Kansas City Public Library Hosts Inaugural Heartland Book Festival

On October 7, 2023, we invited Missourians to "Find Your Story" at the inaugural Heartland Book Festival, a partnership with Missouri Humanities and the Missouri Affiliate for the Center for the Book. Festival goers explored story and literature through new photography exhibitions, musical and theater performances, panel discussions featuring local and national authors, creative pep talks, writing, tarot, collage, and print-making workshops, a featured presentation from international best selling author Karin Slaughter, and face time with celebrated children’s authors and illustrators.
The Heartland Book Festival is a partnership between the Kansas City Public Library, Missouri Humanities, and the Missouri Center for the Book. Learn more at heartlandbookfest.org.
Special thanks to our Heartland Book Festival sponsors: the Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Folly Theater, KC Streetcar, Heart of KC Foundation, the Missouri Arts Council, KCUR 89.3, and the Health Forward Foundation.