Bookstock is the largest annual local authors’ festival in Memphis, proudly sponsored by our wonderful Friends of the Library!
Author applications for 2026 are now closed. If you’re interested in participating in 2027, we’d be happy to add you to the waitlist—please email Blake.McVey@memphistn.gov.
Oge Mora
Caldecott Award Winner of Thank You, Omu! Author of Saturday and Illustrator of I’m From
Emily Yellin
Co-author of Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love (with Reverend James Lawson Jr.)
Otis Sanford
Author of Newsman: The Road from Route 2 Box 9
Pictures from Bookstock 2025!
Pictures from Past Bookstock Festivals
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