Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 8:00am
Santa Fe, a city rich in cultural diversity, creativity, and dazzling light, is home to a four-day event that celebrates our shared love of language and ideas. We’ll explore issues at a time of extraordinary change—in politics, race, immigration, the environment, and more—as well as simply escape into great stories. The Santa Fe International Literary Festival will feed our minds and hearts and send us back into the world inspired.
Schedule of Events:
8:00 a.m
Henry Shukman — Morning Meditation and Author Talk
Zen master, poet, and award-winning author of the memoir One Blade of Grass.
Venue: Lamy / Peralta Rooms
9:15 a.m.
Gabrielle Zevin in Conversation with Hakim Bellamy — MAIN Stage
Novelist, screenwriter, and author of the breakout hit Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.
Venue: Sweeney Ballroom
10:30 a.m.
Coming into Form: A free community poetry event with with Dana Levin, Tommy Archuleta, Elizabeth Jacobson, and Victoria Chang
Venue: Nambe Room
11:00 a.m.
Jonathan Eig — Main Stage
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of biographies about Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Lou Gehrig.
Venue: Sweeney Ballroom
12:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
Bring lunch or visit one of the food vendors located at the Convention Center.
Venue: Courtyard
1:00 p.m.
Deborah Jackson Taffa In Conversation with Hampton Sides — MAIN Stage
National Book Award finalist and author of the acclaimed coming-of-age memoir Whiskey Tender.
Venue: Sweeney Ballroom
2:00 p.m.
Coming into Form: A free community poetry event with Dana Levin, Tommy Archuleta, Elizabeth Jacobson, and Victoria Chang
Venue: Nambe Room
2:30 p.m.
Colum McCann in Conversation with Alex Parsons — MAIN Stage
National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin, TransAtlantic, and Apeirogon.
Venue: Sweeney Ballroom
2:30 p.m.
Cristina Rivera Garza in Conversation with Maria Hinojosa — Conversation STAGE
Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the novels The Iliac Crest and The Taiga Syndrome and the memoir Liliana’s Invincible Summer.
Venue: Santa Fe Community Convention Center
2:30 p.m.
Downtown Santa Fe Wonder Walk
Wander through Santa Fe’s storied cityscape with Barbara Groth of the Nomadic School of Wonder and experience the art of sensory noticing—using the natural world as a creative muse.
Venue: Off-Site: Meet in Gallery
2:30 p.m.
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum — Walk & Talk
Walk to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, where the museum librarian will share insights into O’Keeffe’s many and varied literary interests, and take a self-guided tour of the collection.
Venue: Off-Site: Meet in Community Gallery
4:00 p.m.
Willa Cather’s Santa Fe — Walk & Talk
Explore Willa Cather’s Santa Fe and the inspiration behind her book Death Comes for the Archbishop with author, tour guide, and historian Garrett Peck.
Venue: Off-Site: Meet in Gallery
4:00 p.m.
Terry Tempest Williams in conversAtion with WILLIAM debuys — Main Stage
Renowned naturalist, activist, and award-winning author of the environmental classics Refuge and An Unspoken Hunger.
Venue: Sweeney Ballroom
4:00 p.m.
Los Poblanos Farm Shop Norte — Spirits Tasting Walk & Talk
Raise a glass of botanical spirits with landscape designer and garden author Judith Phillips at Los Poblanos Farm Shop Norte. Enjoy specialty gin tastings and small bites.
Venue: Spirits Tasting & Author Talk
5:00 p.m.
Farewell Reception
All ticket holders are welcome!
Venue: Santa Fe Community Convention Center
6:00 p.m.
Heather Cox Richardson in Conversation with Kathleen McCLeery — Main Stage
Renowned historian and author of Democracy Awakening and the smash-hit Substack newsletter Letters from an American.
Venue: Sweeney Ballroom
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