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October 9, 2025 • 
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Dock Street Theater event for Charleston Literary Festival 2024.

Mark your calendars for this year’s jam-packed Charleston Literary Festival.

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This isn’t your average book fest — and these aren’t your average authors.

Charleston Literary Festival is back November 7-16 with its biggest year yet: 70+ literary voices and 50+ events at the historic Dock Street Theatre.

Check out these must-see programs:

  • Thursday, Nov. 13 | Aatish Taseer and Bilal Qureshi discuss “A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile.”
  • Saturday, Nov. 16 | Adam Gopnik joins Stephen Greenblatt and Mena Mark Hanna for a conversation on “The Swerve,” presented with Spoleto Festival USA.
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