Welcome to the Savannah Book Festival!

February 6 – 9, 2025

The Savannah Book Festival (SBF) is an annual event, free and open to the public, in celebration of the written word and its role in improving the human experience. Our mission is to promote reading, writing and civil conversation. Since the first Savannah Book Festival in 2008, SBF has presented an array of nationally-acclaimed authors to crowds of book-loving attendees through our ticketed Headline Addresses and free Festival Saturday.

Our four-day Festival takes place in Savannah’s Historic District against a backdrop of stunning historic buildings, cascading Spanish moss, and blooming Azaleas. Each year, over 9,000 people join us for three ticketed Headliner Address events and for our free Festival Saturday.

Festival Saturday presentations take place in museums, churches, and theaters in and around the historic Telfair and Chippewa Squares in the heart of Downtown Savannah. Our lineup of nationally-recognized authors from wide-ranging genres give 30-minute solo presentations on their creative process, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

 

The 2024 Festival brought the master of mystery Ruth Ware to provide the Opening Address, Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle, to provide the Keynote Address, and Barnes & Noble’s Author of the Year David Grann to deliver the SBF Closing Address. Headliner Addresses are ticketed events presented in the Historic Trustees Theater in Downtown Savannah.

Headliners give a 45-minute presentation on their creative process and life as a writer, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Sponsors and Literati members receive guaranteed access to Headliner Addresses. Tickets to Headliner Addresses are $30.

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Submissions for the 2025 Festival Are Open

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4 days ago
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Join The Book Lady Bookstore and Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home in celebrating 2024 Local Author Day and the 99th Birthday of Flannery O'Connor! 🦚📚

On Sunday, March 24, Lafayette Square will host peacock crafts with Live Oak Public Libraries, a Flannery look-alike contest, a Panhandle Slim exhibition & silent auction, chicken-cornhole, a Moon River Opera sing-along, Starlandia craft and sign-making table, Sweet Thunder Band at the peacock bandshell, and so much more.

Oh, and over 40 AUTHORS selling their latest books and sharing their writing process. You won't want to miss it. For more information, visit thebookladybookstore.com/events. ✨

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Join The Book Lady Bookstore and Flannery OConnor Childhood Home in celebrating 2024 Local Author Day and the 99th Birthday of Flannery OConnor! 🦚📚

On Sunday, March 24, Lafayette Square will host peacock crafts with Live Oak Public Libraries, a Flannery look-alike contest, a Panhandle Slim exhibition & silent auction, chicken-cornhole, a Moon River Opera sing-along, Starlandia craft and sign-making table, Sweet Thunder Band at the peacock bandshell, and so much more.

Oh, and over 40 AUTHORS selling their latest books and sharing their writing process. You wont want to miss it. For more information, visit thebookladybookstore.com/events. ✨

#FlanneryOconnor #SavannahGA #SavannahBookFestival #LocalAuthors #LocalAuthorDay #Event #SavannahMasterCalendar #LafayetteSquare

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Oh, how I wish I could. Love Miss Flannery!

1 month ago
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Today we are highlighting a Festival Saturday author local to Savannah, whose debut coming-of-age YA novel takes place in Savannah. This Keith F. Miller, Jr., and his debut novel, Pritty. 🌸

On the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be—tough, athletic, and in charge—Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy.

Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye of the boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isn’t about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors over the murder of a young Black journalist and long-brewing territory tensions hang like a dark cloud over his neighborhood...

Keith F. Miller, Jr. is an award-winning educator, artist, and researcher who studies healing literacies and their role in supporting BIPOC communities in healing, growing, and thriving through trauma. The founder of Healing By Any Means, LLC, Keith’s work powers people, projects, and healing-centered research in service of systems and narrative change through the arts. He is an executive producer of Pritty: The Animation and current M.F.A candidate in creative writing at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. He will be speaking at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall at 3:40 PM on Saturday, February 17. For more information on 2024 Festival Saturday, visit savannahbookfestival.org. 📚

#KeithFMiller #SavannahBookFestival #SBF2024 #Authors #Books #Bookstagram #BookTok #SavannahGA #Pritty #YAFiction #LocalAuthor #Novel #Fiction #Pride #SavannahPride #LGBTQ
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Today we are highlighting a Festival Saturday author local to Savannah, whose debut coming-of-age YA novel takes place in Savannah. This Keith F. Miller, Jr., and his debut novel, Pritty. 🌸

On the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be—tough, athletic, and in charge—Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy.

Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye of the boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isn’t about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors over the murder of a young Black journalist and long-brewing territory tensions hang like a dark cloud over his neighborhood...

Keith F. Miller, Jr. is an award-winning educator, artist, and researcher who studies healing literacies and their role in supporting BIPOC communities in healing, growing, and thriving through trauma. The founder of Healing By Any Means, LLC, Keith’s work powers people, projects, and healing-centered research in service of systems and narrative change through the arts. He is an executive producer of Pritty: The Animation and current M.F.A candidate in creative writing at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. He will be speaking at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall at 3:40 PM on Saturday, February 17. For more information on 2024 Festival Saturday, visit savannahbookfestival.org. 📚

#KeithFMiller #SavannahBookFestival #SBF2024 #Authors #Books #Bookstagram #BookTok #SavannahGA #Pritty #YAFiction #LocalAuthor #Novel #Fiction #Pride #SavannahPride #LGBTQ

We appreciate the support of our Chairperson’s Circle Sponsors:

The Philip E. and Nancy B. Beekman Foundation

David & Nancy Cintron

Robert Faircloth

Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation

Betsy Lancaster

Drs. Mickey and Kristin Ott

Gerald D. & Helen M. Stephens Foundation

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