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:

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