SOKY Reads!
Join us in our annual Community One Book Reading Project culminating in a visit from author Robert Beatty this October!
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Get a sneak peek at who’s coming to SOKY Book Fest this April! Check back often as we update the list.
View ArticleBook Review: Jay Asher’s “Thirteen Reasons Why”
Jay Asher is the author of Thirteen Reasons Why, The Future of Us (coauthored with Printz-honor winner Carolyn Mackler), and What Light (forthcoming in October 2016). Asher’s novels have been...
View ArticleBook Review: Margaret Verble’s “Maud’s Line”
Margaret Verble is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and has set her novel on her family’s allotment land. She currently lives in Lexington, KY, and Old Windsor, England....
View ArticleBook Review: Martina Boone’s “Compulsion”
Martina Boone was born in Prague and spoke several languages before learning English. Her first teacher in the U.S. made fun of her for not pronouncing the “wh” sound right, so she set out to master...
View ArticleBook Review: Martina Boone’s “Persuasion”
Martina Boone was born in Prague and spoke several languages before learning English. Her first teacher in the U.S. made fun of her for not pronouncing the “wh” sound right, so she set out to master...
View Article2017 Featured Author: Ann Patchett
On September 13, Ann Patchett’s latest novel, Commonwealth, will hit shelves. The book’s been popping up on “Most Anticipated” lists all summer, from Publisher’s Weekly to The Washington Post, included...
View Article2017 Featured Author: R.L. Stine
SOKY Book Fest intern here, with some exciting news! As a person who grew up reading these books (and still proudly displays them on her bookshelf), was extremely excited about the movie, and still has...
View ArticleHappy National Punctuation Day!
Are you a grammar geek? Do you love finding mistakes in books, articles, newspapers, etc? In honor of National Punctuation Day, we have put together a post of some of our favorite punctuation related...
View ArticleAuthor Interview: Sean Kinder
Sean at the Una Merkel mural in Covington, KY Sean Kinder made his authorial debut earlier this year after years of research and writing – the labor of love that is authorship. His book, titled, Una...
View Article2017 Authors: Middle Grade Fantasy
Hello all! We will be starting a new way of getting to know all the authors coming to the SOKY Book Fest. Every Wednesday we will have a selection of authors that will be featured that week. Read on to...
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