Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Tom C. Hunley The Loneliest Whale in the World A professor of English and Creative Writing at Western Kentucky University since 2003, Tom C. Hunley has published eight full-length poetry collections, eight chapbooks, and two […]
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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.
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Book signing in Spirituality section within Joseph Beth. Brother Paul Quenon A Matter of the Heart: A Monk’s Journal, 1970 – 2022 One of Thomas Merton’s former novices, Brother Paul Quenon, OCSO, entered the Abbey […]
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!
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!
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Jude C. McPherson is a Kentucky Colonel Goodwill Ambassador. He has a background in creative writing, electricity, and general troubleshooting. Currently, he is an agent for the Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative, a creative writing instructor, […]
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.