By Erin Wood
Authors and presenters for the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival have been announced. The event, which will take place virtually from October 21-31, features nearly 70 national authors including Lauren Groff, Margaret Renkel, Charles Yu, Jaqueline Woodson, and local authors including Kevin Brockmeier and Crystal C. Mercer—among a robust roster of others.
Many formerly knew this celebrated festival as the Arkansas Literary Festival. The new name, Six Bridges Book Festival, reflects the six bridges connecting the downtown areas of Little Rock and North Little Rock as well as the new focus of bridging communities and bringing people together.
Can’t wait until October? Highlights and panels you might have missed from the 2020 Six Bridges Book Festival were recorded for posterity, and you can experience sessions with authors of local and national acclaim at sixbridgesbookfestival.org.
For more information about the Six Bridges Book Festival, please contact Brad Mooy at bmooy@cals.org or 501- 918-3098, or see the website at sixbridgesbookfestival.org.
Hot Springs native, Erin Wood is a writer, editor, and publisher in Little Rock. She owns and runs Et Alia Press (www.etaliapress.com). Wood is author of Women Make Arkansas: Conversations With 50 Creatives (April, 2019) and editor of and a contributor to Scars: An Anthology (2015).
