The F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival will present its annual Award for Achievement in American Literature to acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver.
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the festival’s events on Thursday, Sept. 24, Friday, Oct. 2 and Saturday, Oct. 3 will be online. The theme of this year’s Fitzgerald festival is “Literature and Social Justice.”
Kingsolver will accept the award on Oct. 3 and conduct a masterclass. Special guest, writer Clint Smith, will deliver a keynote address at 1 p.m.
For more on the festival, visit www.fscottfestival.org.
Literary Festival to Honor Kingsolver
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