The Oneonta Literary Festival, hosted by SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, is a year-long celebration of literature featuring renowned authors, engaging workshops and captivating readings. All festival events will be free and open to the public.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
September 2024
Friday, Sept. 13 and Saturday, Sept. 14 - City of the Hills Festival
Tuesday, Sept. 24 - A showing of "The Color Purple" for Banned Books Week, Great Room, Lee Hall, SUNY Oneonta. 7-9:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 26, A showing of "American Fiction," Great Room, Lee Hall, SUNY Oneonta. 7-9:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
October 2024
Wednesday, Oct. 9 - Reading and Book Launch for Dr. Sheena Mason's "The Raceless Antiracist," Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta.
Thursday, Oct. 17 to Monday, Oct. 21 - Oneonta Literary Festival Kickoff -- a four-day series of literary-themed events, including public readings and book signings by 11 noted poets, novelists and creative nonfiction writers; a book fair featuring local authors, poetry and prose workshops, and more. For more information on these events, please visit hartwick.edu/literaryfestival
November 2024
Tuesday, Nov. 12 - Reading by the Bright Hill Poets of the Bright Hill Press and Literary Center, 7 p.m., Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta.
February 2025
Saturday, Feb. 15 - Drag Brunch and Queer Reading, 10:30am - 12:30 p.m., Otsego Grille, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta.
April 2025
Tuesday, April 1 - Faculty Showcase reading.
Festival partners include the Huntington Library, CANO, the Oneonta City School District and the Green Toad Bookstore.
The Oneonta Literary Festival is supported by SUNY Oneonta's University Senate Committee on Public Events and English Department, Hartwick College's Arts and Humanities Division, Babcock Chair in English, Department of Literature, Media, and Writing, and Office of Academic Affairs, a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Red Dragon Reading Series, a Regaining Momentum grant from SUNY Oneonta, and Hartwick College's Visiting Writers Series; it is also sponsored by the SUNY Oneonta Alumni Association with financial support from the Fund for Oneonta.
For more information or to find out how you can participate in the festival, contact Suzanne Black, Associate Professor of English or George Hovis, Distinguished Teaching Professor.