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Book-It Tuesday Is Here!

The 2025 Savannah Book Festival is fast approaching and “Book-It Tuesdays” – our page-turning parade of weekly announcements for Festival Saturday authors has begun. Each Tuesday we will continue to announce new authors until the end of November, when all authors have...

Headliner Addresses Live on SBF YouTube

Relive the magic of SBF 2024 — Click below to watch Opening, Keynote, and Closing Address from the 17th Annual Savannah Book Festival! Ruth Ware — Opening Address Jeannette Walls — Keynote Address David Grann — Closing Address Access even more Headliner recordings by...

Spring Simon & Schuster’s 2024 AuthorFest!

Join TJ Alexander, Kaliane Bradley, & Jackie Lau in conversation with Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the duo behind the romance power-house Christina Lauren.   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24th at 7PM ET/ 6 PM CT / 4 PM PT VIA ZOOM   From fake relationships to...

Submissions for the 2025 Festival Are Open

The Savannah Book Festival is one of the finest invitation only literary events in the country. Whether you are a published author, a publicist, or simply an avid book reader, you can fill out the digital form linked below to nominate yourself or your favorite author...

SBF 2024 Is in the Books

The 2024 Savannah Book Festival was our most successful yet! Our attendance numbers continue to climb, and our social media engagement is more active than ever. The feedback we receive in our surveys informs our decisions and helps us to improve. Here's the link to...

New This Year: Panel Discussions

We are trying something new at the 2024 Savannah Book Festival. For the first time in the history of SBF we will have two panel discussions. We have scheduled two panels for Festival Saturday in the afternoon.  All of the authors participating in the panelists will...

Festival Saturday Schedule Is Live

The wait is over! We have posted the Festival Saturday schedule. We have added links to the schedule so that you can click on the authors names to go to their pages and learn about their books. Please note we have added a new location this year. The Cultural Arts...

General Admission Headliner Ticket Sales Begin January 11, 2024

Plans for the 2024 Savannah Book Festival are complete! We are pleased to announce that general admission tickets to the Opening, Keynote and Closing Address events go on sale Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. To buy tickets, please visit our homepage on...

Volunteer Registration is Now Live for the 2024 Festival!

Registration is now open to volunteer at the 2024 Savannah Book Festival! New volunteers can find the application here or visit our Volunteer page for more information. Returning volunteers can log in here to sign up for a shift, as well as update any contact...

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