Nebraska Book Festival
This years Nebraska Celebration of Books festival has ended. Information on next year's festival to come.The event is free and open to the public, and will feature several Nebraska authors, and presentation of the Nebraska Center for the Book's Nebraska Book Awards, Mildred Bennett Award and Jane Geske Award.
The 2024 Nebraska Book Awards will honor authors and publishers of books with a Nebraska connection published in 2023.
The Jane Geske Award will be presented to honor an organization that exemplifies exceptional contributions to literacy, books, reading, libraries, or literature in Nebraska. The annual Jane Geske Award commemorates Geske's passion for books, and was established in recognition of her contributions to the well-being of the libraries of Nebraska. Jane Pope Geske was a founding member of the Nebraska Center for the Book, former director of the Nebraska Library Commission, and a long-time leader in Nebraska library and literary activities.
The Mildred Bennett Award recognizes an individual who made significant contributions to the fostering of the literary tradition in Nebraska. This annual award reminds us all of the literary and intellectual traditions that enrich our lives and mold our world.
This year marks the 20th year of the One Book One Nebraska program. We will be celebrating with an panel disscussion of several OBON authors and a memoir writing workshop facilitated by Larksong Writers Group to honor this year's book selection, Dancing with the Octopus: A Memoir of a Crime by Debora Harding. The announcement of the 2025 One Book One Nebraska book choice will conclude the festivities.
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The 2024 Nebraska Celebration of Books is sponsored by the Nebraska
Center for the Book and Nebraska Library Commission—with hospitality furnished
by Friends of
University of Nebraska Press and
Humanities Nebraska
supporting the One Book One Nebraska presentation.
For more information contact
Tessa Timperley, 402-471-3434 or 800-307-2665, or visit the Facebook
pages of the
Nebraska Center for the Book,
Nebraska Library Commission, and
One Book
One Nebraska.
Philosophy
The goal of the festival is to celebrate Nebraska’s literary heritage and contemporary authors and to stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the written word. By gathering together contemporary writing talent of our state, and those involved with the literary heritage of Nebraska, the festival provides an opportunity for participants to cultivate an understanding of our history and culture.
Festivals
Click on a year for event details, photos, festival programs, and more.
- 2023 June 10, Lincoln Foundation Garden & LCL Bennett Martin Branch, Lincoln
- 2022 No festival held in this year
- 2021 No festival held in this year
- 2020 No festival held in this year
- 2019 September 7, UNL City Campus Union, Lincoln
- 2018 August 25, UNL City Campus Union, Lincoln
- 2017 July 15, Union Plaza, Lincoln
- 2016 No festival held in this year
- 2015 April 25, UNO Community Engagement Center, Omaha
- 2014 April 25-26, UNO Thompson Alumni Center, Omaha
- 2013 April 5-6, UNO Thompson Alumni Center, Omaha
- 2012 March 31, Downtown Lincoln
- 2011 May 21, Downtown Lincoln
- 2010 No festival held in this year
- 2009 November 14, Downtown Lincoln
- 2008 October 17-18, Downtown Lincoln
- 2007 October 26-28, Downtown Lincoln
- 2006 October 6-7, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln
- 2005 October 7-8, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln
- 2004 September 17-18, University of Nebraska at Kearney
- 2003 October 24-25, Creighton University, Omaha
- 2002 September 13-14, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island
- 2001 September 21-22, Peru State College, Peru
- 2000 September 15-17, Beatrice & Lincoln
- 1999 September 17-18, Chadron State College, Chadron
- 1998 September 17-19, Wayne State College, Wayne
- 1997 No festival was held in this year
- 1996 September 20-21, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- 1995 September 22-23, University of Nebraska at Kearney
- 1994 September 22-24, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- 1993 September 17-18, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- 1992 September 25-26, University of Nebraska at Kearney
- 1991 September 28, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Related Links
- Nebraska Book Festival Official Website
- National Book Festival — Washington, DC