The inaugural Greensboro Bound Literary Festival will feature over 70 authors in all genres, including Dan Pink, Naima Coster, Stacy McAnulty, Carmen Maria Machado, Kevin Powers, Beth Macy, Nikki Giovanni, and John T. Edge.

There will be panel discussions by Muslim, Latinx, LGBTQ, Transgender, and Undocumented writers.

We’ll have events for children and teens featuring Picture Book, Middle Grade, and Young Adult authors.

There will be craft workshops in a variety of genres, music events, performance poetry, a photography exhibit at Greensboro Project Space, and an exhibit of typewriters used by famous authors at the Greensboro History Museum.

There’s an opera! Women’s Arm Wrestling! A Puppet Show! Yoga! Llamas!

And every event is FREE.

You can find a downloadable schedule here and a link to our Festival App.

PLEASE NOTE: The Nikki Giovanni event on May 20 is free, but it does require a ticket. You can pick up your ticket at Scuppernong Books in downtown Greensboro, at our Information Booth on the days of the festival. To order online, click Tickets.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Greensboro Bound will take place May 18-20 at walk-able venues throughout downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, including the Greensboro Cultural Center, Guilford Central Library, the Greensboro History Museum, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, Triad Stage, and others. Each venue is no more than 10 minutes from another. There are restaurants, coffeeshops, and retail stores and ample parking in four parking decks close by.

Our Mission
Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival celebrates diverse voices from around the world, honors North Carolina’s long and varied literary traditions, and welcomes an inclusive community of readers from Greensboro and beyond.

Our Vision
Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival will bring outstanding writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, young-adult and children’s books to our community and into our schools. It will encourage committed readers to further engage with literature and spark new enthusiasm for reading among beginners. By promoting reading and civil public discussion, the Festival will bridge social and cultural divides across our city and region. Greensboro Bound will foster an understanding of writing as a process that allows free expression, deepens critical thought, and helps sustain a culture of inquiry and delight that is open to all.