Kentucky Book Fair, an iconic statewide event, to feature 180+ authors at KY Horse Park Nov. 17

Now in its 37th year, the Kentucky Book Fair is expanding to become the signature piece of a larger event, the Kentucky Book Festival.

Organized by Kentucky Humanities, the Kentucky Book Festival will span from November 12 to 17 and involve six days full of literary events around Lexington, culminating in Kentucky Book Fair on November 17 from 9 a.m.-to 4 p.m. at Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park.  The fair will feature more than 180 authors, including over twenty-five who have been published by University Press of Kentucky (UPK):  at the University of Kentucky Main Stage — Wendell Berry in conversation with Jon Parrish Peede, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The event will be moderated by UPK author Morris Grubbs, editor of Every Leaf a Mirror: A Jim Wayne Miller Reader.