Authors Round the Southhttp://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/STARSen-us Children No More Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/2/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, September 2, 7:30 pm Mark Van Name, CHILDREN NO MORE Fourth in the Jon and Lobo series continuing the adventures of a nanotech-enhanced ex-soldier and his sentient predator-class assault vehicle. Although a fictional adventure story, it also tackles difficult issues surrounding child soldiers. Mark is donating 100% of his Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7152 An Evening with Frances Mayes Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>September 2 2010, 7pm</p>Thurs 9/2 7pm-8pm An Evening with Frances Mayes Join us for an evening with Frances Mayes as she reads from and talks about her newest book Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life This event is ticketed and space is limited. Please purchase your ticket in advance by Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7324 Star Island Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL<br/><p>September 2 2010, 7pm</p>CARL HIAASEN STAR ISLAND Thursday, September 2, at 7 p.m. We are delighted to present CARL HIAASEN at the Tampa Aquarium, for a booktalk and signing of his new novel STAR ISLAND, a skewering tale of celebrity life set for release on July 27. Tickets will be available only with Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6922 BETWEEN A HEART AND A ROCK PLACE: A MEMOIR Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>09/02/2010, 12:30-1:30</p>Pat Benatar, BETWEEN A HEART AND A ROCK PLACE: A MEMOIR Pat's life, rock 'n roll and how her generation changed music forever. Signing only. Signing line ticket with the purchase of Between A Heart and a Rock Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6732 Secrets of the Skim Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 2 2010, 6pm</p>Hal Blackwell Author, Secrets of the Skim Thursday 09/02/2010 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Hub City Bookshop | Map South Carolina-native Hal Blackwell graduated first in his training class at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in 1989 and continued to work in the insurance industry and as an entrepreneur in Greenville. Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7316 Michael Knight signs THE TYPIST Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 2 2010, 6pm</p>Michael Knight signs THE TYPIST * Thacker Mountain Radio Start: Thu, 09/02/2010 - 6:00pm The Typist"I BELIEVED AND BREATHED EVERY SINGLE WORD." Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II in occupied Japan, among General MacArthur's headquarters which has moved its office from the Phillipines to Tokyo in September, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7273 The Henderson County Curb Market: A Blue Ridge Heritage Since 1924 The Fountainhead Bookstore, Hendersonville, NC<br/><p>09/03/10, 11:00 a.m.</p>Ann Greenleaf Wirtz will be on hand to talk about and sign her new book entitled "The Henderson County Curb Market: A Blue Ridge Heritage Since 1924." Many of you may be familiar with the writing of Mrs. Wirtz from her days with The Times-News of Hendersonville. She has been Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7085 Book Your Lunch with Beth Webb Hart Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>09/03/2010, 12-2pm</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6746 Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>09/03/2010, 4:00 PM</p>Celebrated author and die-hard Bama fan Winston Groom provides a lively illustrated history of the team that has dominated college football and has been ranked consistently among the best in the nation, now with 13 national championships to its credit. Beginning in 1892, when William G. Little first introduced the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6987 Author Pat Marshall Peacock Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/04/2010, 2 - 4 pm</p>The author will sign copies of her book. Please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7196 Shamanic Egyptian Astrology with Star Wolf & Ruby Falconer Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>September 4 2010, 7pm</p>Shamanic Egyptian Astrology with Star Wolf & Ruby Falconer Start: Sat, 09/04/2010 - 7:00pm The authors discuss and sign their new book, Shamanic Egyptian Astrology. Shamanic Egyptian Astrology integrates the Egyptian pantheon, the ancient language of astrology, and shamanic practices to promote a new way to interpret and work with Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7285 Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>09/04/2010, 2:00 PM</p>What would you do if the love of your life, and all your memories, were lost- only to reappear, but with such shocking revelations that you wish you had never remembered... Emmett Conn is an old man, near the end of his life. A World War I veteran, he's been Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7303 Author Love, Charleston Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 4 2010, 11am</p>Beth Webb Hart Author Love, Charleston Saturday 09/04/2010 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Hub City Bookshop | Map Beth Webb Hart, a South Carolina native, holds a B.A. in English Literature from Hollins College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Her first novel, Grace at Low Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7131 Miss Hildreth Wore Brown – Anecdotes of a Southern Belle Yawn's Books and More, Canton, GA<br/><p>September 4 2010, 11am</p>September 4th 11:00am – 1:00pm Join us for a True Southern Tea Party! Olivia deBelle Byrd will be here with her book “Miss Hildreth Wore Brown – Anecdotes of a Southern Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7206 Vietnam Mailbag: Voices from the War 1968-1972 Bookworks, Staunton, VA<br/><p>September 4 2010, 1pm</p>A Touching Chapter in the History of "the Forgotten War" &#133; Vietnam Mailbag: Voices from the War 1968-1972 Book-signing & Conversation &#150; Saturday, September 4 &#133; 1 - 3 p.m. This particular story began in 1968, when a young college graduate took a job writing for the Wilmington "News Journal." Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7258 Brandon Sanderson at the Decatur Book Festival Eagle Eye Book Shop, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>September 4 2010, 3pm</p>Brandon Sanderson at the Decatur Book Festival--Sat. Sept 4 at 3 PM First Baptist Church A new epic series by the best-selling writer of Robert Jordan's final Wheel of Time® novels introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7248 Author Woody Woodruff Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/06/2010, 5 - 7 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of his book. Please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7198 Author Madaline Herlong Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/06/2010, 2 - 4 pm</p>The author will sign copies of her book. Please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7197 Put 'Em Up Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>September 7 2010, 7pm</p>Tuesday 9/7 7pm-8pm Sherri Brooks Vinton demonstration & discussion of "Put 'Em Up", her new book about canning and preserving (This event will be held at Foster's Market at their cooking demo station) Real food advocate Sherri Brooks Vinton will give a canning and preserving demonstration using local produce to Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7326 The Cross of Redemption Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC<br/><p>September 7 2010, 7pm</p>RANDALL KENAN Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 7:00 p.m. UNC's Randall Kenan will discuss and sign copies of the new book he's edited, The Cross of Redemption, a collection of James Baldwin's writings which have never previously appeared in book form. Baldwin's topic can often be subsumed under race, but he Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7337 Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Party for WCU's Hal Herzog and His New Book on Animals City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC<br/><p>September 7 2010, 7pm</p>(Tuesday, September 7th at 7:00 p.m.) Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Party for WCU's Hal Herzog and His New Book on Animals City Lights will celebrate the publication of WCU psychology professor Hal Herzog's new book, entitled Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7334 John Claude Bemis signs THE WOLF TREE Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 7 2010, 5pm</p>John Claude Bemis signs THE WOLF TREE at Square Books, Jr. Start: Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:00pm Wolf TreeJohn Claude Bemis will be signing the sequel to his book The Nine Pound Hammer, The Wolf Tree, at Square Books, Jr. on Tuesday, September 7 at 5 p.m. Look no further for Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7274 Way of Kings Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/7/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Tuesday, September 7, 7:30 pm Brandon Sanderson, WAY OF KINGS: The Stormlight Archive Vol 1 Widely acclaimed for his work completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, Sanderson now begins a grand cycle of his Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6826 Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 8 2010, 11:30am</p>Ellie Taylor and Edible Upcountry Release Book signing, free food, and magazine launch Wednesday 09/08/2010 11:30 - 1:30 pm Hub City Bookshop | Map Ellie Taylor, author of Feeding the Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, Healthy Eating System for the Whole Family, will sign books and serve some healthy food made Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7132 The Gendarme Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL<br/><p>September 8 2010, 6pm</p>Wed, 09/08/2010 - 6:00pm End: Wed, 09/08/2010 - 8:00pm MARK MUSTIAN will read from and sign THE GENDARME, an incredible book about Emmett Conn, a WWI vet who suffered a brain injury and resulting memory loss. Now an elderly man whose family and friends view him as suffering from senility, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7292 Ocean Rower, Roz Savage Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>September 8 2010, 7pm</p>Ocean Rower, Roz Savage Start: Wed, 09/08/2010 - 7:00pm In 2005, Roz Savage was the only solo female competitor in the Atlantic Rowing Race, the first solo woman ever to compete in that race and the sixth woman to row an ocean solo. Meet Roz as she reads from and Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7287 Queen of Broken Hearts Burry Bookstore, Hartsville, SC<br/><p>09/09/2010, 12 noon until 2:00 pm</p>On Thursday, September 9, 2010 Burry Bookstore and Black Creek Arts Council are co-hosting an author luncheon from 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm Bestselling