2026
All events are free and open to the public, except for the opening-night authors’ party, which requires a ticket.
Poster image: "Soybean Neon" by Charlie Buckley
| 2026 | ||
| Tuesday, March 24th | ||
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| 5:30 PM |
Prologue: Warm-Up Event Launch Party and Reading Aimee Nezhukumatathil Off Square Books (129 Courthouse Square) 5:30 PM |
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| Wednesday, March 25th | ||
| 6:00 PM |
Ann J. Abadie Lecture in Southern Studies: Janisse Ray Janisse Ray Nutt Auditorium 6:00 PM |
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| 7:00 PM |
Oxford Conference for the Book Authors’ Party (Advance Ticket Required) Conference Attendees Memory House (406 University Ave.) 7:00 PM |
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| Thursday, March 26th | ||
| 9:30 AM |
Jay Wesley Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics 9:30 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Library Welcome Lunch and Conversation Sarah Thankam Mathews Baxter Room, J.D. Williams Library 11:00 AM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River Raid Edda Fields-Black Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics 1:00 PM |
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| 2:30 PM |
Addie E. Citchens Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics 2:30 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Flash!’: Micro-Memoirs and Flash Writing Steve Almond Southside Gallery (150 Courthouse Square) 4:00 PM |
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| 6:00 PM |
Thacker Mountain Radio and Book Signing Tom Junod Powerhouse Community Arts Center (413 S. 14th Street) 6:00 PM |
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| Friday, March 27th | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Children’s Book Festival: 1st grade Sarah Frances Hardy Gertruce C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts 9:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Children’s Book Festival: 5th grade Lindsay Currie Gertruce C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts 11:00 AM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Flash Class: Learn to Write Small While Lunching Beth Ann Fennelly Lafayette County-Oxford Public Library (401 Bramlett Blvd.) 12:00 PM |
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| 1:30 PM |
Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries Nicholas Lemann Off Square Books (129 Courthouse Square) 1:30 PM |
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| 2:45 PM |
Book Publishing: Inside and Out Michael Reynolds Off Square Books (129 Courthouse Square) 2:45 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
Closing Reception and Book Signing Jeff Colburn Off Square Books (129 Courthouse Square) 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 PM |
The Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing Susan Gregg Gilmore Off Square Books (129 Courthouse Square) 4:00 PM |
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