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.

Thousands of writers and readers converge in the Black Hills to share their stories at the 13th annual South Dakota Festival of Books, Sept. 23-27.

Soozy, the state’s friendly but hungry dinosaur, has hopped a flight to Washington, D.C., for the 15th Anniversary Library of Congress National Book Festival.

We've all had that moment at the beach when a towel becomes security blanket as we tiptoe towards the water and feel what seems like thousands of eyes upon us.

Hasselstrom, a Hermosa native, draws inspiration from nature and understands the key role nature plays in the writing process.