Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Yolanda Renee King to speak at Kentucky Book Festival Activist, grand-daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. to speak, sign book at noon Nov. 2 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers   Yolanda Renee King will be speaking and […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Melissa Helton Troublesome Rising Previously a tenured associate professor of English at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, Melissa Helton, serves as the literary arts director for the Hindman Settlement School. In Troublesome Rising, a […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Joshua A. Douglas The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights Joshua A. Douglas is a law professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Brooks Lamb Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place Brooks Lamb, the land protection and access specialist at American Farmland Trust, is a conservationist, agrarian, teacher, and author. His latest book, […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Elizabeth Beck Dancing on the Page Elizabeth Beck is a poet who writes fiction and the founder of two poetry series: Teen Howl and Poetry at the/ˈtā-bəl/ in Lexington, Kentucky. Her fifth collection of poems, […]

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 […]

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. Abbey of Gethsemani’s Brother Paul Quenon to discuss book at Kentucky Book Festival on Nov. 2 The 2024 Kentucky Book Festival announces a rare opportunity to hear […]

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, […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Nic Stone Chaos Theory After graduating from Spelman College, Nic Stone worked extensively in teen mentoring and lived in Israel for a few years before returning to the US to write full-time. The #1 New […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Christen Randall The No-Girlfriend Rule When Christen Randall, a queer, fat, neurodivergent author, is not writing joyful stories for the next generation of geeky gay kids, you can find them working at their local library […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Founded November 2011 by Elizabeth Beck and Jay McCoy, Teen Howl 2.0, under new leadership of former Teen Howl Poets, Jessica Taylor and Hunter Nelson welcome poets aged 13-20 to Third Street Stuff & Coffee […]

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2. Rigoberto González Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology Rigoberto González is distinguished professor of English at Rutgers University in Newark, where he is director of the MFA program in creative writing. He edited, Latino […]