Don’t forget!  The 23rd annual Southern Festival of Books is this weekend (October 14-16) at War Memorial Plaza.  Park in the downtown library lot and head over for big names like Chris Bohjalian, Tom Perrotta, Charles Frazier, Erin Morgenstern (you may have heard a little something about her new novel The Night Circus), Walter Mosley, and Ann Patchett.  Or check out some up-and-coming authors in some of the smaller venues.  Here’s who I’ll be seeing:

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
by Holly Tucker

 This is supposed to be as riveting as a good detective story.

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard

This one has been described as better than The Devil in the White City (if that’s possible).

Reading My Father: A Memoir
by Alexandra Styron

 This was so, so good, and I’ve never even read any Styron. I do, however, have a weakness for biographies of postwar American authors (Yates, Cheever, etc.).

Still in Print: The Southern Novel Today
with Josephine Humphreys, Clyde Edgerton, and the hilarious George Singleton

The Family Fang
by Kevin Wilson

 Wilson’s writing is snappy and enjoyable, and I loved his last reading at the festival for his short story collection Tunneling to the Center of the Earth.

-Beth

One Response to “Get Ready for the Southern Festival of Books”

1. Bryan says:

   October 13, 2011 at 5:18 pm

   Don’t miss Bonnie Jo Campbell at noon on Friday in Room 29. She’ll be discussing Once Upon a River!

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