Author Cassandra King will be speaking, reading, and signing copies of her books. The luncheon will be held in the Gallery at Black Creek Arts Center, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6121 Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>September 9 2010, 7pm</p>Merri Lisa Johnson: A Borderline Personality Memoir Start: Thu, 09/09/2010 - 7:00pm Details are forthcoming... Location: Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe 55 Haywood St Asheville, North Carolina 28801 [Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality] Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7288 Dexter Is Delicious Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>September 9 2010, 8pm</p>Fri, 09/10/2010 - 8:00pm Dexter Morgan has always lived a happy homicidal life. He keeps his dark urges in check by adhering to one stead­fast rule . . . he only kills very bad people. But now Dexter is experiencing some major life changes—don’t we all?—and they’re mostly wrapped up Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7059 Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC<br/><p>September 9 2010, 7pm</p>HAL HERZOG Thursday, September 9, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Hal Herzog will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals. In this lively and deeply intelligent look inside our paradoxical relationships with other Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7338 Bliss, Remembered Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/9/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, September 9, 7:30 pm Frank Deford, BLISS, REMEMBERED Sydney recounts falling in love with a young German while swimming for America in the 1936 Olympics. Historical fiction with a surprise Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6827 Author Carolyn Haines Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/09/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of her book. Please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7199 Queen of Broken Hearts Burry Bookstore, Hartsville, SC<br/><p>09/09/2010, 7:00 pm</p>On Thursday, September 9, 2010 Burry Bookstore and Coker College are co-hosting an author reading and reception featuring Cassandra King from 7:00 until 8:30 pm in Watson Theatre on the Coker College Campus. This event is free and open to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6122 Whispers of My Blood Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>September 10 2010, 7pm</p>Mickey Mahaffey Start: Fri, 09/10/2010 - 7:00pm Mickey Mahaffey presents his book, Whispers of My Blood, about living among the Raramuri Indians in the Copper Canyons, Mexico. "Mickey Mahaffey is a singular American explorer, a fearless saunterer across our modern-day dilemmas of faith and faithlessness, who has written a deeply Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7289 Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/10/2010, 7:30 PM</p>The co-founder of the field of anthrozoology and Prof of Psychology at Western Carolina offers a thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6774 Donna Andrews delivers Stork Raving Mad Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>September 10 2010, 12:30pm</p>Title of Event: Donna Andrews delivers Stork Raving Mad Donna is one of our favorite guests- come by and see what's new in the best-selling, mysterious world of Meg Langslow! Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia, the setting of Murder with Peacocks and Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7335 Book Signing - Sarah Bush Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>09/10/2010, 2-5</p>Sarah Bush will be reading from and signing copies of her debute novel, The Invitation and we will have the companion prayer guide and journal, Grace for the Journey, on Septemper 10th 2010 from 2-5 at Barnhill's 811 Burke St Winston-Salem, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7035 Love Charleston Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>09/10/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Love Charleston" by Beth Webb Hart, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6951 The Shuffle of Wings Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 10 2010, 4pm</p>Deno Trakas Reading and signing Friday 09/10/2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm Wofford College Library | Map Deno Trakas is the Hoy Professor of American Literature and Chair of the English Department at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he lives with his wife, Kathy. Holocene Press has published two Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7317 Diana Gabaldon Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>09/11/2010, 10:30-11:30</p>Diana will be in the store from 10:30 to 11:30 meet this big name in a little venue at Barnhill's Books Wine Art Gifts, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7259 Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an Italian Family Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>09/11/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an Italian Family is the story of how Mark traveled to Viterbo, Italy, to live with an Italian family. Once there, besides learning culinary secrets from Nonna, the grandmother of the family, and taking language lessons from Alessandra, the mother of the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7143 My Only Sunshine Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 11 2010, 7pm</p>Lou