FOR RELEASE: June 3, 2025

For the first time, the Kentucky Book Festival, which began in Frankfort in 1981 as The Kentucky Book Fair, is expanding with a Louisville edition. Bill Goodman, former host of KET’s Kentucky Tonight is now the executive director of Kentucky Humanities, the organization behind the Kentucky Book Festival. He discusses his transition from KET and this new chapter for the organization. A 2025 KET production.

Inside Louisville
KET Sunday, June 8 • Noon/11 am
KET2 Monday, June 9 • 7/6
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