The IAMG Book Festival's official programming spans four stages and ten tents across the campus. Below is an overview of every track. The full session schedule with author assignments is published in early September.
Marquee conversations with the year's most talked-about authors and journalists. In-depth interviews, book premieres and moderated panels.
Novelists, debut voices and short-story writers in intimate 45-minute sessions with live audience Q&A.
Historians, memoirists, essayists and investigative journalists discussing craft and their most recent titles.
Featured poets, open readings and the annual IAMG Poet Laureate spotlight.
Cookbook authors and chefs cook live on stage — recipes, tastings, and signed cookbooks.
Storytimes, illustrator draw-alongs, the Storybook Parade and hands-on activities all weekend.
YA authors, writing workshops for teens and after-hours teen readings.
Ticketed craft sessions with established authors — plotting, revision, memoir, poetry and publishing pathways.
A downtown crawl through bars, bookstores and cafés — readings on every corner from 8pm to midnight.
Sunday-evening presentation of the annual IAMG Writer Award for lifetime contribution to literature.
Submissions for the 2026 Presenting Authors track are open through July. Publishers and authors may submit new titles for programming consideration. Selection is curated by the IAMG editorial committee.
Submissions Open · July