Willie Carver Jr., author of “Gay Poems for Red States”, at the Bookmarks Festival

251 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101

The Bookmarks Festival features author panels, where you get to hear 2-4 authors in conversation with each other, as well as book signings where you can meet the authors and get your books signed. You can purchase books from the Bookmarks Bookstore or the Bookstore Tent. There will be story times, family activities, food trucks, exhibitor booths, and more. You can choose your own adventure all day on Saturday, September 24!

The Festival will take place on Spruce and Poplar Streets in downtown Winston-Salem, in and around the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, as well as Calvary Moravian Church and Bookmarks’ Bookstore on Holly Avenue. See the Festival map for parking and the Winston-Salem Transit Authority website for more information on bus routes. If you’re traveling from out of town, use 251 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 for GPS directions to the Milton Rhodes Center. To download a festival map, click here.