Southern Festival of Books
Latest Past Events
Authors in the Round 2025
Marathon Music Works 1402 Clinton St., NashvilleOne 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…
Pre-Festival Writing Classes
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAKick 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…
The 36th Annual Southern Festival of Books
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 at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library and Archives on Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27. The festival…