Charleston Literary Festival

06/18/2026

Big news, Charleston! We’re thrilled to announce Philosophers & Fools as this year’s Official Festival Bookseller. ✨

Even more exciting, they’ve just been named one of the 10 Best Independent Bookstores in the country in the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards! 👏🏽

Congratulations to Jenny & Michael and the whole team at Philosophers & Fools!

06/18/2026

Thanks to Live 5 News & Palmetto Life for having us on earlier this week to chat about our upcoming Revolutionary Ideas Symposium.

Take a look and see what you can expect, we’ve got some incredible historians coming!

We’re one week away and tickets for individual sessions are still available.

charlestonliteraryfestival.com/revolutionary-ideas-symposium

06/16/2026

Describe your dream silent reading party with 3 emojis... Here are ours: 🇺🇸 🌳⛲️

Join us for our next Silent Reading Party in the park at American Gardens on Wednesday, July 1st, 5-6:30pm.

We’ll be gathering with our books on the first Wednesday of the month through the Festival. Hope to see you!

06/15/2026

Everyone’s talking about The Correspondent, and it’s not only because she won the Women’s Prize for Fiction a few days ago!

We’re so excited to welcome to Virginia Evans to the Festival this November. ✍️

06/12/2026

Your list just got a little longer... 👀

Pick up these books at your favorite indie bookstore this weekend, because these authors are coming to Charleston Literary Festival this November!

See the first 21 author names on our website and get your Festival Insider Pass now!

06/11/2026

Did you hear?! ✨ We’ve revealed the first names coming to this year’s Festival!

Among this year’s speakers are Pulitzer Prize winners, debut novelists, Nobel Prize finalists, a pioneering philosopher, New York Times Bestsellers and more.

It’s our biggest year yet!

Festival Insider Passes are on sale now at https://charlestonliteraryfestival.ticketspice.com/charleston-literaryfestival?t=facebook

06/09/2026

In 2017, Charleston Literary Festival held its first event. We chatted with our Senior Artistic Advisor Diana Reich about how things looked a little different back then. Since then, we’ve welcomed hundreds of world-class authors, thousands of book lovers, and built something we’re extraordinarily proud of.

This year’s 2026 Festival is our 10th festival... and we’re going to make it unforgettable.

Two more days and you’ll find out who’ll be joining us!

06/08/2026

If you caught Ken Burns at Spoleto Festival USA last month, you're already familiar with two of the speakers joining us for our SC250 Charleston | Revolutionary Ideas: Origins, Contexts, and Legacies of American Independence Symposium at Dock Street Theatre, July 24-25th!

We're a little over two weeks away!

8 speakers, including Maya Jasanoff and Vincent Brown featured in this epic documentary, 11 sessions and 2 whole days at Dock Street Theatre for a whole new perspective on the Revolutionary War.

Get tickets for single sessions or check out our 2-day passes while tickets are still available!
https://www.charlestonliteraryfestival.com/revolutionary-ideas-symposium

Official website: https://to.pbs.org/amrevpbs | AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, Sar...