Charleston Literary Festival
Welcome to the Charleston Literary Festival. Let this year's stunning roster of speakers inspire you with transformative conversations on and off the Festival stages. With settings as historic as the Circular Congregational Church and the Dock Street Theatre, and book signings after most sessions, this is sure to be the cultural event of the South this fall.
For questions regarding ticketing, email us at enquiries@charlestonliteraryfestival.com. Student rates are available; email for further information.
Thu, Nov 2 at 6pm at Garden & Gun
Charleston Literary Festival Presents Uhtred’s Literary Feast
Fri, Nov 3 from 2pm - 3pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Claire Keegan with Fintan O'Toole: Small Things Like These
Fri, Nov 3 at 2pm at All venue locations
Charleston Literary Festival 2023: All-Session Access Pass (includes ticket to Opening Party)
Fri, Nov 3 from 4pm - 5pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Richard Ford with Regina Marler: American Odyssey
Fri, Nov 3 from 6pm - 7pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Adam Gopnik with Richard Brodhead: The Real Work
Sat, Nov 4 from 12pm - 1pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Rebecca Makkai with Anne Blessing: I Have Some Questions For You
Sat, Nov 4 from 2pm - 3pm at The Circular Congregational Church
A.O. Scott with Wenda Harris Millard: From Book Bans to Chatbots: Are We In A Reading Crisis?
Sat, Nov 4 from 4pm - 5pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Lorrie Moore with Summer Anderson: Grief and Ghosts
Sat, Nov 4 from 6pm - 7pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Simon Schama with Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein: Pandemics and Prejudice
Sat, Nov 4 at 8pm at Rivers Green at The College of Charleston
Opening Night Party: Books with a Bang!
Sun, Nov 5 from 12pm - 1pm at The Circular Congregational Church
John Wood Sweet with Jennet Robinson Alterman: The Sewing Girl's Tale
Sun, Nov 5 from 2pm - 3pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Tracy Kidder and Jim O'Connell with David Adams: Rough Sleepers
Sun, Nov 5 from 4pm - 5pm at The Circular Congregational Church
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor with Kim Long: Charleston READS! The Original Black Elite
Sun, Nov 5 from 6pm - 7pm at The Circular Congregational Church
The Aeolians: An Evening of Song
Tue, Nov 7 at 2pm at Dock Street Theatre
Peter Crane with Laura Gates: Perspectives on Nature
Tue, Nov 7 from 4pm - 5pm at Dock Street Theatre
Lucy Worsley with Belinda Gergel: An Elusive Woman
Tue, Nov 7 from 6pm - 7pm at Virtual Event
Margaret Atwood with Regina Marler: Old Babes In The Wood
Tue, Nov 7 from 7:30pm - 8:30pm at Dock Street Theatre
Joseph McGill and Herb Frazier with Felice Knight: Sleeping with the Ancestors
Wed, Nov 8 from 12pm - 1pm at Dock Street Theatre
Lucy Worsley with Peter Crane: Storied Sites
Wed, Nov 8 from 2pm - 3pm at Dock Street Theatre
Safiya Sinclair with Dr. Tamara Butler: How To Say Babylon
Wed, Nov 8 from 6pm - 7pm at Dock Street Theatre
James Kirchick and Harlan Greene with Bill Goldstein: Hidden Histories
Thu, Nov 9 at 12pm at Dock Street Theatre
P. Gabrielle Foreman, Glenis Redmond and Jonathan Green with Malika Pryor-Martin: Potted Poems: Praise Songs for Dave the Potter
Thu, Nov 9 from 2pm - 3pm at Dock Street Theatre
Simon Sebag Montefiore with Kate Bennett: The World
Thu, Nov 9 at 4pm at Dock Street Theatre
Martin Puchner with Geoffrey Harpham: Culture: The Story of Us
Thu, Nov 9 at 6pm at Dock Street Theatre
André Aciman, Karl Bakeman and James Barrat with Maria Pallante: Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
Fri, Nov 10 at 12pm at Dock Street Theatre
David Hare and Roberta Brandes Gratz with Anthony Wood: Legends and Legacies
Fri, Nov 10 at 2pm at Dock Street Theatre
Paul Harding and Edoardo Ballerini with Geoffrey Harpham: This Other Eden
Fri, Nov 10 at 6pm at Dock Street Theatre
Jeff Goodell, Susan Crawford, Faith Rivers James and Dale Morris with Henry Smythe: Is Charleston In Peril?
Sat, Nov 11 at 12pm at Dock Street Theatre
Patrick Bringley: All the Beauty in the World
Sat, Nov 11 at 2pm at Dock Street Theatre
James B. Stewart with Autumn Phillips: Dynasties
Sat, Nov 11 from 4pm - 5pm at Dock Street Theatre
Katherine Rundell with Edoardo Ballerini: Super-Infinite
Sat, Nov 11 from 7pm - 8pm at Dock Street Theatre
Dominic Dromgoole with Bill Goldstein: First Folio Felicitations
Sun, Nov 12 at 2pm at International African American Museum
Gary Younge with Kerri Forrest: Dispatches From The Diaspora
Sun, Nov 12 at 4pm at International African American Museum