The 4th Annual Albany Book Festival, presented by the NYS Writers Institute at the University at Albany, will be held Saturday, September...

“When you're writing a book, you're not really alone... When I wrote Dead Man Walking and I began to dig into the case of Pat Sonnier, I...

“Of course, who isn't a Maurice Sendak fan. Where the Wild Things Are is the classic of picture book literature. I do a whole thing with...

“I did not set out with any agenda with my work. I obsessively wanted to tell stories and there were certain things from my home life,...

“A green new deal is an absolute essential for human survival." —Noam Chomsky, in an interview with co-author Robert Pollin on their new...

Updates on Week Two of the Albany Book Festival Hundreds of book lovers have viewed online videos of author events posted on our YouTube...

Hello Friends, We're thrilled to launch our third annual Albany Book Festival with today's event: Novelist J. Courtney Sullivan in...

"Books possess a transformative power, perhaps more so during lockdowns and quarantine. Books can open our hearts. Books can change our...

One of the many awesome features of this year's Albany Book Festival -- kicking off Thursday and running through Thursday, Sept. 24 -- ...

"The dissidence now is much wider and more deeply rooted, and it’s found in sectors of the population that were excluded from the...

One is a detective story, the other offers an updated history. Both feature Native American life and culture as the core of their...

We're delighted to have National Book Award winner Colum McCann join us (online) for our upcoming Albany Book Festival September 10-24....

It's September 1 and that means it's Albany Book Festival month! Our third annual Albany Book Festival kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 10,...

One of the most anticipated events at the Albany Book Festival -- coming to you online September 10-24 -- will be an author-to-author...

We're using this space to highlight authors and books that'll be featured at our upcoming Albany Book Festival coming to you online...

We're using this space to highlight authors and books that'll be featured at our upcoming Albany Book Festival coming to you online...

HAPPENING A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR The NYS Writers Institute’s 3rd Annual Albany Book Festival will be held September 10 through 24...