The Pat Conroy Residency

The Pat Conroy Residency is accepting applications until December 14, 2022. The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center offers a Writer’s Residency twice annually—typically in early March and early November, conjoined to our March Forth program and our Pat Conroy Literary Festival respectively. The residency is available to writers of all genres, published or unpublished, unless otherwise noted in the specific call […]

Kentucky Book Festival

The 41st annual Kentucky Book Festival will return to Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington on October 29, 2022.  For details, see their website.

West Virginia Fall Writers Conference 2022

The West Virginia Fall Writers Conference will be Nov. 5, 2022 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.  at the Clarksburg Public Library. Sessions will be led by Marie Manilla, Art Stringer, John Van Kirk, and Renee Nicholson. For details, see wvwriters.org.  

West Virginia Book Festival 2022

The West Virginia Book Festival will be held Fri, Oct 21, 7 a.m. – Sat, Oct 22, 2 p.m. in the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center. Details. 

Pat Conroy Literary Festival

The Pat Conroy Literary Festival in South Carolina is October 28-30: Home – Pat Conroy Literary Festival. Join Us in the Storied Lowcountry for the 7th Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival on October 28-30, 2022! The annual Conroy Festival began as Pat Conroy’s 70th birthday celebration in October 2015 and now continues as an annual signature event […]

THE 2022 SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS

The Southern Festival of Books schedule is up now at sofestofbooks.org. Check out where and when authors will be presenting during the Festival weekend of Oct. 14, 15, and 16 in downtown Nashville. Looking to customize your schedule? Download the app.