The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming hundreds of authors and thousands of visitors to downtown Nashville each October.

The Festival, a progr am of Humanities Tennessee, is free and includes performance stages, food trucks, and loads of publishers and booksellers.

We look forward to celebrating the written word with you this Fall!

Schedule of Events:

October 26, 2024

09:00 am: Big Fiery Gizzard and Little Pigeon's Creativity Land: All Ages Fun Big Fiery Gizzard and Little Pigeon's Creativity Land
09:00 am: Brad Montague, Kristi Montague Piney Room: Museum
09:00 am: Darcie Little Badger Caney Fork Room: Library
09:00 am: Richard Panek Obion Room: Library
09:00 am: Susannah Chapman, Thyra Heder Duck Room: Museum
09:30 am: Anne Byrn 9:30 am Harpeth Room: Library
09:30 am: Louis Bayard Nolichucky Room: Library
09:30 am: Women's National Book Association presents Coffee with Authors Sequatchie Room: Museum
10:00 am: Author Signing Block 10:00 Saturday Signing Tent
10:00 am: Betsy Phillips, Aran Shetterly Obion Room: Library
10:00 am: Joy Jordan-Lake, Susan Verde Duck Room: Museum
10:00 am: Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn, Sarah LaBrie, Stephanie Smith Caney Fork Room: Library
10:00 am: Kristin Tubb, Christina Wyman Conasauga Room: Library
10:00 am: Peng Shepherd, Justin Taylor Piney Room: Museum
10:00 am: Ron Rash Cumberland Tent
10:30 am: Ad am Rapp Harpeth Room: Library
10:30 am: Author Signing Block 10:30 Saturday Signing Tent
10:30 am: Rachel Khong Nolichucky Room: Library
10:45 am: Josef's BIG Dre am: An INDY 500 Story with INDY 500 Ch ampion Josef Newgarden and Ashely Newgarden
11:00 am: Alice Randall Piney Room: Museum
11:00 am: Andrew C. McKevitt, Jonathan Metzl Obion Room: Library
11:00 am: Author Signing Block 11:30 Saturday Signing Tent
11:00 am: Eli Cranor, Joshua Perry, Henry Wise Conasauga Room: Library
11:00 am: Meredith Seacrest Leach, Jessica Young Duck Room: Museum
11:00 am: Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez Caney Fork Room: Library
11:30 am: Andre Dubus in conversation with Ann Patchett Cumberland Tent
11:30 am: Author Signing Block 11:30 Saturday Signing Tent
11:30 am: Helen Phillips, Margueritte Sheffer Nolichucky Room: Library
11:30 am: Lisa Unger Harpeth Room: Library
11:30 am: Tennessee Writers/Tennessee Stories presents Jared Sullivan Sequatchie Room: Museum
12:00 pm: Author Signing Block 12:00 Saturday Signing Tent
12:00 pm: Brenda Wineapple Obion Room: Library
12:00 pm: Gina Balibrera, Jen Fawkes Conasauga Room: Library
12:00 pm: John Vercher Caney Fork Room: Library
12:00 pm: Ravynn Stringfield, Julian Winters, Jeff Zentner Piney Room: Museum
12:00 pm: Wilmoth Foreman, Alana White Duck Room: Museum
12:30 pm: Ace Atkins Harpeth Room: Library
12:30 pm: Author Signing Block 12:30 Saturday Signing Tent
