The 2013 Big Orange Book Festival is expanding to three days of family-friendly fun and activities on Oct 11-13. After last year’s successful festival, we took stock of what you, our festival-goers, wanted for this year. Some of the most frequent questions our 2012 speakers received were “how did you get published, and what can… + read more

From fun facts and satire to more serious reflections, Americans never seem to tire of reading about America. The bestseller lists always seem to contain at least one book about the attitudes, traditions and the people that shape our country. In celebration of our country’s 237th birthday, we asked around for some recommendations on an… + read more

We’re spending our summer planning a full schedule of amazing authors, films and literary insiders for this year’s Big Orange Book Festival, and we will be posting about some of the authors and events in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we wanted to catch up with some of authors from last year that have… + read more

The Big Orange Book Festival is returning this fall; bigger, better and hopefully, with more brisk fall air than last year. This year’s book fest will feature the unique panels and lectures that made last year such a success, but we’ll be incorporating children’s and young adult events to make the fest a destination for… + read more

Steampunk is coming to the Big Orange Book Festival! We are honored to have two of the founding originators of this fantastical genre, James Blaylock and Tim Powers, speaking about the history, influence and progression of this popular style. So gather up your top hat and reading goggles, jump into your personal steam-powered zeppelin and… + read more