‘St. Pete Reads!’ literature festival returns in November and includes authors from across the US

St Pete Reads Lit Fest at the Woodson African American Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida on Nov. 5, 2022. Credit: cityofstpete / Flickr Reading is lit. Especially in St. Petersburg next month.  The annual St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest is back outside of the Woodson African American Museum’s sprawling Legacy Gardens on Nov. 7. The family-friendly festival brings authors together for a day of book swaps, music by the Al Downing Jazz Association and violinist Mary Corbett of the Florida Orchestra, illustrators, workshops and storytelling from children s writers across the country.  This marks the fifth year for Lit Fest in St. Pete. The lineup includes children s authors like Layesha Walton s “Galaxy Girl,” Children’s Literature Legacy Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford “Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation” and award-winning illustrator Gregory Christie’s “Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation” and “Jazz Baby.” Organized by Cultured Books Literacy Foundation, a non-pr