NC Book Festival

Dates and Times for this Past Event

• Sunday, Feb 23, 2020  Times Vary
• Saturday, Feb 22, 2020  Times Vary
• Friday, Feb 21, 2020  Times Vary

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The NC Book Festival provides a wide variety of audiences access to a diverse slate of local, national, and international writers and artists.

Formerly hosted on a rotating basis by the libraries at NC State, UNC-CH, and Duke, the festival will now take place at venues throughout Raleigh, including Kings, Neptunes, HQ Raleigh, NC State University’s Hunt Library, Quail Ridge Books, So & So Books, and others. See the full schedule on their website.

Featuring readings, panels, demonstrations, and lectures from award winning presenters and performers, the festival will showcase both traditional and non-traditional genres such as comic books and graphic novels. 

Another core element to this year’s festival is the book fair. A platform for local presses, authors, and vendors, the book fair will foster an appreciation for, and a familiarity with, the people and organizations who advocate for the authors and artists we love and produce and distribute the work that is so important to our cultural lives.

About the Co-Hosts:

Jason Jefferies is the host of the podcast Bookin’, which features interviews with local, award-winning and bestselling authors.  He is the General Manager for Quail Ridge Books, and was previously the Event Coordinator for the North Carolina Literary Festival at the NC State University Libraries.  He lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife Claire and his son Van.

Chris Tonelli is a founding editor of the independent poetry press, Birds, LLC, and he curates the So & So Series and edits So & So Magazine. He is the author of five chapbooks and two full- length collections, most recently Whatever Stasis (Barrelhouse Books). He works in the Libraries at NC State and co-owns So & So Books in Raleigh, NC where he lives with his wife, Allison, and their two kids, Miles and Vera.