Saturday, September 26, 2026
10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Albany Book Festival Celebrating 9 Years at the University at Albany!
Presented by The New York State Writers Institute and University at Albany
Featured Authors (Among Others)
Novelist and Harvard professor, she is the author of the national bestseller, On Morrison (2026).
Journalist and author of Life on a Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World (2025).
Join the Conversation
Welcome to the 9th annual Albany Book Festival, presented by the NYS Writers Institute at the University at Albany, featuring world-renowned authors, local authors and exhibitors, and online workshops, open mic readings, children's activities and more!
Here’s a sneak peek at some panel topics for 2026!
Local author tabling in the Campus Center Ballroom
Local publisher tabling in the Campus Center West Great Hall
Local author tabling in the Campus Center Ballroom
A Special Thank You
to our Sponsors
Premier:
Renaissance Corporation of Albany
Presenting:
Pernille Ægidius Dake
Doris Fischer Malesardi
George & Kathleen McNamee
The Opalka Endowed Directorship
Times Union
University Auxiliary Services
Supporting:
Brown & Weinraub Advisors, LLC
Albert De Salvo & Barbara Weiner
Fanshaw
Hank Greenberg, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ellen Jabbur
The Lasch Family
Mark Oldendorf, MD
Diana S. and John G. Waite Fund
for Historic Preservation
Friend:
Behan Communications Inc.
Skip Casano & Bella Pipas
Wayne and Carole Diesel
Judith Fetterley
Alan Goldberg
Paul and Mary Grondahl
Canon Kay C. Hotaling, FHC
William J. Krackeler
Betsy Lopez
Steve McKee Foundation
Mackin & Casey, LLC
Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti PC
Bruce Piasecki and Andrea Masters
Herb and Cynthia Shultz
The Swyer Family Foundation
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