2026 Festival Schedule

Trinity United Methodist Church Jepson Neises Auditorium The Otis S. Johnson, Ph.D. Cultural Arts Center Lutheran Church of the Ascension Sanctuary Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall First Baptist Church Sanctuary The Savannah Theatre

9:00 AM – 9:55 AM 10:20 AM – 11:15 AM 11:40 AM – 12:35 PM 1:00 PM – 1:55 PM 2:20 PM – 3:15 PM 3:40 PM – 4:35 PM

A'Lelia Bundles Aaron John Curtis Ace Atkins Amity Gaige Anthony Vinci Bennett Parten Brian Goldstone Caroline Fraser Chris Duffy Christopher C. Gorham Christopher Clarey Damian Duffy & John Jennings Daniel Pollack-Pelzner Edward J. Larson Fiona Davis Gary Shteyngart Ha Jin Jane Smiley Jeanine Cummins Jeneva Rose Kate Fagan Keith Rushing Kendra R. Parker Kevin Wilson Lindsey Kelk Madeline Martin Michael Cannell Michelle Young Nicholas Boggs Sarah Penner Scott Anderson Stacey Abrams Steve Oney Stories of Belonging: Home, Memory and Identity Susan Morrison The Voice of the Story: Inside the World of Audiobooks Tista S. Ghosh Tom Piazza Victoria Christopher Murray

Baldwin: A Love Story Before the Next Crisis: Untold Stories of Public Health and Why They Matter Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation Coded Justice Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters Descended: Searching for my Gullah-Geechee Roots Everybody Wants to Rule the World Harlem Rhapsody Heartwood Humor Me: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected, and Happy Joy Goddess A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of An Artist Living in the Present with John Prine Looking for Tank Man Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live Lucky Matisse at War: Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers Old School Indian On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR Parable of the Talents Run for the Hills Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation Speak to Me of Home The Amalfi Curse The Art Spy The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save America The Perfect Divorce The Secret Book Society The Stolen Queen The Three Lives of Cate Kay The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay The Witch and the Wolf There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America Understanding Octavia E. Butler Vera, or Faith