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2024 Presenters
Myah Ariel
When I Think of You
Jedediah Berry
The Naming Song
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Shake It Off!
Kevin Brockmeier
The Ghost Variations
Anne Byrn
Baking in the American South
Kamilah Cole
So Let Them Burn
Garrard Conley
All the World Beside
Eli Cranor
Broiler
Phyllis R. Dixon
A Taste for More
Alice Driver
The Life and Death of the American Worker
Susie Dumond
Looking for a Sign
Brian Fairbanks
Willie, Waylon, and the Boys
Jen Fawkes
Daughters of Chaos
Samuel G. Freedman
Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights
Marcela Fuentes
Malas
Robin Preiss Glasser
The Verts
Jasmin Graham
Sharks Don’t Sink
Ayana Gray
Beasts of War
Jess Gutierrez
A Product of Genetics (And Day Drinking)
Peter Hoey/Maria Hoey
In Perpetuity
Gabino Iglesias
House of Bone and Rain
Danielle Bayard Jackson
Fighting for Our Friendships
Stephen Koch
From Almeda to Zilphia
Gwenna Laithland
Momma Cusses
Margot Livesey
The Road from Belhaven
Bettina L. Love
Punished for Dreaming
Sally Nixon
Let’s Go to the Mall: An ’80s Seek-and-Find
Toluse Olorunnipa
His Name Is George Floyd
Ann Patchett
The Verts & Tom Lake
Regina Porter
The Rich People Have Gone Away
Nate Powell
Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation & Fall Through
Santiago Jose Sanchez
Hombrecito
Manisha Sinha
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920
Carrie Sun
Private Equity
Boyce Upholt
The Great River
Debbie Urbanski
After World
John Vercher
Devil Is Fine
Elliott West
Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion
Isabel Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns & Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Crystal Wilkinson
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
Lana Williams
The Container Garden Recipe Book
Phillip B. Williams
Ours
Ilyon Woo
Master Slave Husband Wife
Randall Woods
John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People
Special Event
2024 Six Bridges Book Festival Sponsors
Broadway Bridge
Partners
Main Street Bridge
Rock Island Bridge
Junction Bridge
Baring Cross Bridge
I-30 Bridge
Host Committee: An Evening with Ann Patchett and Robin Preiss Glasser
Author Swag Bags
Lambrecht Gourmet Toffee, J&M Foods, Wicked Mix (Moonlight Mixes), Ozark Nuts, Yellow Rocket, Nexus, Oxford American, Stanley Jewlers (Laura Stanley), Rock Town Distillery
Support for the Six Bridges Book Festival is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is also supported in part by a grant from HumanitiesAR and the National Endowment for the Humanities and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Central Arkansas Library System gratefully acknowledges the support of the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau; the Brown Chair in English Literacy at the University of Arkansas and the Community Literacies Collaboratory; the Rebsamen Fund; and the many other donors and partners who make this festival possible. The Junior League of Little Rock is a partner for the Little Readers Rock events.
Joyce Elliott - 2024 Six Bridges Book Festival Chairperson
“Books have an incredible power to unite us, to connect our diverse experiences, and to ignite our imaginations. The Six Bridges Book Festival is more than a gathering of authors and readers; it’s a celebration of our shared love for stories and the communities they create.”
Senator Elliott has been a long-time friend of CALS. We were honored when she accepted our invitation earlier this year to serve as the chairperson for the 2024 Six Bridges Book Festival. Her dedication to education, unwavering support for the right to read, and commitment to bettering our community continue to inspire us. We wish her a speedy and full recovery.