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2025

15+ Top Trails in the South for History, Hikes & Hometown Flavor (StyleBlueprint: April 22, 2025)
2025 Mississippi Book Festival set for September 13, promising ‘unforgettable literary experience’ (SuperTalk Mississippi: February 19, 2025)

2024

Kate DiCamillo Delivers KidNote at Mississippi Book Festival 2024: A Photo Gallery (Mississippi Free Press: October 2, 2024)
Focused on Mississippi: 2024 Mississippi Book Festival (WJTV 12 News: September 16, 2024)
Thousands attend 10th annual Mississippi Book Festival (WJTV 12 News: September 15, 2024)
10th annual Mississippi Book Festival brings thousands to Capital City (WLBT3 On Your Side: September 15, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival Success: Organizers say attendance is up! (WAPT16 ABC: September 15, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival unveils marker on Writers Trail. See what it says (Clarion Ledger: September 14, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival Preview (WJTV 12 News: September 13, 2024)
MSU remains well represented at Mississippi Book Festival (Mississippi State University Newsroom: September 13, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival (WLBT3 On Your Side: September 13, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival marks 10 years (WAPT16 ABC: September 13, 2024)
Next Stop MS | Mississippi Book Festival 24' & The Mississippi Mass Choir (MPB: September 13, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival gears up for 10th anniversary: What to know about the event (SuperTalk Mississippi Media: September 13, 2024)
10th Annual Mississippi Book Festival this Weekend (SuperTalk Mississippi: September 12, 2024)
2024 Mississippi Book Festival set for September 14 (Magnolia Tribune: September 11, 2024)
‘I want them to be present:’ Jesmyn Ward shares overlooked stories of Mississippians (The Daily Mississippian: September 11, 2024)
Discover Mississippi: Explore Mississippi’s independent bookstores (Magnolia Tribune: September 10, 2024)
The Extra Mile Podcast: Mississippi Book Festival Executive Director Ellen Daniels (MDOT: The Extra Mile Podcast: September 10, 2024)
Volunteers Play Vital Role in Book Festival (The Northside Sun: September 6, 2024)
10th year of Mississippi Book Festival to bring big names, stories, workshops on Sept. 14 (Clarion Ledger: September 3, 2024)
2024 Mississippi Book Festival: KidNote (WJTV 12 News: August 13, 2024)
Author of 'Baking in the South' slated for MS Book Festival (Clarion Ledger: July 25, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival 2024: Jesmyn Ward, LeVar Burton highlight event (Clarion Ledger: July 15, 2024)
'Reading Rainbow' host LeVar Burton coming to Mississippi Book Festival (WTVA: July 10, 2024)
LeVar Burton, Jesmyn Ward to appear at Mississippi Book Festival (WLBT3 On Your Side: July 10, 2024)
Soul Sessions Podcast: Ellen Daniels | MS Book Festival (Press Release: July 1, 2024)
Jackson Gets Lit: Your Guide to the Mississippi Book Festival (Visit Jackson: June 15, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival 2024 - Authors, Exhibits, and Expectations (SuperTalk Mississippi: March 25, 2024)
Mississippi Book Festival Kicks Off 10th Year Celebration (Press Release: March 20, 2024)

2023

Mississippi Book Festival Announces New September Date (Press Release: December 19, 2023)
Mississippi Book Festival draws over 14,000 attendees to its 9th annual event (Super Talk Mississippi Media: August 21, 2023)
Focused on Mississippi: Mississippi Book Festival (WJTV: August 21, 2023)
Mississippi Book Festival 2023 | Photos (Clarion Ledger: August 21, 2023)
Mississippi Book Festival Draws Thousands to its 9th Annual Event (Press Release: August 19, 2023)
Wellons Brings High-Stakes Drama of Operating Room to Life in Book (Northside Sun: August 17, 2023)
Mississippi Book Festival this Saturday at Capitol (Madison County Journal: August 16, 2023)
Mississippi Book Festival Invites All Ages to Its 9th Annual Literary Extravaganza (Picayune Item: August 17, 2023)
Mississippi Book Festival Returns This Saturday (Press Release: August 16, 2023)
Mississippi Stories: Janne Swearengen (Mississippi Today: July 23, 2023)
Out & About in the South - Jul/Aug/Sep 2023 (AAA Magazines: June 20, 2023)
A Book Festival Worth Devouring in Jackson, Mississippi (The Local Palate: Food Culture of the South: June 14, 2023)
150 Best Things to Do in the USA This Summer (Travel Lemming: May 25, 2023)
Visit Jackson Honors 2022 Hometown Heroes (Visit Jackson: February 10, 2023)
Story Made Podcast: Ellen Rodgers Daniels (Story Made: January 16, 2023)

