The 11th annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival will feature local authors from a wide variety of genres - from young adult fiction and poetry to cookbooks and novels – March 4 on University of Louisville’s Belknap campus.

The festival will include appearances and talks by Kim Michele Richardson, Ronni Lundy, Susan Reigler, Gwenda Bond, Kathleen Driskell and many more.

The festival sessions and presentations are free, except for an optional lunch. The festival begins at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and conversation and the opening session begins at 10 a.m. in the Chao Auditorium of Ekstrom Library. Luncheon registration is required by March 1 and can be made by calling the UofL Women’s Center at 502-852-8976. The cost is $10. The UofL Women’s Center and University Libraries host the event.