Plan Your Visit

We're planning big things for the 25th annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, October 11-13, 2013 at Legislative Plaza and the State Capitol in downtown Nashville. We hope you'll be a part of it!

The Festival is a free event with no registration or tickets required. Author sessions take place in the hearing rooms of the Tennessee Legislature, located beneath Legislative Plaza (main entrance at 6th and Union) and in the Tennessee Capitol Building (main entrance on Charlotte). 

All author signings take place in the Author Signing Colonnade, located at the top of the steps leading from Legislative Plaza to War Memorial Auditorium.

View a map of area parking options.

The 25th annual Southern Festival of Books dates and hours are: 
Friday, October 11, 2013: 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 12, 2013: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 13, 2013: 12:00  noon -5:00 p.m.

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View area hotels and special rates.

 Hotel Accommodations

Room blocks have been reserved at area hotels with discounted rates for Festival attendees. When making hotel reservations, make sure to let them know you are reserving in the Southern Festival of Books block in order to get discounted room rates. These blocks do have cut-off dates, so be sure to reserve early.

We have reserved blocks of rooms at the following hotels: (all links will open new pages from external websites)

Be sure to mention the Southern Festival of Books in order to get these special group rates.