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The St. John’s Cathedral Literary Festival is a celebration of the written word that aims to support literary interests within our East Tennessee Community. Festival events seek to connect readers of all ages and interest with authors through personal experiences.

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The Literary Festival will take place Saturday, March 15, 2025 at  St. John’s Cathedral, 413 W. Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville.   The Festival is a free event.  Noon Luncheon requires a  $25.00 reservation per person.

Please register by clicking the Event Registration button above.

You may add your Luncheon reservation there.

The luncheon speaker will be Sarah Loudin Thomas, Author and Director of Jan Karon’s Mitford Museum. 

Event Schedule

Saturday, March 15th, 2025

9:00 am to 3:00 pm

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9:00 am

Registration Opens

Book sales and Author signings

 

10:00 - 10:45 am

Author Breakout Sessions

  

Jim Haslam - Co-Piloting

 

Richard Herzog - Burro Run

 

Steven Lynn Bales - Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

 

Jack McElroy - Citizen Carl The Editor Who Cracked the Teapot Dome

 

 

11:00 - 11:45 am

Author Breakout Sessions

 

Sonja DeBois - Finding Schifrah: The Journey of a Child Holocaust Survivor

       

Lee Stockdale - Gorilla

 

​Jack Neely - A Look at James Agee 

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Panel Discussion - The Knoxville News-Sentinel

Fred Brown, Charlie Daniel, Sam Venable, and Georgina Vines

 

​Noon

Luncheon

(Reservation Required - $25)

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Speaker:  Sarah Loudin Thomas  - These Tangled Threads

 

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Keynote

 

Featured Speaker:  Becca Stevens - A Way of Tea and Justice

 

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Wine reception with book sales and author signings  â€‹â€‹

St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

413 W Cumberland Ave.

Knoxville, TN 37902

(865) 673-0893

info@stjohnscathedral.org

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Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 153

Knoxvillle, TN 37901-0153

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Parking Lot Address:

414 W Church Avenue.

Knoxville, TN 37902

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