Thank you all for a wonderful 24th annual festival. A very special thanks to our authors and donors! And we have the best audiences in the world!

The 25th annual festival will take place October 16-18, 2026.

All 2025 festival events were recorded and are available on YouTube!  Subscribe free to the BLF You Tube channel here.

The Festival will host Ada Calhoun and Jessica Anthony on Thursday, February 12, 2026 for a virtual Literary Cocktail Hour at 5:00pm (EST). The event is FREE and open to the public. To register, click here