Dischler My Only Sunshine book release Saturday 09/11/2010 7:00 - 9:00 pm Hub City Bookshop | Map A former inventor and senior scientist with an international manufacturing business, Lou Dischler made a stand one day, refused to wear the safety glasses, resigned, and dedicated himself to writing fiction. Cajun Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7318 Alex Birthday Surprises Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>September 11 2010, 11am</p>Saturday, September 11th 11am Alex Birthday Surprises Glenda Gambill will be here to sign copies of her children’s Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7238 High School Football in South Carolina Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>09/11/2010, 11am-1pm</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7218 Grace Pundyk signs THE HONEY TRAIL Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 11 2010, 2pm</p>Grace Pundyk signs THE HONEY TRAIL * Author Signings Start: Sat, 09/11/2010 - 2:00pm End: Sat, 09/11/2010 - 3:00pm Grace Pundyk will sign The Honey Trail at Off Square Books at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7275 Love Grows Here Page After Page, Elizabeth City, NC<br/><p>September 11 2010, 11am</p>September 11th 11am - 1pm Yvette Cohen will return to discuss and sign her book " Love Grows Here..." Excellent debut novel for the author. You will find yourself laughing, crying and wanting more. It is inspirational food for the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7167 Ape House Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>September 11 2010, 7pm</p>SARA GRUEN - ticketed event Start: Sat, 09/11/2010 - 7:00pm Store favorite #1 New York Times bestseller Sara Gruen returns to Malaprop's to present her new novel, Ape House. This event is ticketed, and you may receive 1 ticket with each purchase of Ape House. The book will officially be Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7290 The Haunted Chapel Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>September 11 2010, 1pm</p>Saturday, September 11th 1pm The Haunted Chapel Janet McCanless will be here to sign copies of her 4th novel in the Beryl’s Cove Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7239 After the Kiss Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/11/2010, 3:00 PM</p>Saturday, Sept 11, 3:00 pm Terra Elan McVoy, AFTER THE KISS Camille and Becca have never met, but their lives will unravel and intertwine in surprising ways as they deal with what happens after the kiss. For ages 14 and Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7153 Lilit Marcus, SAVE THE ASSISTANTS: A GUIDE TO SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN THE WORKPLACE Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/12/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Sunday, September 12, 2:00 pm Lilit Marcus, SAVE THE ASSISTANTS: A GUIDE TO SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN THE WORKPLACE The millennial assistant manifesto with practical advice for making the best of that entry-level Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7207 Billie Girl Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>September 12 2010, 3pm</p>Vicki Weaver Billie Girl Start: Sun, 09/12/2010 - 3:00pm Details are forthcoming... Location: Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe 55 Haywood St Asheville, North Carolina Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7291 Gulf Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 13 2010, 7:30pm</p>Brock Adams and Deno Trakas Reading and signing Monday 09/13/2010 7:30 pm The Showroom | Map Brock Adams's first book, Gulf, a collection of short stories, was published by Pocol Press in April. The stories in Gulf take place predominantly in the American South--many on the Gulf of Mexico, where Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7319 The Fountainhead Bookstore, Hendersonville, NC<br/><p>09/13/2010, 3:00 p.m.</p>Monday, September 13th, 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. - Fred Chappell, award-winning author and former N.C. Poet Laureate will read some of his works to us including from Shadow Box and Backsass. Come early to ensure a Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7208 Eugene Marten signs FIREWORK Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 14 2010, 5pm</p>Eugene Marten signs FIREWORK * Author Signings Start: Tue, 09/14/2010 - 5:00pm Eugene Marten will be at Off Square Books to read and sign copies of Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7276 Author Mark Mustian Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/14/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of his book. Please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7200 Michael Knight returns with The Typist Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>September 14 2010, 6:30pm</p>Time: Tuesday, September 14, 6:30pm Location: Fountain Bookstore, Inc. Title of Event: Michael Knight returns with The Typist We love Michael Knight and we know you will, too. Please join us in welcoming back one of Fountain's favorite guests and enjoy an evening of discussion about his latest novel, The Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7161 THE ANDROS CONNECTION Pomegranate Books, Wilmington, NC<br/><p>September 14 2010, 7pm</p>THE ANDROS CONNECTION A Novel of Adventure and Intrigue on the High Seas By Thomas Hudgin When Jason Shannon hears a Mayday call while sleeping on board the Southwind, a sailboat docked on the