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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News & Updates
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...
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
Thanks to our official
Festival Bookseller:
And our independent
bookseller partner:
