In the News

GREAT CONVERSATIONS: MASHA GESSEN AND CLARISSA WARD

Upcoming Airdates KET: Monday, February 5, 2018 at 9:00 PM ET KETKY: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 1:00 AM ET KET: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 2:00 AM ET KETKY: Friday, February 9, 2018 at 11:00 AM ET KETKY: Monday, February…

Kentucky Author Forum Finalist for CINE Golden Eagle award

University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum and KET are proud to announce that the 2016 Forum program featuring E. J. Dionne, of The Washington Post, in conversation with James Fallows, of The Atlantic, has been honored by the 60th CINE Golden…

Colson Whitehead wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Re-watch our December 2016 interview between Colson Whitehead and Isaac Fitzgerald from Buzzfeed here.

John Glenn at the Kentucky Author Forum

The former astronaut and senator passed away December 8th.  Here, the author of the autobiography John Glenn: A Memoir, was interviewed by Lou Dobbs, CEO of Space.com. This is a KET production taped at The Kentucky Center. Click here for…

John Lewis and Colson Whitehead win National Book Awards

The 67th National Book Awards were presented on Nov. 16 in New York City, where authors of fiction, nonfiction, young people’s literature and poetry convened to celebrate the art of writing.  

Buzzfeed's Isaac Fitzgerald to interview Colson Whitehead on December 5th

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. He is the editor of BuzzFeed Books and co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and…

Sebastian Junger and Joe Klein salute local vets

The Kentucky Author Forum featuring Sebastian Junger and Joe Klein, focusing on Junger's new book TRIBE  had a picture made at the end of the interview of all in audience who had served their country in the military.  What a wonderful eve…

KAF Guest Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad available today

Nobody could wait for Colson Whitehead’s new book — including Oprah, so here it is, a month early. In a surprise announcement Tuesday morning, Winfrey chose “The Underground Railroad” as the next title for Oprah’s Book Club. Originally…

Announcing our Fall 2016 Season!

We are pleased to announce these author guests in our upcoming 2016-17 season at The Kentucky Center: Sebastian Junger, author of Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Interviewed by TIME Magazine's Joe Klein Wednesday, September 21,…

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Kentucky Author Forum Sponsors

Kentucky Author Forum Partners

Great Conversations Created Here in Louisville and Broadcast Nationwide. 

Taped by KET & WFPL. KAF Logo by Julius Friedman.