KJ Dell’Antonia was, for years, living in New England and editing Motherlode, a column for the NY Times, but when she decided to write a novel, she drew on her childhood experience in Kansas. The Chicken Sisters is about a stormy, often humorous relationship between siblings who find themselves championing competing fried-chicken restaurants in the […]
Interested in books and Kansas? Here’s a video about our most recent Kansas Book Festival, which featured 50 authors with wonderful new books, including Angela Cervantes, author of the new novelization of the blockbuster Encanto, plus the amazing Aimee Nezhukumatathil with her inspiring book World of Wonders, a Barnes and Noble Favorite for 2021. The […]
Every year the Kansas Book Festival helps the State Library of Kansas to honor their selected Kansas Notable Books. We are delighted to announce the newly selected 2021 prize winners. Come to the 2021 Festival–on Saturday, September 18–to see the award ceremony and to hear from actual winners! In the meantime, you can click on […]
TOPEKA, March 22, 2021–Every March, the Kansas Book Festival grants $10,000 to Kansas libraries seeking to improve their book holdings or technology. This year’s grants, just released, will assist 11 public or school libraries across the state, from Midland Trail Elementary Library near the heart of downtown Kansas City all the way to the Greeley […]
We are enthused that Natalie Parker, author of the acclaimed Seafire fantasy series, has committed to come to the 2021 Kansas Book Festival with her brand-new novel about adventuring women seafarers, Stormbreak. Here is some of the praise the book has garnered from reviewers: “One of the year’s most anticipated new fantasies.” —Entertainment Weekly “One […]
To our delight, Aimee Nezhukumatathil has agreed to come as a featured author for our 10th Anniversary celebration of the Kansas Book Festival on September 18, 2021 at the Washburn University campus. Aimee’s new collection of nature essays, World of Wonders, has been selected by Barnes and Noble and National Public Radio as a Book […]
Planning has begun for the 2021 Kansas Book Festival, and a new Executive Director has been hired. Tim Bascom comes to the Festival from
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