Join award winning author Sandra Jackson-Opoku at Fried Green Tomatoes for a curated dinner featuring soul food recipes from the Savvy Summers Mysteries book series to hear about her journey as an author and the impact of generational history, food, and community.

A full dinner will be served including beverage, appetizer, entree, and dessert. Purchase tickets here: https://galenalitfestsavvy.eventbrite.com. Seating is limited! A book signing in partnership with Galena Book & Paper will follow.

She will be joined in conversation by Michelle Cox the 2024 Illinois Indie Author Project winner and author of historical fiction, including the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, The Fallen Woman’s Daughter, and The Merriweather Novels.

Galena LitFest is the twelfth annual literary festival organized and funded by the Galena Public Library with support from the Friends of the Galena Public Library and in partnership with the Galena Center for the Arts, Champagne on Main, Galena Cellars, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation. Events will take place throughout January 2026 in-person and virtually