2022

JPS students meet New York Times Best Selling author during MS Book Festival preview (WLBT On Your Side: August 19, 2022)
Saturday’s Mississippi Book Festival features MSU faculty, staff authors (Mississippi State University Newsroom: August 18, 2022 )
Mississippi Book Festival Comes To The Capitol Saturday Aug 20 (Darkhorse Press: August 17, 2022)
The Mississippi Book Festival is back on at the State Capitol (Y'all.com: August 16, 2022)
MS Book Festival: Hot Books, Top Authors, Cool Event (The Pine Belt News: August 16, 2022)
Alice Walker’s journals offer a ‘workbook’ for artists (Mississippi Today: August 15, 2022)
Mississippi Book Festival returns Saturday (SuperTalk Mississippi: August 15, 2022)
Hot Books, Top Authors, Cool Event (Press Release: August 15, 2022)
In ‘South to America,’ Imani Perry seeks to understand a region ‘so varying it can seem endless’ (Mississippi Today: August 10, 2022)
Soul Sessions Podcast: Ellen Daniels (Soul Sessions Jackson: August 5, 2022)
‘I Am From Here’ is more than a cookbook. It’s a way to get to know people. (Mississippi Today: August 3, 2022)
Q&A with ‘Overground Railroad’ authors on the importance of storytelling and history (Mississippi Today: August 1, 2022)
John Lewis’ ‘March’ and ‘Run’ collaborators look to Mississippi visit to continue civil right leader’s legacy (Mississippi Today: July 17, 2022)
In ‘The Movement Made Us,’ father and son reflect on the past, both remembered and forgotten (Mississippi Today: July 13, 2022)
Beginning to question first impressions: Q&A with author Matt de la Peña (Mississippi Today: July 5, 2022)
Mississippi’s Literary Lawn Party Returns Aug. 20 (Y'all.com: June 24, 2022)
Pulitzer Prize Winner Alice Walker to Speak at Mississippi Book Festival (Press Release: April 7, 2022)

2021

Mississippi Stories: Mississippi Book Festival Executive Director Ellen Rodgers Daniels (Mississippi Today: October 17, 2021)
Log On For a Literary Party (Super Talk Mississippi: October 12, 2021)
Mississippi Book Festival is Digital This Year (SuperTalk Mississippi: October 11, 2021)
Mississippi Book Festival going virtual again (Daily Journal: October 8, 2021)
Mississippi Book Festival Goes Virtual (Press Release: October 5, 2021)
‘There is nothing more powerful than remembering’: Q&A with Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie G. Bunch III (Mississippi Today: September 24, 2021)
Mississippi Book Festival Announces New Executive Director (Press Release: September 7, 2021)
Beat COVID-19? Cure cancer? Isaacson’s bestseller delves into gene editing, the breakthrough that could do both (Mississippi Today: August 25, 2021)
Mississippi Book Festival Cancels In-Person Event for August 21 (Press Release: August 11, 2021)
Ralph Eubanks answers the age-old question: Why has Mississippi produced so many great writers? (Mississippi Today: July 28, 2021)
‘The more quirky and eccentric the person, the better’: How Annalyn Swan fell in love with biographical writing (Mississippi Today: July 23, 2021)
Covid-19 Event Guidance (Mississippi Book Festival: July 19, 2021)
‘Everybody has a place to be outside’: Q&A with author Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Mississippi Today: July 15, 2021)
Q&A: Curtis Wilkie discusses his new book ‘When Evil Lived in Laurel: The White Knights and the Murder of Vernon Dahmer’ (Mississippi Today: July 9, 2021)
How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw's writings (Mississippi Today: June 23, 2021)
7th Annual Mississippi Book Festival to be held in August (WJTV: June 9, 2021)
MS Book Fest Announces Starting Lineup of Celebrated Authors (Press Release: June 8, 2021)
Poet Jericho Brown tells his truth, especially during a difficult year (Mississippi Today: June 8, 2021)
A Conversation with Holly Lange on Future Book Festivals (Northside Sun: January 14, 2021)

2020

A Conversation with Holly Lange on Mississippi Book Festival (Northside Sun: August 20, 2020)
Announcing “Uncomfortable” New Podcast Series (Mississippi Book Festival: June 19, 2020)
For a Better Book Festival 8.21.21 (Mississippi Book Festival: May 1, 2020)

2019

Oxford Represents at Mississippi Book Festival (The Oxford Eagle: August 22, 2019)
MC Leaders Support Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson (Mississippi College: August 20, 2019)
Record Attendance at Saturday's Book Festival (Press Release: August 17, 2019)
Literary Lawn Party: Mississippi Book Festival Held in Jackson (WLBT 3 On Your Side: August 17, 2019)
MS Book Fest has a hot lineup of cool authors and more (Press Release: August 14, 2019)
Libraries Prove To Be Far From a Dying Institution (WLBT 3 On Your Side: August 14, 2019)
MS Book Festival triples student outreach this year (Press Release: August 13, 2019)
Now You're Talking w/ Marshall Ramsey: MS Book Festival with Holly Lange (Mississippi Public Broadcasting: August 12, 2019 )
'Literary Lawn Part:' Top 10 things to do at the 2019 Mississippi Book Festival (The Clarion-Ledger: August 11, 2019)
Write On, Mississippi (Northside Sun Magazine: July 19, 2019)
We Don't Do That Here | Holly Lange | TEDxJackson (TEDx Talks: July 16, 2019)
Dav Pilkey's Dog Man Takes to the Stage—and the Road (Publishers Weekly: July 11, 2019)
Book Festival Announces 5th Anniversary in August (Press Release: March 19, 2019)
Mississippi Roads: Book Load of Fun (Mississippi Public Broadcasting: February 28, 2019 )

