24th Annual Southern Festival of Books

2012 SFB Poster ArtHumanities Tennessee's Southern Festival of Books was first held in Nashville on the second full weekend in October, 1989, and has been held annually on the same weekend since then. It is the original book festival, A Celebration of the Written Word, and has inspired hundreds of similar book festivals throughout the nation and beyond.

The festival is free and open to the public. No advance registration or tickets are required. All seating is on a first-come basis.

The dates and times for the 24th annual Southern Festival of Books dates and times are:

  • Friday, October 12, 2012: 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, October 13, 2012: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, October 14, 2012: 12:00 noon -5:00 p.m.

Presenting Sponsors

 

  • Mark Wayne Adams
  • Tamera Alexander
  • Tammy Algood
  • Christa Allan
  • Lisa Alther
  • Julianna Baggott
  • John F. Baker, Jr.
  • E.D. Baker
  • Rosecrans Baldwin
  • Jeremy Barlow
  • Kelly Barnhill
  • Marlin Barton
  • Alex Beard
  • Madison Smartt Bell
  • Gordon Belt
  • Naomi Benaron
  • Jennie Bentley
  • Buzz Bissinger
  • Daniel Black
  • David Blight
  • Suzy Bogguss
  • Fergus Bordewich
  • Sandra Brannan
  • Kimberly Babb Brock
  • Clifford Brooks
  • Kevin Brown
  • Tami Lewis Brown
  • Carolyn J. Brown
  • Taylor Bruce
  • Nicholas Buccola
  • Kate Buckley
  • M.M. Buckner
  • Chesya Burke
  • Adam Burrows
  • Marvin Byrd
  • Pamela King Cable
  • Patsy Caldwell
  • Sharon Cameron
  • Julie Cannon
  • Julie Cantrell
  • Patrick Carman
  • Brian Carpenter
  • David Cecelski
  • William Chafe
  • Chris Chamberlain
  • Dan Chaon
  • Da Chen
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Alex Cook
  • Sandy Coomer
  • Chip Cooper
  • Sharon Creech
  • Joseph Crespino
  • Moira Crone
  • Susan Cushman
  • Don Cusic
  • Kimberly Dana
  • Gitty Daneshvari
  • John Neely Davis
  • Amber Dermont
  • Andrew Derr
  • Anna Dewdney
  • Junot Diaz
  • Stuart Dill
  • Jennifer DuBois
  • Laurent Dubois
  • Gerald Duff
  • Pam Durban
  • Angela Easterling
  • Damien Echols
  • John Egerton
  • Anita Moffatt and Todd Elgin
  • J.T. Ellison
  • Loretta Ellsworth
  • Kathleen Fearing
  • Jennie Fields
  • Rupert Fike
  • Bill Finch
  • Gillian Flynn
  • Blake Fontenay
  • Ben Fountain
  • Tom Franklin
  • Amy Franklin-Willis
  • Daniel Friedman
  • Wanda Fries
  • Frye Gaillard
  • Marjorie Galen
  • Henry Gallagher
  • Kami Garcia
  • Kelli Coates Gilbert
  • Fred Gill
  • Kevin Gillespie
  • Judy Goldman
  • Richard Goode
  • Adam Goodheart
  • Kent Greenfield
  • Bethany Griffin
  • Lauren Groff
  • Troy Guinn
  • Michael Gunter
  • Jenny Han
  • Kathy Harris
  • Sharon Lee Hart
  • A.J. Hartley
  • David Haskell
  • Tupelo Hassman
  • Amy Hill Hearth
  • Christopher Hebert
  • Peter Heller
  • Mark Helprin
  • Karyn Henley
  • Sara J. Henry
  • Kathy Hepinstall
  • Larry Hewitt
