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Six Bridges Book Festival

Kickoff Party!
2025-10-03 18:30:00 2025-10-03 20:30:00 America/Chicago Six Bridges Book Festival Kick off the Six Bridges Book Festival in style! Join us for our annual literary Soirée, where you can mingle with festival authors, enjoy lively music, and savor refreshments in a festive atmosphere. Main Library -

Friday, October 03
6:30pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-03 18:30:00 2025-10-03 20:30:00 America/Chicago Six Bridges Book Festival Kick off the Six Bridges Book Festival in style! Join us for our annual literary Soirée, where you can mingle with festival authors, enjoy lively music, and savor refreshments in a festive atmosphere. Main Library -

Kick off the Six Bridges Book Festival in style! Join us for our annual literary Soirée, where you can mingle with festival authors, enjoy lively music, and savor refreshments in a festive atmosphere.

It’s the perfect way to celebrate books, meet storytellers from near and far, and set the tone for an unforgettable weekend of literary discovery.

AGE GROUP: | Teens ages 12-19 | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Society & Culture | Literature & Language | Fun & Play | Food & Drink |

TAGS: | SixBridgesBookFestival |

Main Library
Phone: 501.918.3000
Branch manager
Joe Hudak
Hours

Main Library

Today's hours

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Branch manager
Joe Hudak
Address
100 Rock Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Tel: 501.918.3000

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Six Bridges Book Festival - Porter Fund Literary Prize
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Six Bridges Book Festival - Kickoff Party!
Fri, Oct 03, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Kick off the Six Bridges Book Festival in style! Join us for our annual literary Soirée, where you can mingle with festival authors, enjoy lively music, and savor refreshments in a festive atmosphere.
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Sat, Oct 04, 9:00am - 4:00pm
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Six Bridges Book Festival - Book Swap
Sat, Oct 04, 10:00am - 6:30pm
Join the free book swap! Bring up to 5 YA or Adult books—no children’s titles, please—and trade them for fresh stories.
Six Bridges Book Festival - Dr. Buckley T. Foster & Dr. Vaughn Scribner
Sat, Oct 04, 10:00am - 11:00am
PRESENTERS: Dr. Buckley T. Foster & Dr. Vaughn Scribner
BOOKS: So Great Was the Slaughter & Under Alien Skies
MODERATOR: Tom DeBlack
Six Bridges Book Festival - Rhona Weaver
Sat, Oct 04, 10:00am - 11:00am
Darragh Center
PRESENTER: Rhona Weaver
BOOK: A Just Cause
MODERATOR: Ginger Young
Six Bridges Book Festival - Dr. Jehanne Dubrow & Maria Zoccola
Sat, Oct 04, 11:30am - 12:30pm
PRESENTERS: Dr. Jehanne Dubrow & Maria Zoccola
BOOKS: Civilians & Helen of Troy, 1993
MODERATOR: Heather Hummel
Six Bridges Book Festival - John Warner & Liz Pelly
Sat, Oct 04, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Darragh Center
PRESENTERS: John Warner & Liz Pelly
BOOKS: More Than Words: How to Think about Writing in the Age of AI & Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
MODERATOR: John Williams
Six Bridges Book Festival - Phillip Ashley Rix
Sat, Oct 04, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Teaching Kitchen - 5th Floor
PRESENTER: Phillip Ashley Rix
BOOK: For the Love of Chocolate: 80 At-Home Recipes from a Master Chocolatier’s Imagination
MODERATOR: Kelli Marks
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Six Bridges Book Festival - Ginny Myers Sain & Linsey Miller
Sat, Oct 04, 11:30am - 12:30pm
PRESENTERS: Ginny Myers Sain & Linsey Miller
BOOKS: When the Bones Sing & That Devil, Ambition
MODERATOR: Susie Dumond
Six Bridges Book Festival - Dr. Adolph L. Reed Jr.
Sat, Oct 04, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
PRESENTER: Dr. Adolph L. Reed Jr.
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MODERATOR: Jay Youngdahl
Six Bridges Book Festival - Peter Dunlap-Shohl & Jennifer A. O’Brien
Sat, Oct 04, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Darragh Center
PRESENTERS: Peter Dunlap-Shohl & Jennifer A. O’Brien
BOOKS: My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s & Care Boss: Leadership Strategies & Resources for Family Caregivers
MODERATOR: Kathy Webb
Six Bridges Book Festival - Katherine Stewart
Sat, Oct 04, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
PRESENTER: Katherine Stewart
BOOK: Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
MODERATOR: Michael Cook
Six Bridges Book Festival - Susie Dumond & Sonora Reyes
Sat, Oct 04, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Darragh Center
PRESENTERS: Susie Dumond & Sonora Reyes
BOOKS: Bed and Breakup & The Broposal
MODERATOR: Viktoria Capek
Six Bridges Book Festival - Lincoln Michel & Kevin Brockmeier
Sat, Oct 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
PRESENTERS: Lincoln Michel & Kevin Brockmeier
BOOKS: Metallic Realms & The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories
MODERATOR: Ty Jaeger
Six Bridges Book Festival - Neena Viel & Alex Grecian
Sat, Oct 04, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Darragh Center
PRESENTERS: Neena Viel & Alex Grecian
BOOKS: Listen to Your Sister & Rose of Jericho
MODERATOR: Carl Napolitano
Six Bridges Book Festival - Jared Lemus & Dr. Samantha Edmonds
Sat, Oct 04, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Darragh Center
PRESENTERS: Jared Lemus & Dr. Samantha Edmonds
BOOKS: Guatemalan Rhapsody & A Preponderance of Starry Beings
MODERATOR: Daniel Ford
Six Bridges Book Festival - Gardiner Harris
Sat, Oct 04, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
PRESENTER: Gardiner Harris
BOOK: No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
MODERATOR: Steve Straessle
Senior Prom
Tue, Oct 07, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Darragh Center,Meeting Room 5A,Meeting Room 5B,Program Room - 5th Floor,Teaching Kitchen - 5th Floor
LET'S DANCE!!!!
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