2018

Angie Thomas Celebration (Press Release: October 9, 2018)
Writers Trail Builds on Success of Book Festival (The Clarion-Ledger: September 2018)
Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship (The Mom Society: August 21, 2018)
Mississippi Book Festival Attendance Reaches 7,600 (Press Release: August, 20, 2018)
Jesmyn Ward, Salman Rushdie draw large crowds at Mississippi Book Festival (The Clarion-Ledger: August 18, 2018)
Ward, Rushdie Draw Large Crowds at Mississippi Book Fest (Associated Press: August 18, 2018)
Eudora Welty and Jesmyn Ward among those honored at Mississippi Book Fest (WLBT: August 18, 2018)
MS Book Festival ploys 'page-turner' of a party (Press Release: August 15, 2018)
Book festival boosts close encounters with authors, Mississippi kids (Press Release: August 13, 2018)
Conversations: Holly Lange (Mississippi Public Broadcasting: August 5, 2018)
Mississippi's Giant Literary Party (Jackson Free Press: July 25, 2018)
Fourth Annual Mississippi Book Festival Promises to Be "One for the Books" (Press Release: June 15, 2018)
Press Kit (Mississippi Book Festival: June 15, 2018)
Hope Nation for YA Readers (Mississippi Book Festival: May 15, 2018)
Booked Pulitzer Prize Winner Jon Meacham with Karl Rove (Mississippi Book Festival: May, 8, 2018)
The BEST in Southern Food and Culture at the Mississippi Book Festival (Mississippi Book Festival: May 1, 2018)
Mississippi Blazes It's Literary Trail (The New York Times: April 26, 2018)
A Special Evening with Charles Frazier (Mississippi Book Festival: April 24, 2018)
Salman Rushdie to Appear at Mississippi Book Festival (Mississippi Book Festival: April 13, 2018)
Jesmyn Ward Returns to Mississippi Book Festival (The Clarion-Ledger: February 20, 2018)
Jesmyn Ward Coming Back to Book Fest (Mississippi Book Festival: February 20, 2018)
The Marketing and Networking Success of State Book Festivals (Southern Writers: January 2018)

2017

Bestselling book ‘The Hate U Give’ tackles police violence against black teenagers (PBS NewsHour: September 24, 2017)
Heritage and history afford Mississippi unique place in literary landscape (Mississippi Today: August 18, 2017)
Media Advisory: Book Festival Reaches 2,000 Students on Friday (August 17, 2017)
Press Release: Book Fest Panels: An Insider's Look (August 15, 2017)
Press Release: Hundreds of Authors Line Up For 2017 Mississippi Book Festival (August 8, 2017)
Mississippi Book Festival Press Kit (June 2017)
Press Kit High Resolution Images (June 2017)
One for the Books (Social South: July/August 2017)
For The Literary Enthusiast (Portico Jackson: July/August 2017)
The Write Stuff (Garden & Gun Magazine: August/September 2017)

2016

Authors from Miss., beyond, excited for book festival (The Clarion-Ledger: June 2016)
Jacqueline Woodson's New Novel For Adults Has Its Roots In Adolescence (NPR: August 2016)
Mississippi's Literary Lawn Party (Mississippi Magazine: July/August 2016)
Mississippi Book Festival Opens 2016 with Major Announcements (Press Release: July 2016)
July/August Publisher's Message (This article is shared with permission from Well-Being Magazine: www.wellbeingmag.com)
Mississippi's Literary Lawn Party (Portico Jackson: August 2016)
Mississippi Book Festival, in its 2nd year, a big draw for authors (The Clarion-Ledger: August 2016)

2015

Book Festival Success Was Typical Day at Mississippi Capitol (Clarion-Ledger, Salter: August 2015)
Authors & Fans of Books Gather MS Book Festival This Weekend (Hinds County Gazette, Hutchison: August 2015)
Book Festival Attendance Outpaces Projections (Clarion-Ledger, Threadgill: August 2015)
Grisham Coming to Jackson (Clarion-Ledger: July 2015)
A Conversation With Holly Lange on Mississippi Book Festival (Northside Sun News: July 2015)
Mississippi Book Festival: A First For State (Clarion-Ledger, Hoops: July 2015)