Attending the Festival
Thank you to all who participated in, attended, and supported the 23rd annual Festival, October 14-16, 2011 at Legislative Plaza and the Tennessee Capitol Building in Downtown Nashville! The Festival is a free event with no registration or tickets required.
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Authors in the Round Dinner
Eat, drink and be literary! Authors in the Round was founded in 2008 by Jean Bottorff, and has quickly become a signature event in Nashville and a vital part of the Festival fundraising effort . The dinner takes place Friday, October 14 at historic War Memorial Auditorium. We welcome 40 guest authors for an evening of dining, literary conversation and celebration of the written word.
Exhibitors
If you are a book publisher, press, literacy organization or a company with book-related products, you are eligible to exhibit.
The Festival is a regional three-day literary event, which is free and open to the public and annually attracts readers and writers from across the country. The Southern Festival of Books is one of the first festivals of its kind and features more than 200 authors from across the nation, three performance stages, events for youth and families, and more than 50 popular book related exhibitors from all parts of the country. Learn more about exhibiting...
Get Involved
The Festival would not be a success without the participation of about 400 volunteers, donors, corporate and foundation sponsors, and local businesses and organizations that support the event. Thanks to individuals who care about books and want to share their passion for reading, Nashville becomes a literary center for the three days of the event. Author feedback each year praises our system of offering courtesy rides from the airport, our community members who host each session at the Festival, the friendly and helpful people in the Author Hospitality Suite and more. There are numerous volunteer roles to be played at the Festival, from working in book sales and headquarters to serving on committees and lots in between. Read more...
Events for Children and Young Adults
Fostering the importance of literacy and encouraging the joy of literature in a young person’s life is an important part of the Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM. The Festival has events for all ages including panel sessions with renowned children’s and young adult authors, musicians, storytellers, artists, and your favorite book characters. Read more here...
About the Southern Festival of Books
Humanities Tennessee's Southern Festival of Bookswas first held in Nashville on the second weekend in October, 1989, and has been held annually on the same weekend since then. It is the original book festival, A Celebration of the Written Word, and has inspired hundreds of similar book festivals throughout the nation and beyond.
The festival is free and open to the public. No advance registration or tickets are required. All seating is on a first-come basis. Read more..
Corporate Sponsors of the 2011 Southern Festival of Books
The Southern Festival of Books depends on the generous support of the following sponsors:
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