The Savannah Book Festival (SBF), February 15-18, 2024, returns as one of the finest invitation-only literary festivals in the country. Now in its seventeenth year, SBF presents nationally recognized best-selling and debut authors to Savannah’s book loving community over the four-day weekend.

SBF’s main event is Festival Saturday. On February 17, 2024, over 30 authors will give presentations from 9:00 am to 5:55 pm at historic venues in and around historic downtown Savannah. Details about presenting authors and their books can be found at savannahbookfestival.org.

John Berendt, author of the acclaimed, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil returns to SBF as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the book that had a major impact on Savannah.

The Festival Saturday lineup includes some of the most popular books of 2023:

Goodreads CHOICE AWARDS 2023 Winner for Best Science Fiction The Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

Goodreads CHOICE AWARDS 2023 Nominee for Best Humor How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key

Goodreads CHOICE AWARDS 2023 Nominee for Best Fiction and Best Debut Novel Pineapple Express by Jenny Jackson

NPR’s Top 10 Books of the Year Absolution by Alice McDermott
The New Yorker magazine’s Best Books of 2023 Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips

Amazon’s Top 20 Books of the Year The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime and a Dangerous Obsession

Festival Saturday is a free event made possible with the generous support of sponsors and Literati members.

Join us on Festival Saturday along with over 20 additional authors presenting as we celebrate the written word, and the role literature plays to improve the human experience.

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literacy and the love of books. SBF presents best-selling and emerging authors at a four-day Presidents Day weekend event featuring talks by dozens of authors. Festival Saturday, February 17th, which is free and open to the public from 9 am to 5:30 pm, showcases over 30 authors in locations in and around downtown Savannah. For more information, please contact Executive Director Tara Setter at 912.598.4040, [email protected] or visit www.savannahbookfestival.org.