Author Reading

Jonathan Tropper, whose popular novels include Plan B and The Book of Joe, returns with a new book, This is Where I Leave You. It's an "uproarious, sophisticated, deeply moving novel with a sense of humor and deft touch" that may remind readers of early John Irving and Michael Chabon. The story centers around a very dysfunctional family forced to spend time together by the death of one of their own. We know you'll enjoy this program.

Amanda C. Gable. Welcome Atlanta author Amanda Gable, with her richly imagined and heartwarming new novel, The Confederate General Rides North. It's a whimsical, totally original story about an endearing young heroine, 11-year-old Katherine McDonnell, a precocious Civil War buff, and her touching relationship with her mother. It's set in Georgia in the 1960s, and we're predicting it will emerge as one of the finest debut novels of the year! Join us to welcome this gifted new writer. Charis Books will have copies of the novel for sale and signing.

James C. Cobb is the B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia and one of the nation's finest historians of the South. He is the prize-winning author and editor of a dozen books including Georgia Odyssey, which is on the Center for the Book's current list of "25 Books All Georgians Should Read." His appearance is part of the "We the People" program funded by the Georgia Humanities Council.

Judson Mitcham, twice winner of the prestigious Townsend Award, is an acclaimed poet and novelist from Macon whose books include Sabbath Creek and The Sweet Everlasting. His new book of poetry, A Little Salvation, is on the Center for the Book's current list of "25 Books All Georgians Should Read." His appearance of part of the "We the People" program funded by the Georgia Humanities Council.

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James Braziel, author of the acclaimed novels Birmingham and 35 Miles, visits us with a powerful, mesmerizing new book, Snakeskin Road. It's a cautionary futuristic tale of a woman's harrowing journey of survival through a Southeastern United States that has been devastated by catastrophic climactic changes. It's a frightening depiction of a familiar landscape now turned lawless and corrupt and utterly dangerous.

Debut Author Lauretta Hannon, The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life, teams up with award winning Georgia novelist, Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog, in a presentation with live taping for two special editions of Cover to Cover by GPB. From her wildly popular NPR segments to her boisterous one-woman show, Lauretta is showing the world a different kind of girl raised in the South.  Terry Kay is a 2006 inductee into the Georgia Writer’s Hall of Fame.  He is the author of 10 published novels.

You find out who you are in times of crisis. Set in Belize and Tennessee, Tanner Johnson finds out who he is in Kitterman’s  debut novel, The Baker’s Boy.  Kitterman spent two years in the Peace Corps in Belize and has taught writing at universities in China.  He currently teaches creative writing in TN.

The Homegrown Series, set in Euharlee, is southern storytelling with a big heart.  Meet and greet the author at 6:30 during a tomatofest with a reading at 7:00 pm.  Cannon says the Homegrown Series has become a celebration of the gifts of her rural southern heritage.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library and Euharlee Friends.

June 29, 2009 Author Talks at Decatur Library featuring Charles Martin

From the Decatur Library web site:

"The author of five acclaimed novels including Chasing Fireflies, Maggie and When Crickets Cry, returns with his latest, Where the River Ends. It's a heartbreaking tale filled with "unabashed romanticism" that will remind readers of Nicholas Sparks with its story of a man carrying out his wife's last wish on a wild river in Georgia. Martin lives in Jacksonville."

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