Restored in Tuscany: A True Story of Facing Loss, Finding Beauty, and Living Forward in Hope.
Ever wonder what it takes to write or illustrate picture books? Sit down with picture book authors Doris Dearen Settles, Amanda Driscoll, and Christopher Denise to chat while decorating pumpkins!
Ever wonder what it takes to write YA (Young Adult) books? Sit down with YA authors Kaitlyn Hill, Julia Watts, and Heather Henson to chat writing YA while decorating pumpkins!
So you're ready to begin publishing your work but aren't sure how to begin? Prize-winning writer Kathleen Driskell, who has had work most recently accepted at The New Yorker, Appalachian Review, and Symposeum, as well as other journals, answers questions on publishing different forms of work. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!