Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge

The Louisiana Book Festival returns on Saturday, October 28 to Downtown Baton Rouge’s Capitol Park. Featuring more than 250 authors and panelists discussing their books and more than 100 programs, the 2017 festival includes the Young Readers Pavilion, where children and parents can enjoy storytelling, book-related crafts, and performances; Teen HQ, featuring bestselling and award-winning young adult authors and activities; live musical performances; cooking demos; scores of author and panel book talks and signings; and a wide variety of book-related activities and exhibitors. The free festival takes place from 10am to 5pm. Click here for more information.

The festival is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.