2025 Speaker Sneak Peek…

Find below 17 of the 40+ world-class authors who will take the stage at Dock Street Theatre in November. We will release the FULL list of speakers in early September along with the program, schedule, and individual tickets.

An Evening with Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben

The Gaillard and Charleston Literary Festival collaborate to bring you a 2025 Pre-Festival Event with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben on October 21, 2025!

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 27 at 10am, online only at The Gaillard. *Festival donors receive pre-sale access.

Photo Credit: Taylor Jewell

  • Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben

  • Kevin Sack

    with Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

  • Joyce Carol Oates

  • Max Boot

  • Colum McCann

  • Viet Thanh Nguyen

  • Glory Edim

  • Michael Cunningham

  • Katie Kitamura

  • Bill McKibben

  • Maggie Smith

  • David Szalay

  • Patricia Lockwood

  • Stephen Greenblatt

  • Adam Haslett

  • Chris Pavone

  • Aria Aber