With the 2016 Young Readers One Book SD program, more than 5,000 copies of a special edition are in the hands of elementary students starting in spring.

As SDHC celebrates the centennial of the Pulitzer Prize, we also remember the late Nelle Harper Lee and highlight SD’s connections with the Prize winner’s work.

Readers across South Dakota will read and discuss Jane Smiley’s 2014 novel “Some Luck”, in the 14th year of One Book South Dakota.

Staff picks for the best of the South Dakota Humanities Council in 2015 include: 2015 Festival of Books in Deadwood, fundraising challenges and more.

The Council is planning a year-long celebration of the best in literature, drama, history, music, and journalism for communities around the state.

We share thirteen photos from the 2015 South Dakota Festival of Books in Deadwood.

The 2015 South Dakota Festival of Books has come to a close and has set its sights on Brookings for the fall 2016 Festival.

View our up-to-the-minute schedule updates in the 2015 Festival of Books Survivor’s Guide.

The Festival features a long list of more than 70 local, regional and national authors across nine genres of writing.

Award-winning mystery author William Kent Krueger is finishing the final leg of his One Book SD author tour, culminating in a keynote appearance in Deadwood.