William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, on Jefferson Street in New Albany, Mississippi. Some of his notable awards were the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, the 1955 and 1963 Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction and the 1951 and 1955 National Book Awards. New Albany recognizes the significance of being the birthplace of one of the most celebrated writers in American Literature generally and Southern Literature specifically and as a result our mayor will proclaim the month of September as William Faulkner Month.
Literary Fest Annual Events
- Lecture Series Museum Moments at Noon the third Thursday of the months of July, August, September & October
- Literary Luncheon announcing the winners on the Fourth Friday in September, held at noon at the First Methodist Church, 207, E Bankhead Street, New Albany, MS 38652
- Mississippi Hills Folk Life and Heritage Craft Fest – Storytelling, heritage crafts and much more October 23, 24, 2026
- The museum’s monthly Tuesday Night Book Club – Last Wednesday of the month, 2 p.m. in the Faulkner Library, Union County Heritage Museum
- William Faulkner Knitting Club, 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month
- New Century Book Club
- Junta Book Club
- Poetry Out Loud for High School Students, affiliated with National Poetry Out Loud
- Poetry for Elementary Students
- Discovery Zone 325 after school
- William Faulkner Literary Garden at the Union County Heritage Museum
- Memoir Writing
All supported by the Mississippi Arts Commission and Visit Mississippi and Union County Heritage Museum & Literary Garden, 114 Cleveland St., New Albany, MS 38652
