Join the Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation for three days of celebrating all things southern! The festival will feature conversations with hometown authors, theatrical presentations and a historic bible exhibit.

The seventeenth annual Decatur Book Festival will take place on Saturday, October 1, at First Baptist Church of Decatur and will include a keynote address on the night of September 30. The event will highlight selected authors with new fall publications, featured in fifteen sessions presented in three tracks: adult fiction, adult non-fiction, and children […]

The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) presents the 31st annual MJCCA Book Festival this November. Book lovers will have the opportunity to meet and interact with 40 bestselling authors at more than 35 events, including panel discussions, readings, and more. The festival is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities. 

Presented by LostintheLetters, a community-based creative writing organization, the Letters Festival in Atlanta celebrates emerging voices in contemporary literature with live readings and hands-on workshops. The festival is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

The 23rd annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival runs February 8–21 and will feature 60 films from 18 countries exploring identity, history, and culture. Georgia Humanities is a proud sponsor of the festival.

The Savannah Book Festival presents four days of in-person literary events in downtown Savannah, including keynote presentations, panel discussions, readings, and more. This year’s festival features more than 40 local and national authors. This program is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of readers, writers, and books featuring workshops, readings, and panel presentations by more than 20 nationally-recognized authors.  This program is sponsored by Georgia Humanities. 

The Save Your Spaces Festival celebrates Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQAI+, womxn, immigrant, and working-class community members working in historic preservation. The festival will feature workshops, discussions, performances, and more designed to inspire and activate engagement in local cultural heritage. This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Presented by Georgia State University – Perimeter College in partnership with Georgia Center for the Book, "Revival: Lost Southern Voices" is an annual festival that celebrates historically excluded, erased, or marginalized Southern voices. This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.