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2025 Workshop Schedule

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2025 Features & Attractions

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2025 Family-friendly Schedule

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2025 Book Signing Schedule

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2025 Panel Schedule

Explore 50+ panel discussions and workshops!

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2025 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.

  • Billups Allen, 101 Films You Could See Before You Die
  • Dr. Candice Anderson, Where The Wild Things Learn!
  • Jasmine Applewhite, Carson Scores Big!
  • Bishop Barlow, Look in the Mirror
  • J. Stephen Beam, The Bondage of Innocents
  • Willy Bearden, Mississippi Hippie: A Life in 49 Pieces
  • Bonita Branch, Blurred Path
  • BO$$ BROTHER$ Universe, Learning to Earn, Learning to Market, Credit Kings, A Do It Yourself Guide to Credit Power
  • Andy Bui, The Courage to Live a Meaningful Life: A Journey of Truth, Forgiveness, and Positivity
  • Maggie Bushway, Pearls: A Memoir on Childhood Brain Cancer and Hope
  • Jack Caldwell, The Three Colonels: Jane Austen's Fighting Men
  • J.F. Cannon, Behemoth Strides
  • K. Frances Carson, Sir DoGoody Button and Fleabins the Great...Troublemaker
  • Amanda Caver, Thriving Through Stress: A Guide to Coping with Anxiety and Setting Boundaries for Self-Care
  • Amie Clark, Down the Drive: A Collection of Poetry
  • Leonard Cochran, The Four Constants of Success
  • Kasey C., The Protector The Henchmen Series
  • Shirley Brown Danzy, The Power to Succeed: Unlock Your Life; Unlock Your Dreams
  • Summer N Dawn, Reign Reimagined; Red's Revenge; Love's Freedom; Endless Reign; From Princess to Queen; Torn by Chance
  • Celeta Devine, So You Think You Can Catch? 10 Instructional Plays that Build Teacher Capacity
  • Marnie Gellhorn, Princes of Shelby County
  • Damien Fairconetue, Petition for the Christian Movement in the Repatriation of Descendants of African Slaves
  • Christina Fletcher, Emily Grace Exceptional Education
  • Dana Fraedrich, Rook's Gambit
  • Christian Gatson, Henry Rides the Wheels
  • M. B. Gibson, Pryor Knowledge: Horse Racing, Love, and Slavery in the Antebellum South
  • Shana Gilbert, Raising Jesca: A Street Kid, A Literature Teacher, and the Unbelievable Encounter that Changed Everything
  • Cindy Hargis, The Pirate's Treasure
  • Nie Harvey, The Legacy of the Nurus
  • Prudence Hatchett, Evolutionary Resilience: Conquering the Emotional Intrusions of Anxiety, Depression, and Trauma
  • Marquetta Hemphill, I Got Donuts!
  • Alicia Herring, Faithin' It: The Ride
  • Juanita Green Hollinghead, Beyond the Green Widow: Consequences of the Piney Woods Creek Murders of 1921
  • Grady Howell, The Button Jar
  • Kristen Illarmo, Collapsing the Divide
  • Ceola James, Nine Days of Moody Weather
  • JE Johnson, With Wine Comes Wellness
  • Cyris J. Jones, Thank God For What You Have, Trust God For What You Need
  • Joshua Jones, No One To Wash Her Hair
  • Rosalin Landrews, Kaleidoscopic
  • Lauren Cate Leake, The Dread Descendant; The Dread Prince
  • Cynthia LeAnn, Pieces of Me: I Have a Story Tell
  • S.P.I.R.I.T., Under the Juniper Tree
  • Johnetha Lindsey, Marching to the Beat: HBCU Bands from A to Z
  • John Lockett, Love Will Cost You Everything
  • Ledri Mah, Heightened Awareness - Gamify Your Life
  • Morenike'GirlChild
  • MJ Mac, Betrayed on the Promenade
  • Larry Mccluney, Jr., In Defense of Beauregard; Yazoo Pass Expedition; On to Vicksburg; Gunboats, Rivers, Bayous, and Railroads
  • Theresa McKenzie, Depression Among African Americans: How the Church Can Help
  • Margarette Meeks, Delay is Not Denial: Encouragement for Endurance When Dreams are Delayed
  • Cathy Melvin, Cypress Knees and Tupelo Trees
  • Clare H. Miller, Ghosts from Mississippi's Past—Over 200 Years in the John Ford Home
  • M. W. Moore, For What I Hate I Do: The Rebirth 2.0
  • Latoyia Morgan, September Hues
  • Dr. Tanya L. Moses, CiCi and Spirit of the Game
  • Anthony Mullins, EVIE
  • Leanne Murray, Good Night Bay St. Louis
  • Dr. LaQuanta Murray, Boss Moves: Strategies to Reduce Stress and Cultivate a Thriving Classroom Culture
  • Dee Myrick, The Laughing Postman series
  • Jaye Neely, Meet Ralo Bear
  • LoriO, The Vengeance of Love
  • Jerry Palmer, Buttons, Bolt Cutters & Barricades
  • Honey Parker, V-Life
  • J.D. Parks, Second-Grade Me in Therapy: Stories and Lessons from Friendships Past and Present
  • Carrie Bevell Partridge, Growth Spurts: Growing Through Motherhood
  • Pelham Pugh, Perfidious Tides
  • Dr. Ardarian Pierre, Doctor Moms
  • Shadrach C.L.F. Greenwood, Jr., The Agitators: A Reminiscence
  • David Preston, Son of Afghanistan: An Afsar Ramos Thriller
  • Kylie Grace Robertson, Finding Hope in the Darkness
  • Sharon Russell Robinson, The Adventures of River and Her Whoobie
  • George Sanchez, Looking for Tennesse Williams
  • Jonathan Scott, EpiKwest
  • Lauren Sevier & Abbie Lynn Smith, Leather & Lace
  • Alli Shaw, The Human Cost of Broken Money
  • J. J. Sherman, Scorching Secrets: An Addison Best Pharmacy Mystery
  • Lauren Singleton, Praying On Purpose
  • Thomas Slatcoff, The Present of Christmas Past
  • Deloris Stringer, Heaven Hell and the New Millennium
  • Gloria Gipson Suggs, Piece-A-Way Crossroads
  • Dragon Breath Press, For Richter or Poorer
  • Hazell Thomas, Money Moves A Nation, A Civil Rights Lesson for Children
  • Becky Thomas, Roscoe the Bossy Rooster
  • April Timms, Soiled Dove
  • Jeffrey Touchstone, The Relic Revolver
  • Deborah Trahan, A Southern Enchantress
  • Dwight Treadwell, Overcoming Diabetes and Thriving Through Faith in Prayer
  • Catherine Tucker, Tall Cotton
  • Lea Turner, The Freedom to Feel: Finding God in the Midst of Grief and Trama
  • Erin Ulerich, In Unexpected Ways: Christmas in Everyday Life
  • Mary G. Verrill, Thea Bowman: A Story of Triumph
  • Nakia Kenyon, Noah Joins the Scouts/Noah Se Une a Los Scouts
  • Jeff Wallace, A Tale of Two Cannons
  • Carrie Watts, Crisis of Faith
  • Allison M. Webb, A Home for Toad
  • Chrishonda Whitlock, A Roadmap To Financial Freedom: Where Do I Start?
  • Kathy Wile, Notes
  • Adrienne Williams, Still a Miracle
  • Stephen Wise, The Signpost Up Ahead
  • Alex Young, PhD, Makeba's Faith : Seeds of Faith
  • Chelsea Young, Jewel the Fox and His Bucket Drumming Experience