2020 West Virginia Book Festival Postponed

Due to continuing issues with the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to postpone this year's WV Book Festival, scheduled for October 2 and 3.

We had a great lineup scheduled - 2 time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead, children's author Jon Scieszka, author and singer Josh Malerman, thriller writer Douglas Preston, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Eric Eyre, and WV author Denise Giardina, so it was a tough decision to make. But we felt it was important for the health and safety of presenters, sponsors, volunteers and guests to postpone this year's event until 2021.

Next year's Book Festival is scheduled for October 22 and 23, 2021 at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center and we are making every effort to reschedule all of this year's presenters for next year's event.

We look forward to having a great Festival next year!

We hope to see you there.

Read our official news release here.