SAVE THE DATES for the 2025 SARATOGA BOOK FESTIVAL
October 2-5, 2025!
2024 Headliners
Introducing “BEYOND THE BOOK” – A set of exciting events that merge stories with other forms of art or entertainment.
Putnam Place
Universal Preservation Hall
Universal Preservation Hall
Reservations and Tickets
- Nearly All Sessions are FREE!
- Tickets to Keynote with Liz Moore (Oct 6, 1:30pm)
- Beyond the Book Sessions
- Comedy Night with Sally Chaffin Brooks & Beck Krefting (Friday, 7pm at Putnam Place)
- Warren Zanes Celebrates Springsteen’s Nebraska in Song & Stories! (Saturday, 7pm at UPH)
- Gossip Girl Brunch with Cecily von Ziegesar (Sunday, 11:30am at UPH)
- Saratoga Springs City Center
- Saratoga Springs Public Library
- Universal Preservation Hall
- Caffe Lena
- Saratoga Arts
- Tang Museum at Skidmore College
- Embassy Suites Saratoga
- Northshire Bookstore
- The Inn at Saratoga
- Over 30 Children’s & Young Adult Authors
- Read-Alouds and Story Books
- Activities and sessions for kids of all ages
- Many books for sale
Visit the Literary Marketplace
Meet more than 90 local writers, publishers, artisans, nonprofits, and businesses. Check out the Library’s Reading Van and Kid Zone for fun activities and read-alouds. Stock up on books, check out the Local Author Spotlight book chats, and grab a bite at the 9 Miles East Popup Cafe. View the 2023 Marketplace Authors and Exhibitors Here
Volunteers Needed!
It truly takes a village to put on a Festival! Each year, over 40 volunteers help as greeters, booksellers, room hosts, drivers and more. Please consider being a 2024 SBF Volunteer! Click the button below to get started…
SBF Needs Your Support!
Saratoga Book Festival depends on sponsors and individual donors in order to provide free admission to all general sessions and youth programs.
What is the Saratoga Book Festival?
- Keynote Author Presentations Featuring Best-Selling Authors
- Book Chats Highlighting the Latest in Literature
- Panel Discussions on Hot Topics
- Book Signings
- Literary Marketplace
- And so much more…
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Saratoga Book Festival is committed to the health and safety of our authors, participants, and volunteers. Click the button below for the latest information about the Festival's COVID-19 policies and procedures.
Thank You to Our 2024 Cultural & Programming Partners
Saratoga Arts made this program possible through the Community Arts Regrant Program, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Thank You to Our 2024 Sponsors
Benefactor Sponsor
Gold Patron Sponsors
Adirondack Trust Company
Ellen & Brad Beal
Business for Good
Ruthann Marcelle
Silver Patron Sponsors
Joyce Bouyea
Ellen & Todd Downing
Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation
Ike Pulver
AC Riley
TogaNola Snack Company
Bronze Patron Sponsors
Naomi & Jeffrey Allen
Ballard Road Development/DA Collins
Susan & George Bergmann
Robert & Marcia Miller
Daniel Reilly & Drayton Patriota
Friends of the Saratoga Book Festival
Alpin Haus
Jeff & Bart Altamari
Michael & Marilyn Devine
Steven & Marsha Dolinsky
Barbara Fournier
G. Willikers
Denise & Eric Gordon
Elliott & Cathy Masie
In-Kind & Community Sponsors