12:30 pm: Carlos Lozada Nolichucky Room: Library
12:30 pm: Renee Watson Sequatchie Room: Museum
01:00 pm: Author Signing Block 1:00 Saturday Signing Tent
01:00 pm: David Greenberg Obion Room: Library
01:00 pm: Larry Wells Conasauga Room: Library
01:00 pm: Liz Moore Cumberland Tent
01:00 pm: Lynnell Edwards, Annette Sisson Duck Room: Museum
01:00 pm: Sarah Ad ams, Matthew Hubbard, Jenna Levine Piney Room: Museum
01:00 pm: Terah Shelton Harris, Sarai Johnson, Phyllis Dixon Caney Fork Room: Library
01:30 pm: Author Signing Block 1:30 Saturday Signing Tent
01:30 pm: Darnell Arnoult, Didi Jackson, Jim Minick Harpeth Room: Library
02:00 pm: Author Signing Block 2:00 Saturday Signing Tent
02:00 pm: Crystal Wilkinson Obion Room: Library
02:00 pm: Jennifer Moorman, Meg Shaffer Piney Room: Museum
02:00 pm: M.L. Rio, Daniel Kraus Conasauga Room: Library
02:00 pm: Micaiah Johnson, L.M. Sagas, Nghi Vo Caney Fork Room: Library
02:00 pm: Simon van Booy in conversation with Ann Patchett Cumberland Tent
02:00 pm: Sloane Crosley Sequatchie Room: Museum
02:00 pm: Tribute to Brad Watson "There is Happiness: New and Selected Stories" Nolichucky Room: Library
02:00 pm: Tyler Mahan Coe, Brian Fairbanks Duck Room: Museum
02:30 pm: Author Signing Block 2:30 Saturday Signing Tent
02:30 pm: Peter Swanson, Erica Wright Harpeth Room: Library
03:00 pm: Author Signing Block 3:00 Saturday Signing Tent
03:00 pm: Avery Cunningh am, Sara Koffi Caney Fork Room: Library
03:00 pm: Jayne Anne Phillips Sequatchie Room: Museum
03:00 pm: Joanna Brichetto, Leigh Ann Henion Duck Room: Museum
03:00 pm: Kimberly King Parsons, Liz Riggs Piney Room: Museum
03:00 pm: Michael Bertrand, Amanda Edgar, Andre Johnson, Charles McKinney Obion Room: Library
03:00 pm: Nini Nguyen Nolichucky Room: Library
03:00 pm: Rea Frey, Sophie Sullivan Conasauga Room: Library
03:30 pm: Author Signing Block 3:30 Saturday Signing Tent
03:30 pm: RJ Jacobs, Lauren Nossett Harpeth Room: Library
03:30 pm: TJ Klune Cumberland Tent
04:00 pm: Amy Jo Burns, Bret Anthony Johnston, Jeff Zentner Piney Room: Museum
04:00 pm: Author Signing Block 4:00 Saturday Signing Tent
04:00 pm: Caitlin Cass Obion Room: Library
04:00 pm: Jill McCorkle Nolichucky Room: Library
04:00 pm: Leslye Penelope, Shawntelle Madison Caney Fork Room: Library
04:00 pm: Lisa Gornick, Tessa Fontaine Duck Room: Museum
04:00 pm: MJ Wassmer Conasauga Room: Library
04:30 pm: Author Signing Block 4:30 Saturday Signing Tent
04:30 pm: Jeff Biggers, Mike Maden Harpeth Room: Library
04:30 pm: Suttree's Knoxville: A Hymn to the Past in Words and Music Sequatchie Room: Museum
05:00 pm: Author Signing Block 5:00 Saturday Signing Tent
05:00 pm: Jared Sullivan Obion Room: Library
05:30 pm: Author Signing Block 5:30 Saturday Signing Tent
06:00 pm: Author Signing Block 6:00 Saturday Signing Tent

