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Our Turn the Page program offers engaging, in-person author events for school districts statewide.

2026 Workshop Schedule

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Festival schedule as of 9.5.25

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2026 Features & Attractions

Something for everyone!

2026 Family-friendly Schedule

Loads of activities to choose from!

2026 Book Signing Schedule

Meet your favorite author and get your book signed!

2026 Panel Schedule

Explore 40+ panel discussions!

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Events

We celebrate books and a love for reading year-round!

2026 Official Panelists

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Authors Alley

Presented by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi

More than 100 authors and artists are positioned to sell their most recent works in large tents along Mississippi Street and N. West Street.

  • Jasmine Applewhite, Maya's Gift of Curiosity
  • Buelo Addaeyah & Afia Henewaa, The Secret in Our Genes
  • Mell B, Blaque Butterfly
  • J. Stephen Beam, The Death Letter
  • Chaplain, Colonel Walter & Ikie Beamon, A Marriage That Endures Forever
  • Donna Dechen Birdwell, The Disenchantment of Narcissa Tarver
  • Charles Bodenheimer, The Murders at Algiers
  • Alex Braddy, Misguided Magic: Scales of Life
  • Erica Spivey Bruton, The Nail of Noel
  • Shane D. Bryant, Elliott's War
  • Andy Bui, The Courage to Live a Meaningful Life
  • Yolanda Marie Cameron, Not by chance, destined to be here
  • Erica Darcell, The Roses That Bloom: Red Rose Edition
  • Erin Chesnut, Fight for Me
  • Ms. Zenobia Cockrell, I Wish I Never Had A Teacher Like You
  • Dr. Laryssa M. Creswell, The Invisible Weight We Carry: Breaking Free From Generational Burdens and Emotional Baggage
  • James Tyson Currie, Missouri Mule: How Harry Truman's Stubbornness and Determination Helped Win World War II and Led Him to the Presidency
  • Joe Curtis, Dr. Dill's Antique Shop For Tohopkas
  • Rochelle “Shelly” Dahmer, If You Don't Vote, You Don't Count: Vernon Dahmer's Fight for Equality
  • Stephanie Reeves Dantone, The Patchwork Penguin
  • Jerrial Dawson, Ed.D, Because I Can: Living, Leading, & Learning with Perspective
  • Jen Day, Captain Steve's Delta Adventures - Guardians of the Delta
  • Maya Dee, Roots of Confidence and Crowned at the Roots
  • Nancy M. Dickens, Run Mississippi Run – A Thoroughbred Story
  • Lori Downs, Second Nature: How to Build Ecohabits That Stick
  • Adrianna Dunnican, Nova's Special Bus Ride
  • Stuart Thomas Fairchild, Help for a New State
  • Dr. Jean Marie Farish, Love Mastery Devotion Journal: Weekly 21-Day Journal Prompts and Affirmations
  • Thea Thomas Faulkner, Kept: God is Keeping Me Because He's Faithful Like That!
  • Christina M. Fletcher, Emily Grace Exceptional Education
  • Alecia Gabrielle, Mostly Happenstance, Moonstruck!
  • Marris Gatlin, I Decide My Limits
  • Christian Gatson, Henry Rides the Wheels
  • Christopher Gatson, Henry the Ready to Read Hero
  • Angela Geer-Gann, Redbird in the Poppies
  • Jerome Gentry, Mississippi's Uncovered Glory 2nd Edition: Beyond the Glory, Black Mississippi Republican Born in the 1950's Racism Then and Now
  • Gianna Giacoletti, The Vastness of the Valley
  • Ella Shines Goldsmith, How to Research and Create your own Family Tree in 5 Easy Steps
