The 5th annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival will feature nationally acclaimed authors when it opens on Saturday, May 21 at the University of Louisville. All have ties with the local community.

Filmmaker and author of "Atlas of the Unknowns", Tania James, will be the keynote luncheon speaker. Opening the festival will be Alanna Nash, author of "Baby, Let’s Play House: Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him". Closing speaker will be author Sena Jeter Naslund.