October 27, 2024

10:00 am: Big Fiery Gizzard and Little Pigeon's Creativity Land: All Ages Fun Big Fiery Gizzard and Little Pigeon's Creativity Land
10:00 am: Bonnie Jo C ampbell, Margot Livesey Nolichucky Room: Library
10:00 am: Doan Phuong Nguyen, Gennifer Choldenko Caney Fork Room: Library
10:00 am: Jack Bedell, Holly Haworth, Jane Hicks Conasauga Room: Library
10:00 am: Kyle Lukoff Piney Room: Museum
10:00 am: Mark Cheathem, Jeff Sellers Obion Room: Library
10:00 am: Meredith Ad amo, Kara Thomas Sequatchie Room: Museum
10:00 am: Michael Sims Harpeth Room: Library
10:30 am: Alison Espach Cumberland Tent
11:00 am: Andrew Smith Obion Room: Library
11:00 am: Author Signing Block 11:00 Sunday Signing Tent
11:00 am: Brian Griffin, John C. Mannone Duck Room: Museum
11:00 am: Erica Ivy Rodgers, Jill Tew Caney Fork Room: Library
11:00 am: Kimberly Brock, Joy Jordan-Lake Nolichucky Room: Library
11:00 am: Miles Harvey, Ruben Reyes, Bradley Sides Piney Room: Museum
11:00 am: Sara Raasch, Beth Revis Sequatchie Room: Museum
11:00 am: Tessa Fontaine, Rea Frey Conasauga Room: Library
11:30 am: Author Signing Block 11:30 Sunday Signing Tent
12:00 pm: Author Signing Block 12:00 Sunday Signing Tent
12:00 pm: Barbara Jenkins, Sayantani DasGupta Obion Room: Library
12:00 pm: Gabino Iglesias Sequatchie Room: Museum
12:00 pm: Gaylord Brewer, Ben Groner III Nolichucky Room: Library
12:00 pm: Joan Baez Cumberland Tent
12:00 pm: Joe Nolan Conasauga Room: Library
12:00 pm: John Hendrix Harpeth Room: Library
12:00 pm: K. Ancrum, Anton Treuer Piney Room: Museum
12:00 pm: Sarah Pinsker, Lauren Thoman Caney Fork Room: Library
12:30 pm: Phyllis Gobbell Duck Room: Museum
01:00 pm: Author Signing Block 1:00 Sunday Signing Tent
01:00 pm: D.W. Gillespie, Nicki Pau Preto, Ad am Rosenbaum Piney Room: Museum
01:00 pm: Desiree Evans, Saraciea Fennell Nolichucky Room: Library
01:00 pm: Johnny Compton, Emma C. Wells Conasauga Room: Library
01:00 pm: KB Brookins, Corey J. Miles, Julian Randall Obion Room: Library
01:00 pm: Keren Blankfeld, Allen Hershkowitz Harpeth Room: Library
01:00 pm: Michael Gray Bulla, Jenna Voris Caney Fork Room: Library
01:00 pm: Todd Lockwood, Michael S ampson Sequatchie Room: Museum
01:30 pm: Andi Kopek Duck Room: Museum
01:30 pm: Author Signing Block 1:30 Sunday Signing Tent
01:30 pm: Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko Cumberland Tent
02:00 pm: Author Signing Block 2:00 Sunday Signing Tent
02:00 pm: Harpeth River Writers Group Conasauga Room: Library
02:00 pm: J amie Quatro Piney Room: Museum
02:00 pm: Julian Randall, Scout Underhill Nolichucky Room: Library
02:00 pm: Melissa Collings, Mary Liza Hartong Harpeth Room: Library
02:00 pm: Neesha Powell-Ingabire, Andrew C. Ross Obion Room: Library
02:00 pm: Next Chapter Society 2024 Author Ambassador Sequatchie Room: Museum
02:00 pm: Randy O'Brien, Karen Spears Zacharias Caney Fork Room: Library
02:30 pm: Author Signing Block 2:30 Sunday Signing Tent
03:00 pm: Andrew Maraniss Conasauga Room: Library
03:00 pm: Ann Powers Nolichucky Room: Library
03:00 pm: Author Signing Block 3:00 Sunday Signing Tent
03:00 pm: Gary Burr Harpeth Room: Library
03:00 pm: George Cochrane, David Daniel Piney Room: Museum
03:00 pm: Jonathan Rogers Duck Room: Museum
03:00 pm: Margaret Renkl, Billy Renkl Cumberland Tent
03:00 pm: Raúl the Third Gonzalez Caney Fork Room: Library
03:00 pm: Steven Hale, Joe Ingle Obion Room: Library
03:30 pm: Documentary Screening: Faulkner: The Past is Never Dead Sequatchie Room: Museum
04:00 pm: Alice Driver Obion Room: Library
04:00 pm: Author Signing Block 4:00 Sunday Signing Tent

Date: October 26 - 27, 2024

Hours:

Saturday: 9:00 am - 6:00pm

Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00pm

Location: Humanities Tennessee,

615 Main St Suite B19,

Nashville, TN

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