Join us for a fast-paced poetry reading featuring Frank X Walker, Crystal Wilkinson, upfromsumdirt (Ronald W. Davis), Danni Quintos, Jeremy Paden, Richard Taylor, Elizabeth Beck, Melva Sue Priddy, Pauletta Hansel, and Marianne Worthington. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
Events
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The closing event of the 2023 Kentucky Book Festival was a poetry reading! Participating poets read a poem each from their featured books. Frank X Walker, Jessica D Thompson, Jeff Worley, Roberta Schultz, Jonathon Greene, Kathleen Driskell, Maurice Manning, Libby Falk Jones, Carolyn Grace, Norman Minnick, Willie Carver Jr and LeTonia Jones! Kentucky Poet Laureate […]
Lexington Art League and Kentucky Humanities have partnered to bring the local poetry community to the Loudoun House for an evening of listening and sharing in an all-out open mic.
Greg Howard, Elizabeth Kilcoyne, and Helene Dunbar discuss their latest books with fellow author Ashley Blooms.
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 […]
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.
From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands, a revelatory history of the shocking emergence of vicious political division at the birth of the United States. Brands, author of the best-selling novel Heir of the Founders: Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants, will also discuss Kentucky's […]
In this panel discussion, novelists Lee Cole, Gwenda Bond, Angela Jackson-Brown, and Jessica Strawser will discuss writing complicated love stories. Click "Learn More" to watch the video!
This is a one-of-a-kind experience combining elements of the literary and culinary worlds. Chef Ouita Michel will craft a special lunch menu from her first published cookbook, Just A Few Miles South. Ouita’s motto, “Food is Love,” is the perfect match for book-lovers too! Tickets are $55.00 and include tax, handling, and an autographed copy […]
Join Crystal Wilkinson and Ronni Lundy for a discussion of Crystal’s culinary memoir, Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks in the beautiful setting of Fasig Tipton on October 31st, noon to 2pm.
Kimmery Martin, former ER doctor and author of "Doctors and Friends," presents “An Insider’s Look at the Practice of Medicine: Writing a Pandemic Novel BEFORE a Pandemic” on the Main Stage. Join at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, or watch the livestream from here on Saturday, November 6. Thanks to our Main Stage Sponsor, the University of Kentucky!
Teaching kids history and science doesn’t need to be boring. Whether writing fact or fiction, each of these talented authors artfully merges themes and concepts from past and present history and science to make a lasting impact on young readers. Tune in to this lunchtime session to learn more about how they do it!