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  • Southern Festival of Books | Author Reveal Party

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    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    We hope you'll join us Thursday, July 18 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the Tennessee State Museum! Our initial roster of authors for the 2024 Southern Festival of Books will be announced,…

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  • Historic Marker Unveiling: Neighborhood Story Project, Gray, TN

    Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church 136 Bob Jobe Road, Gray, United States

    The McKinney Center and Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church invite you to join us for a special, Historic Marker Dedication on Emancipation Day, August 8, 2024, at the Unitarian Universalist…

  • Festival Fundraiser: An Evening with Erik Larson

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    Paschall Theater at Montgomery Bell Academy 4001 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN

    As part of Southern Festival of Books, Humanities Tennessee, Parnassus Books, and Montgomery Bell Academy are thrilled to present an evening with Erik Larson, as he discusses his new book, The…

  • Writers’ Workshops: a Festival collaboration with The Porch

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    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    We are proud to welcome our literary friends from Nashville's The Porch back to the Southern Festival of Books with four facilitated writing workshops before the Festival officially begins. For…

  • Authors in the Round 2024

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    Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 222 5th Ave S, Nashville, TN, United States

    We hope you will join us for Authors in the Round, a special event dinner that provides vital funding for the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books. Your participation in the dinner…

  • The 36th Annual Southern Festival of Books

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    This fall, Humanities Tennessee will welcome more than 175 authors and 25,000 visitors to Nashville for the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books. The family-friendly weekend festival will be held…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories: Jared Sullivan at the Southern Festival of Books

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    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    For more than 50 years, a power plant in the small town of Kingston, Tennessee, burned fourteen thousand tons of coal a day, gradually creating a mountain of ashen waste 60…

  • Tennessee Book Award Reception: Putnam County

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    Putnam County Library 50 E. Broad St., Cookeville, United States

    Humanities Tennessee will host a reception, award presentation, and reading with Monic Ductan, winner of the inaugural Tennessee Book Award for Fiction.

  • Tennessee Book Award Reception: Knoxville

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    East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

    Humanities Tennessee will host a reading, reception, and award presentation for Denton Loving, winner of the inaugural Tennessee Book Award in Poetry.

  • Young Writers' Workshop

    Young Writers’ Workshop at Austin Peay State University

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    Austin Peay State University Clarksville, United States

    In collaboration with Humanities Tennessee, Austin Peay State University is the proud new home of the Tennessee Young Writers' Workshop. The Tennessee Young Writers' Workshop provides high school students ages…