2023
All events are free and open to the public, except for the opening-night authors' party. Tickets are available.
- Friday, March 24, 2023: warm-up event in Water Valley
- Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - Friday, March 31, 2023: Oxford
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| Friday, March 24th | ||
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| 6:00 PM |
Warm-Up Event: A Celebration of Hubert Creekmore's The Welcome Free and open to the Public Violet Valley Bookstore, 303 Main Street, Water Valley MS; Bozarts Gallery, 403 Main Street, Water Valley, MS 6:00 PM |
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| Wednesday, March 29th | ||
| 1:00 PM |
UM Campus Slavery Research Tour Don Guillory Lyceum steps, facing the Circle, University of Mississippi Campus 1:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
Museum Staff University of Mississippi Museum, corner of University Avenue and 5th Street 2:00 PM |
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| 6:00 PM |
Oxford Conference for the Book Authors' Party (Advance Ticket required) Ticket Holders Memory House, 406 University Avenue 6:00 PM |
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| 8:00 PM |
Reading Music: Last of the Better Days Ahead Charlie Parr Proud Larry's, 211 S. Lamar Blvd. 8:00 PM |
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| Thursday, March 30th | ||
| 9:30 AM |
Anjali Enjeti Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, University of Mississippi Campus 9:30 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Welcome Lunch (Free, Registration appreciated) Conference Attendees Archives and Special Collections. J. D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi Campus 11:00 AM |
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| 11:30 AM |
NBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards Deesha Philyaw Archives and Special Collections. J. D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi Campus 11:30 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Redefining Approaches to Cultural Tourism Celia E. Naylor Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, University of Mississippi Campus 1:00 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
Southern Lit 101: An Artists' Talk Cathy Fussell Southside Gallery, 150 Courthouse Square, on the Oxford Square 3:00 PM |
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| 4:30 PM |
Tarfia Faizullah Southside Gallery, 150 Courthouse Square, on the Oxford Square 4:30 PM |
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| 6:00 PM |
Thacker Mountain Radio and Book Signing Jim Dees The Graduate Oxford, 400 N. Lamar Blvd., just off the Oxford Square 6:00 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
Southern Lit 101: An Artists' Reception Cathy Fussell Southside Gallery, 150 Courthouse Square, on the Oxford Square 7:00 PM |
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| Friday, March 31st | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Conversations with Friends and Family Charles Reagan Wilson St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 113 S. 9th St., just off the Oxford Square 9:00 AM |
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| 10:30 AM |
Church-ish: On Literature, Blackness, and Christianity Kathryn McKee St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 113 S. 9th St., just off the Oxford Square 10:30 AM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Poetry Talk and Lunch (Free, Registration appreciated) Mahogany L. Browne Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library 12:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
The Violent Circle: The Art of Crime Fiction S. A. Cosby Lafayette County Courthouse, on the Oxford Square 1:30 PM |
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| 2:45 PM |
Julián Herbert Lafayette County Courthouse, on the Oxford Square 2:45 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Winners of the Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing Destiny O. Birdsong Off Square Books, 129 Courthouse Square, on the Oxford Square 4:00 PM |
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| 5:15 PM |
An Oxford Conference for the Book and Willie Morris Awards Celebration: Reception and Book Signing Conference Attendees Off Square Books, 129 Courthouse Square, on the Oxford Square 5:15 PM |
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| 9:00 PM |
Noir at the Bar: Readings and Music Ace Atkins Ajax Diner, 118 Courthouse Square, on the Oxford Square 9:00 PM |
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