  • Rick Gregory, Finding Our Way Back to What We Are
  • Cindy Hargis, Southern Decadence
  • Robby Hathorn, Kids Can Pray Too: A Lesson Learned
  • K.P. Haven, Heritage of Blood
  • Monique Henderson, 31 Things Your English Learners Want You to Know: Lessons from the Classroom
  • Zelda F. Hill, Duck and Bubba: The Secret Fist Bump
  • Chilly Billy Howell (Malachi Montroy), Wrestling with Wisdom at the Crossroads
  • H.Grady Howell, Jr., The Bride of Annandale
  • LaSchell (Elegant Muse) Hutchings, A Boy and His Dino: A Coloring Adventure
  • Kristen Illarmo, Without A World
  • Domonique Jackson, Harry, the Healthy Hippo
  • J. W. Jones, The Outlier Within & Defying the Dark Code
  • Terance Jones, The Audible
  • Beverly Keaton, Heart-Filled Living: Creating What's Next
  • Paul Sims Anderson Koerber, Three Grandmothers –Three Brothers
  • Sarah Ruth Latham, To All the Girls in the World
  • Cynthia LeAnn, Pieces of Me: I Have a Story to Tell
  • Terry A. Lindsey, Sticks and Stones
  • LoriO, The Fall of Velho
  • Johnnie Mae Maberry, God Said It Is Good
  • MJ Mac, Foul Play on the Cay
  • Misty Israel Marascalco, Journey to Seeing: An Activation Manual on Seeing Into the Spirit Realm
  • Tristan V. Marshall, The Train That Called Me Home: Rediscovering Life After Depression
  • Nancy Schutt McCorkle, The End of the Sidewalk
  • KO McGee, In Full Bloom: Clover
  • Sharon E. Miller, My Montana Man
  • Gary Minder, The Education of Asa Paxton
  • Kwame Moore, Game Over A Memoir
  • Min. ReShone Moore, Ph.D, Re-Imaging Contentment: Living Life from God's Perspective
  • Morenike', Before Dusk
  • Latoyia Morgan, September Hues
  • Albany Navarre, The Building Blocks for Financial Literacy
  • Syrtara Okoli, Rhema Wives: Speak the Word Over Your Husband
  • Jerry Palmer, Buttons, Bolt Cutters & Barricades
  • Glenn R. Parsons, Night Fishing
  • Shelley Powers, A Very Strange Reversal of Scales
  • David L Preston/Draven P. Slouti, Smoke Over the Pine Barrons
  • Marvin C. Reddick, The Real-Blues
  • Kylie Robertson, Finding Hope in the Darkness
  • Ollie Scales, Why Aprons?: My love of sewing and gifting aprons!
  • Cathy Schieffelin, Snakeroot and Cohosh
  • Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground
  • Mark C. Scioneaux, Inferno
  • Alli Shaw, The Human Cost of Broken Money
  • Ruby Sloane, When I Was a Dragon
  • Gary M. Smith, Two Leaves and a Bud – Tea in Contemporary Times
  • Micah Smith, Want
  • Beverly A. Stubblefield, Ph. D., Letters To Prison: Words of Encouragement and Faity
  • Sugar, Encore
  • Nola Sunday, Micah, The Bravest Giraffe!
  • Shayla Swan, Ed. S., Brooklyn Braveheart: The 'Eunique' Kid & The Adventures of Brooklyn Braveheart Serves (Coming Soon)
  • La'Raven Love Taylor, The Raven and the Blue Jay
  • Tina M. Taylor, The Unveiled Heart
  • Zach Taylor, Rockstar: Echoes
  • Hazell Thomas, Money Moves a Nation
  • Shaketa Thomas, Increase Your Sacrifice to Financial Peace
  • Kayla Corine Thompson, Master of the Pivot: Lessons in Adaptability from the Field to the Newsroom
  • Deborah Trahan, A Southern Enchantress
  • Victor, Jesse Sings
  • Cad E. Wampus, Gibble the Goblin Has a Problem
  • L.A. Warren, Be Bold Be Brave Believe Be Blessed
  • Sarah Westill, Wintersfall
  • Julie Liddell Whitehead, Hurricane Baby: Stories
  • Kirk J. Williams, The Latest I Could Be Wuz On Time
  • Fulton Wirt, Anya Knows...