Edible Book Festival: 2024 Edible Book Festival

What is the Edible Book Festival?

Join us for the Edible Books Festival where the worlds of books and food collide in creative and delicious ways. Create an edible work of art inspired by your favorite book or author. Let your imagination run free! Have fun with puns, or create something in the shape of a book. Draw inspiration from the Vanderbilt Libraries' prior Edible Books Festival entries and the International Edible Books Festival.

Entries may be made from anything that is edible (cake, bread, crackers, gelatin, fruit, vegetables, candy, etc.) as long as it can be displayed for a few hours without melting or spoiling.

Participation is open to all members of the Vanderbilt community.

The 2024 Edible Books Festival is sponsored by the Banned Books Initiative, a cross-campus organization that includes the Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries; the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center; Peabody College's Department of Teaching and Learning; Peabody College's Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion;  Divinity School; Office of LGBTQI Life; the Bishop Johnson Black Cultural Center; the Robert Penn Warren Center; the Student Center for Social Justice & Identity; Parnassus Books, and Nashville Public Library.

Schedule for the 2024 Edible Book Festival

9 am -10:30 am:  Participants drop off their entries in the Central Library Community Room
11:00 am - 12:30 pm:  Public viewing & judging
12:45 pm:  Remarks & announcement of the winners
1:00 pm:   Eat the books!

2024 Festival Award Categories