Jax Book Fest is back and better than ever! Join us for not one but two bold, bookish days – back-to-back this September 22-23 at the Main Library!

This year, we’re adding a WRITER’S DAY on Friday with FREE workshops on writing and self-publishing, networking opportunities with local writer’s groups and so much more! Plus, we’ll have an awesome lineup of bestselling and local authors on Saturday for the MAIN EVENT!

Featured Authors We are excited to announce that Joe Hill, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2, Horns, The Fireman, Heart-Shaped Box and Strange Weather will be joining us at Jax Book Fest 2023 as our keynote Lit Chat speaker!

Joe Hill’s horror stories have received many adaptations across movies and television including the hit movie The Black Phone! To read the short story that inspired this 2021 horror/thriller, check out Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts. Hill is also the co-creator of the Eisner Award-winning series Locke & Key, now streaming on Netflix!

But that’s not all! We are equally excited to announce that Angeline Boulley, the New York Times bestselling author of the young adult novel that took BookTok by storm, Firekeeper’s Daughter, and Dan Santat, the Caldecott Medal award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator best known for his children’s book The Adventures of Beekle: The Imaginary Friend, will also be joining us on September 23!