  • Rick Hilles
  • Jeff Hirsch
  • Jack Hitt
  • Ron Hogan
  • Harold Holzer
  • Jennifer Horne
  • Tony Horwitz
  • Silas House
  • Jason Howard
  • Jack Hurst
  • Joseph B. Ingle
  • Kristen Iversen
  • AJ Jacobs
  • Mark Jarman
  • Randal Maurice Jelks
  • Jay Jennings
  • Nancy Jensen
  • Timothy Johnson
  • Jim Johnston
  • Angela Fordice Jordan
  • Julia Keller
  • Les Kerr
  • Jessica Khoury
  • Spurgeon King
  • Michael Knight
  • Angela Knipple
  • Paul Knipple
  • Susan W. Knowles
  • Carole Brown Knuth
  • Dewey Lambdin
  • Jane Landers
  • Rebecca Lang
  • Robert LeLeux
  • Margot Livesey
  • Attica Locke
  • Jane Lorenzini
  • George Ella Lyon
  • Sarah Maas
  • David Madden
  • Inman Majors
  • Tasia Malakasis
  • David Maraniss
  • Ben Marcus
  • Bobbie Ann Mason
  • Clay Matthews
  • June Hall McCash
  • Sarah McCoy
  • Robert McCurley
  • Brian McKnight
  • Sidney McPhee
  • James McPherson
  • Travis McVey
  • Meg Medina
  • Bruce Meisterman
  • J.R. Moehringer
  • Harry L. Moore
  • Alice Ann Moore
  • Debbie Moose
  • Ginger Moran
  • Lydia Netzer
  • Traci Nichols-Belt
  • Chris Offutt
  • Corey Olsen
  • Ted Olson
  • Frank Partnoy
  • Katherine Paterson
  • John Paterson
  • Kathy Patrick
  • Robert D. Patton
  • Chris Pavone
  • Charlotte Pence
  • John R. Perry
  • Krista Phillips
  • Charlotte Pierce-Baker
  • Leonard Pitts, Jr.
  • Taylor Polites
  • Padgett Powell
  • Mark Powell
  • Lawrence Powell
  • Josh Preston
  • Adam Prince
  • Kathleen Purvis
  • Alice Randall
  • Ron Rash
  • Jeanne Ray
  • Janisse Ray
  • CJ Redwine
  • Wendy Reed
  • John Shelton Reed
  • Nancy Rhoda
  • Carlin Romano
  • Adam Ross
  • Lynda Rutledge
  • Eva Salzman
  • Anathalee Sandlin
  • Ben Sandmel
  • Courtney Miller Santo
  • Diane Sasson
  • Julie Schoerke
  • Rebecca Scott
  • A.J. Scudiere
  • Ruta Sepetys
  • Jane Sevier
  • Ann Shayne
  • Art Shiver
  • Charity Shumway
  • Donn Sierra
  • George Singleton
  • Gary Slaughter
  • Roland Smith
  • Tatjana Soli
  • Rodney Steward
  • R.L. Stine
  • Margaret Stohl
  • Michel Stone
  • Stella Suberman
  • Sarah VanHooser Suiter
  • Robert Sullivan
  • Rachel Swarns
  • Jaden Terrell
  • Chuck Thompson
  • Fred Thompson
  • Christopher Tilghman
  • Gail Tsukiyama
  • Catherynne M. Valente
  • Maggi Britton Vaughn
  • Adam Vines
  • Judith Viorst
  • Siobhan Vivian
  • Celia S. Walker
  • Karen Thompson Walker
  • Melissa Walker
  • Molly Walling
  • Jess Walter
  • Claire Vaye Watkins
  • Ellen Watson
  • Lila Weaver
  • Kory Wells
  • Kelsey Wells
  • Carroll Van West
  • John Corey Whaley
  • Charles Dodd White
  • Alana White
  • Henry Wiencek
  • Kathryn Williams
  • Caroline Randall Williams
  • Heather Andrea Williams
  • Varina Willse
  • Adam Wilson
  • Robert Wilson
  • Amy Lyles Wilson
  • Jenny Wingfield
  • Adam Winkler
  • Steven Womack
  • Daniel Woodrell
  • Susan Woodring
  • Ed Young
  • Kat Zhang

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