September 24-26 in Sioux Falls, SD

3 days. 1 city. More than 50 top authors!

Dave Eggers, Pete Dexter, Marilyn Johnson, Valyzhyna Mort, Patrick Hicks, Ann Bausum and more already confirmed for next year's Festival of Books in Sioux Falls. Stay tuned for more information!
               

About the Festival

Each year thousands of people converge on the annual South Dakota Festival of Books, aweekend-long event that features more than 40 well-known authors participating in book signings, presentations, panel discussions and readings. Authorpresentations areseparated into sixtracks: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children’s/young adult, history/tribal, and writer’s support.

Over the course of six festivals, many distinguished authors and cultural figures have attended, such as Marilynne Robinson, Ted Kooser, Sonia Monzano, Annie Proulx, Quincy Troupe, Dan O'Brien, Susan Power, Louise Erdrich, Pete Dexter, Greg Mortensen, and Ivan Doig; NPR hosts Carl Kassel, Neal Conan, and Juan Williams; and publishing industry representatives including Judy Hottensen, John Glusman, and Paul Cirone.