2024 POSTER ART by BENJI ANDERSON
INITIAL
AUTHOR LIST
AND 2024 POSTER
JUST REVEALED!
SEE AUTHORS
NEXT ROUND
ANNOUNCED
8/14!
FESTIVAL RETURNS OCTOBER 26 & 27, 2024!
* BICENTENNIAL MALL STATE PARK *
* TENNESSEE STATE MUSEUM *
* TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVE *
WELCOME!
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 program of Humanities Tennessee, is free and includes performance stages, food trucks, and loads of publishers and booksellers.
The initial author lineup will be revealed in July!
Stay up to date and subscribe to SFB emails. We also post updates here and here.
We look forward to celebrating the written word with you this Fall downtown at the Bicentennial Mall, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library.
2024 AUTHORS
The initial list of participating authors is up!
More authors will be announced!
Please note that session times and venue locations will be posted closer to the Festival dates.
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If you are a bookseller, publisher, press, literacy organization, or a company with book-related products, we invite you to rent a booth to exhibit at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books. Registration form is HERE.
HELLO VENDORS!
Your gift helps ensure that this Festival remains FREE to all attendees, this year and for years to come. It is our mission to make this experience accessible to as many people as possible, of all ages and backgrounds. Thank you in advance for your commitment to The Southern Festival of Books. DONATE HERE.
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Interested in donating time by volunteering? Check out the VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
DONATE &
VOLUNTEER
Authors In The Round, a special event dinner that provides vital funding for the Southern Festival of Books, will return in 2024 on October 25th at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Your participation in the dinner ensures that Humanities Tennessee may continue to present the Festival at no charge.
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Contact Sandy Obodzinski, Development & Communications Director, for sponsorship opportunities or to be added to the invitation list: sandy@humtn.org.
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AUTHORS IN THE ROUND
THANK YOU TO THE 2024 FESTIVAL'S SPONSORS!
THE SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS is a program of
HUMANITIES TENNESSEE
615 Main St
Suite B19
Nashville, TN 37206
P: 615-770-0006 | F: 615-770-0007
sfb1@humtn.org
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