This holiday season, readers are invited to discover stories that comfort, challenge, and inspire—straight from the voices shaping the 2026 Lexington Book Festival.
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Save the Date: Lexington Book Festival- Saturday, March 21
Meet the minds behind some of your favorite books
Lexington Book Festival: Meet Lexington Book Festival author Jaki Shelton Green
Jaki Shelton Green is currently the ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina. In 2022, she was recognized by the Forbes Magazine 50 Over 50 Lifestyle List, 2021 UNC Chapel Hill Frank B. Hanes Writer in Residence, 2019 Academy of American Poet Laureate Fellow, 2019 NC Humanities Council Caldwell Award, 2014 NC Literary Hall of Fame Inductee, 2009 NC Piedmont Laureate appointment, and 2003 recipient of the NC Award for Literature. She recently retired from teaching Documentary Poetry at the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies.
Lexington Book Festival to host Battle of the Books Author Gita Varadarajan
Save Me a Seat, co-written with Sarah Weeks, is a favorite among young readers.
Tips for Attending the Lexington Book Festival
The book festival is a gathering of readers and writers. The Lexington Book Festival will feature authors in panel discussions, as well as several storytimes for young readers.
Jeffrey Blount: Award-winning author and director to be featured at March book festival
Jeffrey Blount’s latest novel, Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way (Beaufort Books), has taken the literary world by storm, earning the 2024 National Indie Excellence Award for African American Fiction, the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Award for African American Fiction, the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for General Fiction, and the 2024 American Book Fest Best Book Award for African American Fiction.
Local Book Festival draws large crowd
Despite a cold and rainy day, the Second Annual Lexington Book Festival on Saturday drew a large crowd of enthusiastic readers of all ages.
Press Release: Lexington Book Festival receives community engagement grant
The upcoming Lexington Book Festival will take place on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Arts Davidson County at 202 North Main Street in Lexington. This book festival is made possible by a grant from North Carolina Humanities, a statewide nonprofit and the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.