Cape Fear River, he leaps to his feet and responds to Maisy, an island girl in Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7087 Fragile Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>September 14 2010, 8pm</p>Lisa Unger – Fragile – Coral Gables Start: Tue, 09/14/2010 - 8:00pm Despite their mostly happy marriage, when their son Ricky's girlfriend vanishes, Maggie and Jones find themselves at odds—Maggie is positive Ricky had nothing to do with Charlene's disappearance, while Jones isn't as sure. With Charlene gone, the memory Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7295 Getting to Happy Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/14/2010, 7:30 PM</p>In Getting to Happy, best-selling author Terry McMillian returns to Savannah, Georgia to visit the heroines of Waiting to Exhale fifteen years later. Event free to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6599 Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/14/2010, 7:30</p>Dan Ariely, Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home The provocative follow-up to Predictably Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6787 Scott McKenzie signs THE MAN BEHIND THE NOSE Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 15 2010, 5pm</p>Scott McKenzie signs THE MAN BEHIND THE NOSE * Author Signings Start: Wed, 09/15/2010 - 5:00pm Scott McKenzie visits Off Square Books to read and sign copies of The Man Behind the Nose. If a man whose life was threatened by assassination -- twice -- as he ran for president; Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7277 Safe Haven Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>September 15 2010, 5pm</p>We will be hosting an event with Nicholas Sparks to celebrate the release of his newest novel, Safe Haven (Hachette, hardcover, $25.99, on sale 9/14). Due to the expected crowd, we will be holding the event offsite at The Embassy Suites (670 Verdae Boulevard) from 5-8pm on Wednesday, September 15th. Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7029 Robert Goolrick - A Reliable Wife Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>09/15/2010, 5-7</p>National Author Robert Goolrick will be signing and reading from his book A Reliable Wife on Sept 15th from 5-7 at Barnhill's 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7213 Author Winston Groom Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/16/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will sign copies of his book. Please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7201 Masters of the Game: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Firm Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC<br/><p>September 16 2010, 7pm</p>KIM EISLER Thursday, September 16, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Legal reporter Kim Eisler will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Masters of the Game: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Firm. Eisler, who covered Williams & Connolly for more than two decades for The American Lawyer, Legal Times and Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7341 Fifth Born II, The Hundredth Turtle Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/16/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, September 16, 7:30 pm Zelda Lockhart, FIFTH BORN II: THE HUNDREDTH TURTLE The sequel to the Piedmont's Poet Laureate's acclaimed novel, Fifth Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7230 Banktown: The Rise & Struggles of Charlotte’s Big Banks Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>September 16 2010, 7pm</p>Thursday, September 16th 7pm Banktown: The Rise & Struggles of Charlotte’s Big Banks Richard Rothacker has been a reporter at the Charlotte Observer since 1998. He received the Gerald Loeb Award for beat writing in 2009 for his coverage of Wachovia. He lives in Charlotte Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7240 An Evening with Sara Gruen Eagle Eye Book Shop, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>September 16 2010, 5:30pm</p>An Evening with Sara Gruen New York Times Bestselling Author of Water for Elephants and Ape House, on Thursday, September 16th. The event will take place at the Aurora Theater, 128 Pike Street in Lawrenceville. Ape House available September 7th. Ticketed reception will begin at 5:30pm; doors will be open Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7315 MY HOLLYWOOD Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 16 2010, 6pm</p>MY HOLLYWOOD by Mona Simpson Knopf, hd. 26.95 From the author of Anywhere But Here and A Regular Guy, the story of two women whose lives entwine in the glittery surface of Hollywood. Link to Square Books review Book Signing: Sept. Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7217 Tales of Litchfield Beach Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>09/17/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Tales of Litchfield Beach" by Bill Sirmon, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6952 Just in time for Fall, Bill Lohmann signs Backroads and Byways of Virginia Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>September 17 2010, 12:30pm</p>Time: Friday, September 17, 12:30pm Location: Fountain Bookstore, Inc. Title of Event: Just in time for Fall, Bill Lohmann signs Backroads and Byways of Virginia Diverse Virginia has always attracted visitors and residents alike with its mountains, beaches, and cities. In this book you'll find 15 itineraries for inviting drives Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7162 Melissa Francis signs LOVE SUCKS Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 17 2010, 5pm</p>Melissa Francis signs LOVE SUCKS * Children's Events Start: Fri, 09/17/2010 - 5:00pm End: Fri, 09/17/2010 - 6:00pm Melissa Francis will be at Square Books, Jr. on Tuesday, September 14 to sign copies of Love Sucks at 5 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7278 Book Your Lunch with Joyce and Jim Lavene Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>09/17/2010, 12-2pm</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6747 Cuba Lost and Found Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>September 17 2010, 8pm</p>Fri, 09/17/2010 - 8:00pm In 1962, eleven-year-old Eduardo Neyra fled Cuba without his parents as part of the clandestine Operation Pedro Pan, an underground network that helped airlift over 14,000 Cuban children to safety in the United States. Suddenly a foreigner thrust into a new world and faced with new Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6896 Physical Science Page After Page, Elizabeth City, NC<br/><p>September 18 2010, 11am</p>September 18th 11am - 1pm Tara Powell will be here to discuss and sign her poetry book " Physical Science" She brings an alert, lyrical intelligence to the beautifully observed and crafted poems in this Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7168 Author at The Muse Muse Book Shop, Deland, FL<br/><p>09/18/2010, 7:00</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7257 Book Signing - Alexia Jones Helsley Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>09/18/2010, 2-5</p>Alexia Jones Helsley will be reading from and signing copies of her newest historical novel, A History of North Carolina Wine, on September 18th from 2-5 at Barnhill's 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7036 Gwen Cooper, HOMER'S ODYSSEY: A FEARLESS FELINE TALE, OR HOW I LEARNED ABOUT LOVE AND LIFE WITH A BLIND WONDER CAT Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/18/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Saturday, September 18, 2:00 pm Gwen Cooper, HOMER'S ODYSSEY: A FEARLESS FELINE TALE, OR HOW I LEARNED ABOUT LOVE AND LIFE WITH A BLIND WONDER CAT Now out in paperback Co-sponsored by Blind Cat Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6980 Author Burt Brun Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/18/10, 2 - 4 pm</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7202 Talk Like a Pirate Day Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>September 18 2010, 10am</p>"Talk Like a Pirate Day", a day to celebrate the fun and silliness of...well...talking like a pirate, falls in September each year. So avast, me hearties! Come join the fun at Fiction Addiction on Saturday, September 18th from 10-2 pm. Melinda Long, Greenville's own pirate queen, will be at the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7323 Reaching For Your New Life: Healthy Recovery from Divorce Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>September 18 2010, 1:30pm</p>Saturday, September 18th1:30pm Reaching For Your New Life: Healthy Recovery from Divorce Sara Rose, Ph.D, will be here to sign copies of her step-by-step guide to navigate your way through separation and divorce, while creating a new life for Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7243 RICE DIET RENEWAL/HEALING AT THE ROOTS Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC<br/><p>September 18 2010, 7pm</p>RICE DIET RENEWAL/HEALING AT THE ROOTS Saturday, September 18, 2010, 7:00 p.m. Bestselling author Kitty Rosati will talk about and sign copies of her new book, Rice Diet Renewal, and the duet Little Windows (Mark and Julee Glaub Weems) will perform some highlights from their new recording, Healing at the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7342 Avery Caswell, ed, LUCK: A COLLECTION OF FACTS, FICTION, INCANTATIONS & VERSE Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/19/2010, 3:00 PM</p>Sunday, September 19, 3:00 pm Avery Caswell, ed, LUCK: A COLLECTION OF FACTS, FICTION, INCANTATIONS & VERSE An eclectic collection of quotes, essays, art, memoir, fiction and poetry with contributors: Anthony Abbott, Richard Krawiec, Diana Pinckney, Kay Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7017 Margaret Norton - When Ties Break Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>9/19/2010, 2-4</p>Margaret Norton will be reading from and signing copies of her novel, When Ties Break - A Memoir about How to Thrive after Loss on Sunday Sept 19th from 2-4 at Barnhill's Books Wine Art Gifts, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7268 The Gendarme Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>September 20 2010, 8pm</p>Mark Mustian – The Gendarme - Gables Start: Mon, 09/20/2010 - 8:00pm What would you do if the love of your life, and all your memories, were lost- only to reappear, but with such shocking revelations that you wish you had never remembered... Emmett Conn is an old man, near Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7294 INTERSTATE 69 The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 21 2010, 5pm</p>INTERSTATE 69 The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway by Matt Dellinger Scribner, hd. 26.00 The story of the building (or not) of the 1,400-mile extension that will connect Canada to Mexico through the U.S. Link to Square Books review Book Signing: Sept. Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7216 Matt Dellinger signs INTERSTATE 69 Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 21 2010, 5pm</p>Matt Dellinger signs INTERSTATE 69 * Author Signings Start: Tue, 09/21/2010 - 5:00pm Matt Dellinger will be at Off Square Books to read Interstate 69. The books we have seen on great highways have always been about who and what is on the road. Interstate 69 is one of a Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7279 Checking Out Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 21 2010, 7pm</p>Tim Peeler Reading Public Library, Statesville NC Tuesday 09/21/2010 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Iredell Public Library | Map Tim Peeler, author of the poetry collection,Checking Out, will do a reading at the Iredell County Public Library in Stateville NC. For info: Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7320 Hadacol Days: A Southern Boyhood Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>09/21/2010, 4:00 PM</p>Clyde Bolton has long been a dean of the Southern sports writing community. Now this popular columnist focuses his beguiling prose on his boyhood memories in the delightful memoir, Hadacol Days. The title is taken from a high school cheer: “Statham Wildcats on the Ball, They’ve Been Drinking Hadacol.” The Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7304 Author Susan Gregg Gilmore Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/21/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will speak & sign book - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7177 Mockingbird Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/21/2010, 7:00 PM</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7124 Santa Fe Edge Eagle Eye Book Shop, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>September 22 2010, 7pm</p>Stuart Woods--Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, 7 PM at Eagle Eye. This is the day after release date. Stuart Woods Santa Fe Edge Recovering from his most recent battle with the Mexican mafia and a clash with his ex-wife, Ed Eagle encounters a mysterious new client who offers dangerous clues to unresolved Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6997 Author Rheta Grimsley Johnson Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/23/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will speak & sign book - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7178 Designated Fat Girl Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/23/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, September 23, 7:30 pm Jennifer Joyner, DESIGNATED FAT GIRL A brutally honest memoir by WRAL reporter of life as an obese woman and her decision to have gastric bypass surgery - the pain, humiliation . . . and Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6861 Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer Blue Elephant Book Shop, Decatur, GA<br/><p>09/23/2010, 7:00 PM</p>[LOCATION: Agnes Scott College, 141 E College Ave, Decatur, GA 30030] Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker is regarded as the leader of the global breast cancer movement. Her journey began with a promise to her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything possible to end the shame, pain, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7082 Lowcountry Time and Tide Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>09/24/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Lowcountry Time and Tide" by James Tuten, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6953 John Schulz- Requiem for a Redneck Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>09/25/2010, 2-5</p>John will be reading from and signing copies of his novel, Requiem for a Redneck, on Sept 25 from 2-5 at Barnhill's, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7210 Rescue Bunnies Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/25/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Saturday, September 25, 2:00 pm Doreen Cronin, RESCUE BUNNIES Author of Diaries of a Spider, Fly and Worm introduces Newbie, a Rescue Bunny in training who is determined to save the day ... if she can survive it! For ages Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6862 Launch the Ready: DNA American Patriot: A Proud Life in the U.S Coast Guard Page After Page, Elizabeth City, NC<br/><p>September 25 2010, 11am</p>September 25th 11am - 3pm Fred Tanner will be here to discuss and sign his new book " Launch the Ready: DNA American Patriot: A Proud Life in the U.S Coast Guard" Tanner narrates the story of serving thirty-four years in the U.S. Military, primarily in the U.S. Coast Guard. Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7169 Author Norma Danzey Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>09/25/2010, 2 - 4 pm</p>The author will sign copies of her books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7179 Storytime Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/26/2010, 3:00 pm</p>Sunday, September 26, 3:00 pm Story time - and more- with North Carolina Symphony. Musician Rachel Niketopoulos reads Peter and the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6828 Janet Gallagher Nestor - Pathways to Wholeness Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>09/26/2010, 2-4</p>Janet Gallagher Nestor will be reading from and signing copies of her novel, Pathways to Wholeness on Sunday Sept 26th from 2-4 at Barnhill's Books Wine Art Gifts, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7269 Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>09/27/2010, 7:00PM</p>In