albany book festival

The Albany Book Festival, established in 2018, draws thousands of book lovers from across the Capital Region and beyond to an intellectually stimulating and dynamic daylong event on the University at Albany uptown campus that promotes literacy and fosters a love of reading among all ages.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.

The NYS Writers Institute at the University at Albany is excited to host the 7th Annual Albany Book Festival featuring a distinguished lineup of award-winning, bestselling, and regional authors and poets, including a Nobel Prize laureate.The event, free and open to the public, will take place on Saturday, September 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the University at Albany’s Uptown Campus.

One of the most anticipated events of each autumn is the Albany Book Festival. The 6th Annual event happens on Saturday, September 23 at the University at Albany.The New York State Writers Institute event features conversations with authors, panel discussions, readings, book signings, a children’s room with authors and activities, a meet and greet with nearly 100 local authors, and an exhibitor floor.

The New York State Writers Institute and UAlbany will be hosting the fifth annual Albany Book Festival at the college’s Uptown Campus, in the campus center on Saturday, September 17. The event will host more than 100 authors and poets, including Pulitzer-Prize-winning “Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau and National Book Award winner Susan Choi, among others.

The 4th annual Albany Book Festival is taking place this Saturday, presented by the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany. Readers, writers, editors, publishers and booksellers once again will meet in celebration of literature.For a full preview, we welcome Writers Institute Director, Paul Grondahl.

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This Saturday, September 29, The New York State Writers Institute presents The Albany Book Festival. A fun way to celebrate authors, books and readers,…