Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, featured reader Sarah Carson will be unable to join us at the festival this year. We hope to welcome her to Flint at the next good opportunity, and encourage you to check out Buick City and Sarah’s Read More
There’s a lot going on this weekend! This blog entry can be your one stop to find out everything essential! Programs will also be available for free at the library during the event. WHAT’S GOING ON WHEN? Friday, July 21 At the Read More
On Saturday, July 22nd, events with the Flint Literary Festival will be running from 10 AM until 7:30 PM at the Flint Public Library. If you are planning to stay and enjoy most of the day’s programming, you will probably get hungry Read More
The Flint Literary Festival cordially invites the public to join us at our first ever Open-Mic Night at Flint’s storied Golden Leaf Club, the oldest blues bar in the city, 1522 Harrison St. from 8 PM on Friday, July 21st. Guests Read More
Our program for our panel discussions… is complete! Come join us in the Main Reading Room of the Flint Public Library, 1026 E. Kearsley Street, for a series of discussions with scholars, writers, and publishers. Please take a look at our program Read More
Featured reader Christopher Paul Curtis will be will be reading alongside Sarah Carson at 6 PM, Saturday July 22nd at the Flint Public Library. From Mr. Curtis’ website: The second oldest of five siblings, Christopher was born and raised in Flint, Read More
Our program for our book fair… is complete! Writers and publishers from Flint and Michigan will host tables with information on their programming, activities, books for sale. Please take a look at our program below and scroll further for some more information Read More
Featured reader Kelsey Ronan will be will be reading alongside Christine Maul Rice at 6 PM, Friday July 21st at the Flint Public Library. Kelsey Ronan grew up in Flint, Michigan. Her fiction and journalism have appeared or are forthcoming in Read More
Award-winning novelist Christine Maul Rice will conduct a free fiction-writing workshop during the Flint Literary Festival, July 21-22, at the Flint Public Library. Rice, award-winning author of Swarm Theory, will help writers discover their oral and written voices in the “Generative Writing Workshop.” Read More
One of our 2017 featured readers, Christine Maul Rice will be reading alongside Kelsey Ronan at 6 PM, Friday July 21st at the Flint Public Library. Christine’s debut novel Swarm Theory was recently named a finalist in the Chicago Writers Association Best Read More