Albany Book Festival

About this event

This annual fall festival features bestselling authors, panel discussions, book-signing sessions, online workshops for aspiring writers, and areas dedicated to young-adult and children's books. Regional authors and poets join in open mic sessions.  Dozens of authors, bookstores, publishers, and literary organizations will be featured online.

Featured authors include:

• Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert, whose latest book, Life on a Little-Known Planet, explores the wonders and mysteries of life on Earth
• Pioneering feminist scholar Carol Gilligan
• Acclaimed novelist Gish Jen
• Historian Richard Brookhiser
• Legendary New York restaurateur Keith McNally, author of the new memoir I Regret Almost Everything

Panel discussions will explore topics shaping our world today, including:

• Climate and the natural world
• Iran and the Iranian American experience
• Irish and Irish American fiction
• Memoir
• Contemporary thrillers
• Toni Morrison's enduring literary legacy
• Women who challenge expectations
• Food and agriculture
• New York history
• The ongoing national conversation about transgender athletes in sports

Additional guests include:

• Namwali Serpell, award-winning novelist and critic (On Morrison)
• Porochista Khakpour, acclaimed novelist (Tehrangeles: A Novel)
• John Katzenbach, bestselling thriller writer (The Architect)
• Megan Nolan, Irish novelist (Ordinary Human Failings)
• Arash Azizi, political analyst (What Iranians Want)
• Kelly McMasters, memoirist (The Leaving Season)
• Betsy Lerner, literary agent and author (Shred Sisters)
• Katie Barnes, journalist (Fair Play: Trans Athletes and the Fight for Fairness)
• Bindu Bansinath, novelist (Men Like Ours)
• Kristin Lang, publishing executive and UAlbany alum who oversees global book acquisitions for Audible

https://www.albanybookfestival.com/