Aspen Literary Festival

Fri, 09/26/2025 - Sun, 09/28/2025

Aspen Words, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025, will welcome more than 40 nationally recognized, regional and local authors to downtown Aspen, CO for engaging conversations, book signings and other literary activities.

Open to the public, the festival, presented in partnership with Book of the Month, will include an onsite bookstore, art activations, food trucks, parties and other public programming for adults and families alike.

The majority of events will be free of charge.

Dates: Sept. 26-28, 2025
Venues: Downtown Aspen, CO

Speakers:

September 26 | Michael Lewis: The Secret Life of Bureaucrats (5:30 pm - 6:30 pm)

September 27 | Leah Bardugo, Victor LaValle, V.E. Schwab: Power, Imagination, and Fantasy (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm)

September 27 | Jasmine Guillory and Elin Hilderbrand: Love, Ambition, and A Good Martini (4:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

September 28 | Chris Pavone & Brendan Slocumb: Plot Twists and Pacing (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm)

September 28 | Nathan Hill and Kevin Kwan: Satire, Status, and the Stories Beneath (4:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

Explore more author talks here!