Volunteer

Your featured title will be the primary title associated with your profile at this event. We will attempt to include it on web and print materials when promoting your attendance. The featured title should be recently published (within 1 year), available through a national distributor (e.g., Ingram and Baker & Taylor), and coded as returnable through the distributor with an ISBN and a bar code.

Self-published titles and works published through a vanity or joint venture press, a subsidy publisher, a print-on-demand service, or by the author of the book, will be only accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers partners with this event and handles all book ordering and on-site sales. Unless notified, you will NOT need to supply your own books for sale. We will stock plenty of your featured title along with a selected backlist. You will have the opportunity later in this application to specify a preferred backlist.

Sponsored by Dollar General

This year, writing workshops will occur both Friday and Saturday as part of our annual Kentucky Writers Conference. These sessions are writing-intensive and can focus on specific details about writing, publishing, editing, character development, etc. The Coordinator will contact you with more details should you want to teach. See Kentucky Writers Conference for more information and schedule details.

Workshops are group sessions (30-75 people) that last approximately 1 hour. Presentation technology is available in the classrooms. Each room has a projector, Windows PC, and VGA laptop display connection. We encourage interactive presentations. Unfortunately we do not have the staffing to provide individual tech support for your presentations. Handouts can printed beforehand by the Book Fest coordinator if requested at least 2 weeks prior to the event.

There are a limited number of panels and workshop sessions available. If selected to participate, the coordinator will contact you directly.

Teen & Children's Day is a Friday only event for illustrators and authors of children's literature (picture books, middle grade, young adult, etc.). Authors will make presentations, sign copies of their books, and be available to discuss their work one-on-one with elementary through high school age students. Authors who participate in Teen & Children's Day are invited to sign and sell books both Friday and Saturday.

Panels are ~1 hour sessions for 4-5 authors to discuss and interact with general attendees. Workshops are ~1.5 hour interactive writing sessions with 10-50 middle to high school age students.

There are a limited number of panels and workshop sessions available. If selected to participate, the coordinator will contact you directly.

Panels on Saturday are ~1 hour sessions for authors to discuss their work and interact with general attendees. Discussions typically last 45 minutes with a 15 minute Q&A with the audience at the end of each session. Panels are hosted by volunteer moderators with 4-5 authors addressing groups of 30-75 people.

There are a limited number of panels sessions available. If selected to participate, the coordinator will contact you directly.