“Oh, Mary!” begins at a fever pitch – loud, over the top, brassy – and stays that way. Imagine Mary Todd Lincoln as a frustrated cabaret dancer and her husband as a frustrated gay man, each part played to comic…
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I’ll be talking with Bruce Holsinger about his latest novel, Culpability (an Oprah pick) at the Southern Festival of Books on Saturday, October 18th, at 2:00. Please come join the conversation! Culpability begins with a family of 5 in a…
It’s almost here! The 35th annual Southern Festival Books brings over 150 authors to Nashville for interviews and conversation beginning tomorrow morning and running through Sunday. This year it’s being held on the grounds between the Tennessee State Museum and…
Superstar Southern Festival of Books Director Serenity Gerbman gives us the inside scoop today, in preparation for this year’s 31st annual celebration of the written word. How are authors chosen? Mark your calendars for October 11 – 13…
Nashville friends, I bet you already know this, but just in case you don’t – Ann Patchett will talk about her new novel “The Dutch House” at Montgomery Bell Academy on Monday, September 23rd, at 6:15 pm. You’ll need to…
I always stop for an Oreo McFlurry on the drive from Nashville to Atlanta. One on the way there, one on the way back. Last weekend – for the first time ever! – a book on Audible was…
Nashville’s 29th Annual Southern Festival of Books roars to life this weekend – Friday October 13th to Sunday the 15th – with authors and booklovers converging on War Memorial Plaza (and the Library) in high spirits! Brand new this year:…
I brought home two new books and three great truths from the Southern Festival of Books. More on the books later. On the truths: these aren’t showstopper truths or brand new truths. They are humble and quiet; you’ve met them…
Get ready for one of the Festival’s shiniest events! Gayle Forman (If I Stay) will share the stage at War Memorial Auditorium with Curtis Sittenfeld (Eligible) on Saturday, October 15th from 3:30-4:30 pm. Mary Laura Philpott of Parnassus and Penguin fame moderates the…