NEWS & EVENTS

In 2026, Kim Michele received The Humanitarian Award by Santa Barbara Book Festival for her work in literature and the world.

Awarded the Little Free Library 2026 Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement

Unveiling of Packhorse Historical Marker Oct 11th 1:30 pm, 2025, Hyden, Kentucky

Kentucky Humanities Select My Kentucky Moonlight School as its 2026 Great Reads

2026 Appearances

The Mountains We Call Home LEGACY TOUR, Louisville, KY, April 21st, 2026

Book Launch Filson Club Launch & VIP Dinner Kim Michele in Conversation with Literary Agent Stacy Testa Louisville, KY - April 16, 6:00 -7:00, 2026

Greenwood Public Library, Greenwood, Indiana April 19th, 2:00 pm, 2026

Oxmoor Farm In Conversation with Emily Bingham Louisville, KY April 23rd, 2026 6:30 pm, 2026

Indie Bookstore Day Poor Richard’s Bookstore Frankfort, KY 1:00-2:30 April 25th, 2026

Indie Bookstore Day The Kentucky Bookstore, Lawrenceburg, KY 3:00-4:30 April 25th, 2026

Grayson County Public Library Luncheon May 1st, 2026 12:00 pm Leitchfield, KY

Keynote, Santa Barbara Literary Festival In Conversation with Leslie Zemeckis Hybrid/Virtual Santa Barbara, Calif. May 2, 2026

Paul Sawyier Public Library May 7th, 6-8 pm Frankfort, KY

Jefferson County Public Law Library May 21st, 2026

Bullitt County Kentucky Public Library, Shepherdsville, KY May 22nd, 6:00 pm

Kentucky Department Library Archives, My Kentucky Moonlight School Launch August 11, 5:30 pm 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort KY

KEDC & Kentucky Schools Welcome My Kentucky Moonlight School August 14, 2026

Wendell Berry Center, My Kentucky Moonlight School Saturday, August 15, 2026, New Castle, KY