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  • EVENT CANCELED: An Evening with Senator Joe Manchin and Brad Paisley

    Commodore Ballroom at Vanderbilt University 310 25th Avenue South, Nashville

    PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS CANCELED.PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED TICKETS WILL BE REFUNDED. Every ticket includes a pre-signed copy of Joe Manchin's Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense. (Please note there will be no public signing line at the event.) Join former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin for a timely and candid conversation about his maverick career in…

  • Film Screening: Leap of Faith

    Nashville Public Library Donelson Branch 2714 Old Lebanon Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    Join us for the first program in our new series Beyond the Divide, presented by Millions of Conversations and hosted by Nashville Public Library. Beyond the Divide is an eight-part series presented by Millions of Conversations (MoC) that brings together Nashville to build trust, share meaningful conversations, and unite around common values for a shared future. Through…

  • Pre-Festival Writing Classes

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

    Kick off your Southern Festival of Books weekend with The Porch on Friday, October 17. You'll have the unique opportunity to learn from celebrated authors as they pass through Nashville before the Festival begins.  9:00 - 10:30AM - Mastering the Speculative Short Story with Ruben Reyes Jr.  10:45AM - 12:15PM - To Tell the Truth…

    $51 – $60

  • Authors in the Round 2025

    Marathon Music Works 1402 Clinton St., Nashville, Tennessee

    One of your favorite events returns Friday, October 17, 2025 at an exciting new venue: Marathon Music Works. Located in the Marathon Village neighborhood, our 2025 dinner venue tells its own unique story. Built in the early 1900’s, the Marathon Motor Works factory built automobiles between 1909 and 1914. The building is on the National…

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    The 37th Annual Southern Festival of Books

    Vanderbilt University Presents: The Southern Festival of Books, a program of Humanities Tennessee, is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming approximately 150 authors and 25,000 visitors each October. The Festival is free, and includes performance stages, food trucks, and more than 60 publishers and booksellers.

  • AN EVENING WITH REESE WITHERSPOON AND HARLAN COBEN OCTOBER 29 SCHERMERHORN SYMPHONY CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARNASSUS BOOKS BENEFITTING HUMANITIES TENNESSEE THE NEW BOOK GONE BEFORE GOODBYE AVAILABLE OCTOBER 14 with picture of book jacket and photograph of Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben PHOTO CREDIT TAYLOR JEWELL ANN PATCHETT PHOTO CREDIT COLON EMILY DORIO MODERATED BY ANN PATCHETT

    An Evening with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben, moderated by Ann Patchett

    Schermerhorn Symphony Center One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN, United States

    Join two titans of storytelling– Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author Reese Witherspoon and #1 global suspense phenomenon Harlan Coben – for a special event in partnership with Humanities Tennessee and Parnassus Books to celebrate the publication of their gripping new thriller, Gone Before Goodbye.  They will be joined by yet another storytelling colussus: multiple-award winning author…

  • Film Screening: 36 Seconds

    Bordeaux Branch Nashville Public Library 4000 Clarksville Pike, Nashville, TN, United States

    Join us for the second program in our new series Beyond the Divide, presented by Millions of Conversations and hosted by Nashville Public Library. Beyond the Divide is an eight-part series presented by Millions of Conversations (MoC) that brings together Nashville to build trust, share meaningful conversations, and unite around common values for a shared future. Through…

    Free

  • The Harvest Screening

    The Ned 314 E Main St, Jackson, Tennessee, United States

    Community members are invited to attend a special screening of the PBS American Experience documentary The Harvest on Saturday, November 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at The Ned, 314 E Main St, Jackson, TN 38301. This powerful film, directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon, explores how school integration transformed his hometown…

    Free

  • [POSTPONED] A Celebration of Tennessee Book Award Winner Vic Sizemore

    East Tennessee Historical Society and Museum, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

    THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT TAKE PLACE NOV 6. Join us for a reading, award presentation and reception with Vic Sizemore, the 2025 Tennessee Book Award Winner in Fiction.

    Free

  • “Why the Humanities Matter—Now More Than Ever” webinar

    A Special Conversation on the Future of the Humanities In a time when headlines demand our constant attention, it’s easy to overlook something quietly foundational to our democracy: the Humanities. Yet now, more than ever, we need the critical thinking, historical perspective, and shared understanding that the Humanities provide to navigate our complex world—and to…

    Free