Events

Humanities Tennessee presents The 35th annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word℠! The Festival is among the oldest literary festivals in the country. The Festival is free, and includes performance stages, food trucks, publishers and booksellers. Festival weekend (Oct. 21 and 22) takes place in downtown Nashville. The Festival grounds include Bicentennial Mall State Park, the Tennessee State Museum, and the Tennessee State Library and Archives. - Southern Festival of Books

The West Virginia Book Festival is an annual event for book lovers of all ages. Featuring programs by local and international bestselling authors, a Used Book Sale, and a Festival Marketplace, it takes place at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center in downtown Charleston, West Virginia.  Attendance is (and always will be) free of cost. - West Virginia Book Festival

The National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, one of the largest online sources for African-American authors and literature. The event attracts a wide array of authors, publishers, book clubs, libraries and individual readers from the Southwest U.S. and nationwide. - National Black Book Festival

The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana is proud to present the 19th edition of our free, world-class literary celebration. Come join the fun on October 28, 2023, in downtown Baton Rouge at the State Library of Louisiana, the State Capitol, the Capitol Park Museum, and nearby locations. - Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana

Charleston Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that runs every November for ten days in Charleston, South Carolina. With roots in the Charleston House in the UK—home of the radical writers, artists, and thinkers of the Bloomsbury Group—Charleston Literary Festival is committed to maintaining an international perspective while building up and giving back to the local community on which it is built. - Charleston Literary Festival

Be a part of this community gathering and vendor marketplace celebrating African American authors and their works. The five-hour live book expo will feature 70+ regional authors showcasing books in all genres for all ages. -BLK Author Expo Largo

The Savannah Book Festival is an annual event, free and open to the public, in celebration of the written word and its role in improving the human experience. Our mission is to promote reading, writing and civil conversation. Since the first Savannah Book Festival in 2008, SBF has presented an array of nationally-acclaimed authors to crowds of book-loving attendees through our ticketed Headline Addresses and our free Festival Saturday. - Savannah Book Festival

The Oxford Conference for the Book is organized and sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. We recognize that diverse voices and perspectives are essential to creating a vibrant and meaningful literary community, and we strive to promote and celebrate a wide range of authors and literary works. We actively seek out and showcase the work of underrepresented writers, and we work to elevate their voices and experiences. - Oxford Conference for the Book