The Bloomington Book Festival features writers from Bloomington and beyond (Jenn Cristy)
The Bloomington Book Festival runs Tuesday, October 29th through Saturday, November 2. It features two nights of keynotes. The Friday evening keynote begins with writer Michael Martone and is followed by a conversation between two poet-essayists: Ross Gay and Hanif Abdurraqib. Saturday evening is a conversation between writers Michael Koryta and Richard Chizmar. Other events include a panel on the “Life of A Book,” about the path a book takes to publication after it’s been written, writing classes, a local author book fair, and more. WFIU’s Alex Chambers sat down with founder Jenna Bowman to learn about how the festival got started. For more information, visit the Bloomington Book Festival’s website.