Last year William Boyle discussed his new novel “Shoot the Moonlight Out” with Patrick Millikin and very special guest Willy Vlautin, who was an Oxford Conference for the Book panelist in 2019.
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Earlier this year, New York Times bestselling author Kate Clifford Lawson discussed voting rights and the impact of Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer. Larson will be at the Oxford Conference for the Book in conversation about “The Fight for Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer” with Ted Ownby at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 31 in the … Continued
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We’re so looking forward to having Jason Mott, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction (“Hell of a Book”), and Robert Jones Jr. (“The Prophets”), a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, here for the Oxford Conference for the Book. Their session is on Thursday, March 31, at 2:30 in the Overby … Continued
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The Oxford Conference for the Book returns to Oxford and the University of Mississippi March 30-April 1 as an in-person event. Conference sessions will be held on the UM campus and in downtown Oxford. “I’m so pleased to hold this conference in person this year,” said Jimmy Thomas, conference director. “We’ve put together an amazing … Continued
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Imani Perry is the keynote speaker for the Oxford Conference for the Book this year. Her session is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 in Nutt Auditorium and is free and open to the public. She will sign books after the talk next door at Memory House. She is featured in this week’s article in … Continued
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