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Congratulations to two authors participating in the upcoming Oxford Conference for the Book (March 29-31). Both Jonathan Escoffery and Alejandro Varela are PEN America Literary Awards Longlisters. Jonathan Escoffery has made the longlist for both the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the 2023 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection for his book, … Continued

Among literature enthusiasts, it’s no secret that Oxford, Mississippi, has long been a magnet for writers. This spring, their numbers will multiply as more than thirty of the nation’s leading and emerging authors, poets, scholars, and artists gather for the annual Oxford Conference for the Book. Across the University of Mississippi campus and the city’s … Continued

The schedule for the Oxford Conference for the Book is now live on this website! Visit the Schedule tab at the top of this page to see what we’ve got planned for this year!

The Oxford Conference for the Book is announcing a free, OCB-sponsored concert at Proud Larry’s by author-songwriter Charlie Parr (Last of the Better Days Ahead) on March 29, the opening night of the Twenty-Ninth Oxford Conference for the Book. Order tickets here. The show is cosponsored by Dial Back Sound in Water Valley, Miss.  

Elementary school students will be encouraged to love reading thanks to a University of Mississippi endowment paying tribute to the late Elaine Hoffman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, remembered for her great passion for education and the arts. The Elaine Hoffman Scott Memorial Endowment and the Elaine Hoffman Scott Memorial Fund, both which will support … Continued