The Savannah Book Festival is a literary festival held each February in Savannah, Georgia, and features authors as well as educational events. In the past, the festival has hosted best-selling authors Stephen King, James Patterson and David Baldacci, Pulitzer Prize winners Garry Wills, Geraldine Brooks and Isabel Wilkerson, National Book Award winner Ben Fountain, and Nobel Prize laureate Al Gore.
2014 Festival
editThe Seventh Annual Savannah Book Festival is Feb. 13-16, 2014 in Telfair Square and at the Trustees Theater in Savannah.
2013 Festival
editThe Sixth Annual Savannah Book Festival was Feb. 14-17, 2013 in Telfair Square and at the Trustees Theater in Savannah. On Feb. 14, 2013, humorist Dave Barry delivered the welcome address. On Feb. 15, 2013, thriller writer James Patterson delivered the keynote address.[1] On Feb. 17, 2013, political novelist David Baldacci delivered the closing address.[2]
Other 2013 authors included:
- Nobel Prize winner and former vice president Al Gore
- NBC Today co-host Hoda Kotb
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid series author Jeff Kinney
- Literary novelist T. C. Boyle
- Literary novelist and National Book Award winner Ben Fountain
- Presidential historian Evan Thomas
- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and religion writer Garry Wills
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Isabel Wilkerson
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist J. R. Moehringer
- CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper[3]
2012 Festival
editPublishers Weekly, the publishing industry's leading trade magazine, noted that the Savannah Book Festival "is carving a space for itself among the book festival big leagues."[4]
The 2012 author lineup included:
- Best-selling thriller writer Stephen King[5]
- Literary novelist Pat Conroy[6]
- Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson[7]
- Political thriller writer Brad Thor[8]
- James Bond series writer Jeffery Deaver[9]
- Pulitzer Prize-winning literary novelist Geraldine Brooks[10]
- Literary novelist Stewart O'Nan'[11]
2011 Festival
editThe 2011 author lineup included:
References
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- ^ "Savannah Book Festival 2012". The Coastal Source. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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- ^ "Savannah Book Festival Comes Of Age". Publishersweekly.com. 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Stephen King speaks at closing of Savannah Book Festival - WTOC-TV: Savannah, Beaufort, SC, News, Weather & Sports". Wtoc.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ BlueVoyageTV. "Pat Conroy Keynote speaker Savannah Book Festival 2012". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "VIDEO: Walter Isaacson's full Savannah Book Festival presentation at Trustees Theater". savannahnow.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Savannah Book Fest: Brad Thor visits Savannah Country Day students". savannahnow.com. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ Sickler, Linda (2012-02-11). "Savannah Book Fest: See 'James Bond' novelist Jeffery Deaver speak free Feb. 18". savannahnow.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Savannah Book Festival hosts Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks at May luncheon « Savannah Book Festival | Lose Yourself in Books". Savannahbookfestival.org. 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Appearances | The Works of Stewart O'Nan". Stewart-onan.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Karl Rove at Savannah Book Festival". The Coastal Source. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Academy Award in Fiction winner Lee Smith to Appear at 4th Annual Savannah Book Festival « Savannah Book Festival | Lose Yourself in Books". Savannahbookfestival.org. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn, to Appear at 2011 Savannah Book Festival « Savannah Book Festival | Lose Yourself in Books". Savannahbookfestival.org. Retrieved 2012-08-20.