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Mid-South Book Festival
The 2014 Mid-South Book Festival is scheduled for Thursday, September 25th through Sunday, September 28th. While some events are ticketed, the Mid-South Book Festival is FREE and open to the public.
Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, this event will raise funds for Literacy Mid-South's many programs for children and adults!
The event will feature celebrity authors from around the country, including:
- Daniel Wallace, Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions
- Julia Reed, Newsweek
- Neil White, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
- Jennifer Chandler, Simply Grilling
- Lisa Patton, Yankee Doodle Dixie
- And 30 more!
The event will also feature:
- Creative writing seminars
- Speaking panels
- Author's Hall for local and regional authors
- Children's Area
- Chalk Walk poetry and short story area
- Food trucks
- Live musical performances
- Roving performance artists
- Cooking demonstrations
- Book store
- And much more!
Upcoming Events
Words Matter 2.0
Words Matter 2.0 is a collaboration bringing together writers, artists and performers in the Memphis area.
There are several groups with a mix of artistic disciplines in each. Every group starts with words: a literary contribution from a writer. From there, the others in the group visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors and filmmakers find collective expression from the language.
Foodie Sunday at the Mid-South Book Festival
Our final day of the Mid-South Book Festival will end on a high note with our celebrity cookbook authors providing demonstrations to audience members and book signings! Join us at The Booksellers at Laurelwood for a day of food, fun, and books! The schedule for the day is:
1:00pm Paul and Angela Knipple
2:00pm Jennifer Chandler
3:00pm Perre Magnus
4:00pm Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence of The Chubby Vegetarian
5:00pm Bianca Phillips
More information and cookbook authors to come! Spend the day eating, laughing, and reading at the Booksellers at Laurelwood on our final day of the Mid-South Book Festival! More information here.
