KENTUCKY AUTHOR FORUM CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH KARA SWISHER, SCOTT TUROW, ERIK LARSON, AND NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
Press Release: Kentucky Author Forum
For three decades Kentucky Author Forum has created opportunities for audiences to engage with distinguished writers and thinkers through thoughtful, in-depth conversations about their work, ideas and the issues shaping contemporary life. Now celebrating its 30th season, the nationally recognized, local program has presented three SOLD OUT events featuring John Grisham, Andy Beshear and Timothy Snyder. KAF continues its milestone season with Kara Swisher and Scott Turow on December 8th. Bestselling authors Erik Larson and Nathaniel Philbrick will conclude the season on January 27th.
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The milestone season holds special significance for Mary Moss Greenebaum, who founded Kentucky Author Forum in 1996.
“When we began Kentucky Author Forum 30 years ago, our hope was to create a place where audiences could experience thoughtful, candid conversations with remarkable writers and thinkers,” said Greenebaum, founder and producer of Kentucky Author Forum. “To celebrate this milestone with a season that features such immense talent is enormously gratifying. This season reflects both the spirit in which the Forum began and the curiosity and engagement of the community that has sustained it for three decades.”
On Dec. 8, Kentucky Author Forum will welcome Kara Swisher, one of the nation’s leading technology journalists and commentators, to discuss Burn Book: A Tech Love Story. Swisher has earned a reputation for rattling tech titans with her direct, no-nonsense questions. She covers AI trends, ethics, and industry power struggles.
Swisher has interviewed everyone who matters, right when they presided over an explosion of innovations that has both helped and hurt our world. She’ll be in conversation with celebrated writer and lawyer Scott Turow.
The season concludes Jan. 27 with a unique conversation between two master storytellers of historical events- Erik Larson and Nathaniel Philbrick -who will discuss their books exploring the origins of the Civil War. Larson’s The Demon of Unrest looks at the five months between Lincoln’s election and the bombardment of Fort Sumter, while Philbrick’s The Rush examines how debates over slavery in the West tipped the balance in Washington. Together, they reveal the forces that led America to the brink and forged the modern United States.
Kentucky Author Forum is held in the Bomhard Theater at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. Following each Forum, a dinner is held on the top floor of the Muhammad Ali Center in honor of the guest writers. Tickets range from $35 to $200 and are available at www.kentuckyauthorforum.com.
Discounted tickets for University of Louisville students, faculty, and staff can be purchased by phone at 502-584-7777. A UofL ID must be presented when picking up tickets at Will Call on the evening of the Forum. Limit of two tickets per order.
KENTUCKY AUTHOR FORUM 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON’S FINAL TWO
EVENTS:
December 8 — Kara Swisher
Author of Burn Book: A Tech Love Story in conversation with Scott Turow
January 27 — Erik Larson and Nathaniel Philbrick
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the
Civil War by Erik Larson
The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World by
Nathaniel Philbrick
For more information about Kentucky Author Forum and the 30th anniversary season,
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