Outreach
Our Turn the Page program offers engaging, in-person author events for school districts statewide.
2024 Workshop Schedule
Commemorative Art Contest
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FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Schedule Flipbook
Festival schedule as of 9.12.24
Interactive Map
Find your way to & around the festival
Authors Alley
Merch
Find cool stuff at the festival!
In Case of Emergency
Plan Ahead
Make the very best of your day at the festival!
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Late-breaking Changes
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Funders
It takes a lot of support to celebrate Mississippi's vibrant literary landscape!
2024 Features & Attractions
Find something for everyone!
2024 Family-friendly Schedule
Loads of activities to choose from!
2024 Book Signing Schedule
Meet your favorite author and get your book signed!
2024 Panel Schedule
Explore more than 50 panel discussions!
Participate
You can be a part of the festival too!
Who We Are
Devoted leadership from across the state!
What We're About
The hottest book festival in the south!
Contact
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Press
The Mississippi Book Festival is in the news!
Testimonials
Hear from festival participants about their favorite experiences!
Independent Booksellers
Find what you're looking for at a local bookstore!
Events
We celebrate books and a love for reading year-round!
2025 Official Panelists
Look who's coming!
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.
- Karren Allen
- Garrett Ashley
- Tanisha Bankston
- Calamity Blue
- Walter Beamon
- Carrie Bevell Partridge
- Leona Bishop
- Binyoka Booth
- D. M. Borne
- Jamie Bowen, M.S.
- Bonita Branch
- BO$$ BROTHER$
- Mary Evelyn Brown
- Ricky Brown
- Dr. Bee
- Chaplain Eddie Burchfield
- Marquies Byrd
- Jack Caldwell
- Imani Campell
- J.F Cannon
- Susan Cleland
- Sarita Conley
- Andrea Crudup
- Katherine Cutler
- Christine Phipps Davis
- Anthony DeGroot
- Christina Dent
- Rick Destefanis
- Nancy Dickens
- Marquis “Pooh” Dunn
- Adrianna Dunnican
- Dawn Early
- Brooks Eason
- Dr. Jean Marie Farish
- Dana Fraedrich
- Alecia Gabrielle
- Jim Gill
- Lashontrei “Tia” Henton
- Zelda Fitzgerald
- K.P. Haven
- Gene Holiman
- Noel Holston
- Laura Holt
- Grady Howell
- Regena Hoye
- Christopher Hunter
- Jeff Ignatowski
- Domonique Jackson
- Taylor M. Jennings
- Shawana Jones
- Coralyn Jones
- Elizabeth Hoxie Joyner
- Niki Krauss
- Nicole Lawson-Wilson
- R.H. Linehan
- Felecia Marshall
- Suraiya Matandara-Clarke
- Larry Allen
- McCluney, Jr.
- W. D. McComb
- W. W. McCully
- K.O. McGee
- Lucas McIntire
- Amy Lauren Miller
- Mississippi Writers Guild, Coastal Chapter
- J.T. Mitchell
- Sharon Moman
- Mark Neaves
- Dr. LaQuanta M. Nelson
- Dr. Nina Nelson-Garrett
- Jewel Nolden
- Leta Palmitter
- Eliot Parker
- Devina Parker
- Warren W. Patten, Jr.
- Jimmy Jungles
- Shumekia Pettiford
- David Preston
- Dottie Quaye Chapman Reed
- Author K. Reshay, with co-authors DJ and Brandon
- Dr. Lillie Robinson
- Lee Rozelle
- John Ryland
- C. H. Smith
- Charles Smith
- Dwayne Smith
- Jacquelyn B. Smith
- Candice Smith
- April Spann
- Brian Speck
- A.N. Stewart
- Glen Stripling
- Nola Sunday
- Janne Swearengen
- Kerrie Taber
- Ron Tew
- Bill Thurman
- Deborah Trahan
- Paul Trebotich
- Terica Turner
- Dr. V
- Vincent Venturini
- Hamilton Walters
- Cad E. Wampus
- Mattie Ward
- James Wiggins
- Thomas L. Wiley
- Cobe Williams
- Sabrina Edmon Williams, Ph.D., IE
- Stephen Wise