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Upcoming Events

April
24
Kentucky Writers’ Day

10 a.m. Kentucky Writers’ Day Ceremony, Brown-Forman Kentucky Room, Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, 100 W. Broadway St., Frankfort, Kentucky. Readings by Silas House, 2023-2024 Poet Laureate and former poet laureate Richard Taylor, Joe Survant, Sena Jeter Naslund, Maureen Morehead, Frank x Walker, George Ella Lyon, Jeff Worley and Crystal Wilkinson.
11 a.m. Public Reception, Brown-Forman Room Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and conversation with Kentucky writers.
1 p.m. Paul Sawyer Public Library, River Room The celebration continues! Paul Sawyer Library, 319 Wapping Street. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

May
01
2025 JBHF Book Award Submissions Open
May
22
2024 JBHF Book Award Book Launch

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lexington, Kentucky Location: TBA

June
23-28
JBHF Kentucky on the Road Program Launches

Ironwood Conference Hindman Settlement School A Residential/Creative Writing Workshop for High School Seniors

July
20-25
Appalachian Writers Conference

The Premier Literary Gathering of the Mountain South

October
JBHF 2025 Book Award Announcement Event
November
01
Kentucky Humanities Book Festival

Lexington, Kentucky

November
Berry Center – Arts and Letters Day

New Castle, Kentucky