Upcoming events
Arkansas Author’s Children’s Book Fest
The Youth Advocate Resource Network (YARN) proudly presents the Second Annual Arkansas Authors’ Children’s Book Festival! This family-friendly event celebrates literacy, creativity, and the power of storytelling through diverse children’s authors and illustrators from across the state.
With the theme “Learning to Read – Reading to Learn: Discovering Your Superpower Through Literature,” children and families will enjoy interactive sessions, author meet-and-greets, artist demonstrations, educational programming, and entertainment for all ages.
The festival is free and open to the public, with food available for purchase from local food trucks. Attendees can also register for library cards, explore the bookstore corner, and connect with community literacy partners.
Date: April 18, 2026
Time: 10 AM – 2 PM
Location: UCA Brewer Hegeman Conference Center
Author Visit/StoryTelling
Roy & Christine Sturgis Library of Cleveland County, 203 W. Magnolia, Rison, AR
Author Visit/Story Telling
Malvern-Hot Spring County Library, 202 East Third Street
Malvern, AR
Author Visit/StoryTelling
William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange Street, North Little Rock
StoryTime & Collage Art
Elizabeth Jones Library, 1050 Fairfield Ave, Grenada, Mississippi
Library of Congress National Book Festival
The 2024 National Book Festival will be held in the nation’s capital at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, August 24, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 a.m.). The event is free and open to the public. A selection of programs will be livestreamed online and videos of all programs will be available shortly after the Festival.
Library of Congress Centers for the Book Choose ‘Great Reads’ Titles for Each State, Territory for 2024 National Book Festival
Book Lists for Kids and Adults Reflect America’s Diverse Local Literary Heritage
The 56 affiliated Centers for the Book of the Library of Congress have chosen books, called Great Reads, that will be recognized at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival, the Library announced today.
Every year since 2002, these Library affiliates have chosen a book to celebrate at the Book Festival in the Library’s Roadmap to Reading -– a vast space at the festival where every center has a table to promote their book choices as well as other aspects of their state’s or territory’s unique literary heritage. Each Center for the Book affiliate chooses its Great Reads titles. This year, Cypress Knees and Tupelo Trees will be representing Arkansas at the festival!
Delta Arts Festival
Newport, AR
The Delta Arts Festival knows that creativity comes from people of all backgrounds and enriches our lives as we enjoy seeing, hearing, and experiencing the world through someone else's unique vision. The Delta Arts Festival has the goals of bringing quality art and literature to the Delta, celebrating the art and literature that is created in the Delta, and to inspire new generations of musicians, authors, filmmakers, and artists.
Bernice Garden Farmers Market
Location:
The Bernice Garden
1401 Main Street (corner of Daisy Gatson Bates and South Main)
Little Rock, AR 72202
Bernice Garden Farmers Market (Copy)
Location:
The Bernice Garden
1401 Main Street (corner of Daisy Gatson Bates and South Main)
Little Rock, AR 72202
Bernice Garden Farmers Market
Location:
The Bernice Garden
1401 Main Street (corner of Daisy Gatson Bates and South Main)
Little Rock, AR 72202
East End Creates Craft Market
Local craft market located at The Crossing at Angel Court at 1041 Angel Court in East End, AR.
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Garvan Woodland Gardens Book Trail
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Spring Wings Event Grenada, Mississippi
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Millie Brooks Library StoryWalk
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Windgate Visual Arts Activity
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Windgate Artist
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Palmetto Island State Park Louisiana StoryWalk
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School Visit
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Crankie Theater
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