Savannah Book Festival
The Savannah Book Festival is a literary festival held each February in Savannah, Georgia, and features authors as well as educational events. In the past, the festival has hosted best-selling authors Stephen King, James Patterson and David Baldacci, Pulitzer Prize winners Garry Wills, Geraldine Brooks and Isabel Wilkerson, National Book Award winner Ben Fountain, and Nobel Prize laureate Al Gore.
2014 Festival
The Seventh Annual Savannah Book Festival is Feb. 13-16, 2014 in Telfair Square and at the Trustees Theater in Savannah.2013 Festival
The Sixth Annual Savannah Book Festival was Feb. 14-17, 2013 in Telfair Square and at the Trustees Theater in Savannah. On Feb. 14, 2013, humorist Dave Barry delivered the welcome address. On Feb. 15, 2013, thriller writer James Patterson delivered the keynote address. On Feb. 17, 2013, political novelist David Baldacci delivered the closing address.Other 2013 authors included:
- Nobel Prize winner and former vice president Al Gore
- NBC Today co-host Hoda KotbDiary of a Wimpy Kid series author Jeff Kinney
- Literary novelist T. C. Boyle
- Literary novelist and National Book Award winner Ben Fountain
- Presidential historian Evan Thomas
- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and religion writer Garry Wills
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Isabel Wilkerson
- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist J. R. Moehringer
- CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper
2012 Festival
Publishers Weekly, the publishing industry's leading trade magazine, noted that the Savannah Book Festival "is carving a space for itself among the book festival big leagues."The 2012 author lineup included:
- Best-selling thriller writer Stephen King
- Literary novelist Pat Conroy
- Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson
- Political thriller writer Brad Thor
- James Bond series writer Jeffery Deaver
- Pulitzer Prize-winning literary novelist Geraldine Brooks
- Literary novelist Stewart O'Nan'
2011 Festival
The 2011 author lineup included:- Political strategist Karl Rove
- Literary novelist Lee Smith
- Literary novelist Karl Marlantes