Southern Festival Of Books

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:

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