2024 Workshop Schedule

Commemorative Art Contest

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Schedule Flipbook

Festival schedule as of 9.12.24

Interactive Map

Find your way to & around the festival

Authors Alley

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In Case of Emergency

Plan Ahead

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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!

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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

We'd love to hear from you!

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!

2024 Official Panelists

Look who's coming!

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.

  • 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