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For the most up-to-date author lineup and event schedule, visit kybookfestival.org

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he 41st annual Kentucky Book Festival returns to Joseph-Beth

TBooksellers in Lexington for a one-of-a-kind literary celebration. On Saturday, October 29, the festival will host 150 authors, including Jon Meacham, Barbara Kingsolver, Crystal Wilkinson, Wendell Berry, Silas House, and Geraldine Brooks. There is no admission fee to attend, and you’ll find plentiful parking at Lexington Green. Along with a packed schedule of events across multiple stages inside Joseph-Beth, we’ll also host family-friendly programs including story times, face-painting, and a costume contest. And, thanks to our generous sponsors, each child 12 and under can receive a voucher for a free book (terms on our website)! View the author lineup, additional festival events, and Saturday’s schedule at kybookfestival.org. We’re so grateful for the sponsors and partners who make the Kentucky Book Festival possible, including Joseph-Beth Booksellers; Hardscuffle, Inc; the Kosair Charities® Face It® Movement; Kentucky Monthly magazine; The Owsley Brown II Family Foundation; The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels; Kentucky Living magazine; Elite Graphics; Anonymous; Tallgrass Farm Foundation; Kentucky Soaps & Such; Lexington Green; University of Kentucky; Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet; Harshaw Family Foundation; Central Bank; Baird Private Wealth Management; Campbellsville University; LFUCG; Wildcat Moving; AARP Kentucky; Transylvania University; McClure Family Fund; Bryant’s Rent-All; Spalding University Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing; VisitLex; LG&E and KU Foundation; Morgan, Collins, Yeast & Salyer; Aldi; Commerce Lexington; Goodwood; WEKU; and WUKY! Table of Contents

WELCOME......................................31 KENTUCKY HUMANITIES BOARD & STAFF..............................32 2022 FESTIVAL EVENTS...................35 2022 AUTHOR LINEUP......................39 KBF SPONSORS & DONORS...........61

Sara V. Woods DIRECTOR, KENTUCKY BOOK FESTIVAL

JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING EVENING TO CELEBRATE THE

Kentucky Humanities 50th Anniversary

THE HAYLOFT AT HERMITAGE FARM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

$150 PER PERSON 6P COCKTAILS • 7P DINNER 8P A PERFORMANCE BY THE MCLAIN FAMILY BAND