the wake of talk of a “post-racial America” upon the ascendance of Barack Obama as president of the United States, Michele Norris, host of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, set out, through original reporting, to write a book about “the hidden conversation on race” that is going on Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7144 Adam & Eve Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>09/28/2010, 4:00 PM</p>Naslund delivers a blend of futuristic thriller, religious speculation, and idyllic romance. In 2017, Lucy Bergmann's astrophysicist husband is murdered just before he is to reveal the existence of extraterrestrial life. Now, as the keeper of a copy of his data, Lucy's being stalked by the leaders of a sect Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6988 BANKTOWN: THE RISE AND STRUGGLES OF CHARLOTTE’S BIG BANKS Pomegranate Books, Wilmington, NC<br/><p>September 28 2010, 7pm</p>Reading & Booksigning with Rick Rothacker, author of BANKTOWN: THE RISE AND STRUGGLES OF CHARLOTTE’S BIG BANKS. Tuesday, September 28, at 7:00 PM As the title implies, this book follows two of the nation’s largest banks—Bank of America and Wachovia—from their origins to their rise to the top of the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7313 Bruce Machart signs THE WAKE OF FORGIVENESS Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 28 2010, 5pm</p>Bruce Machart signs THE WAKE OF FORGIVENESS * Author Signings Start: Tue, 09/28/2010 - 5:00pm Bruce Machart will be at Off Square Books to talk about The Wake of Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7280 Jude Nutter Reading at Converse College Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>September 28 2010, 8pm</p>Jude Nutter Reading at Converse College Tuesday 09/28/2010 8:00 pm Bain Room, Wilson Hall, Converse College | Map The 2010 Julia Peterkin Award winner, Jude Nutter, will give a reading from her critically-acclaimed books. Born in North Yorkshire, England, Jude Nutter grew up in northern Germany. Her poems have appeared Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7322 White House Diary Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC<br/><p>September 28 2010, 7pm</p>Former President Jimmy Carter will sign his White House Diary Tuesday, September 28th, starting at 7:00 p.m., here at the Regulator Admission will be by lettered ticket. We will give out a ticket with each book we sell (or pre-sell). The letter on each ticket will correspond to your place Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7254 Richard Goodman Talks About Gardening and Writing and Signs French Dirt and The Soul of Creative Writing Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>September 29 2010, 6:30pm</p>Time: Wednesday, September 29, 6:30pm Location: Fountain Bookstore, Inc. Title of Event:Richard Goodman Talks About Gardening and Writing and Signs French Dirt and The Soul of Creative Writing A story about dirt--and about sun, water, work, elation, and defeat. And about the sublime pleasure of having a little piece of Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7163 Book Your Lunch with Tonja Weimer Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>09/29/2010, 12-2pm</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6748 Richard Goodman Talks About Gardening, Writing, and A New York Memoir Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>September 29 2010, 6:30pm</p>Time: Wednesday, September 29, 6:30pm Location: Fountain Bookstore, Inc. Title of Event:Richard Goodman Talks About Gardening, Writing, and A New York Memoir A New York Memoir is about a life lived in New York City over a period of thirty years. The memoir begins in 1975, with author Richard Goodman's Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7336 BANKTOWN: THE RISE AND STRUGGLES OF CHARLOTTE'S BIG BANKS Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>9/29/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Wednesday, September 29, 7:30 pm Rick Rothacker, BANKTOWN: THE RISE AND STRUGGLES OF CHARLOTTE'S BIG BANKS Charlotte Observer reporter exposes the truth behind Bank of America and Wachovia Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6863 Debut Author Jay Varner Presents His Memoir: Nothing Left to Burn Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>September 30 2010, 6:30pm</p>Time:Thursday, September 30, 6:30pm Location:Fountain Bookstore, Inc. Title of Event: Debut Author Jay Varner Presents His Memoir: Nothing Left to Burn Nothing Left to Burn is a remarkable memoir that looks into the life of a family that has spent years harboring dark and volatile secrets. It eloquently tells the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7164 Jewell Parker Rhodes signs Ninth Ward Square Books, Oxford, MS<br/><p>September 30 2010, 4pm</p>Jewell Parker Rhodes * Children's Events Start: Thu, 09/30/2010 - 4:00pm Jewell Parker Rhodes signs Ninth Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7281 The Girl Who Fell from the Sky Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>September 30 2010, 6:30pm</p>Heidi Durrow – The Girl Who Fell from the Sky – Gables Start: Thu, 09/30/2010 - 6:30pm Heidi Durrow's debut novel The Girl who Fell From the Sky tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., who becomes the sole survivor of a Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7296 Traveling with Pomegranates Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>10/01/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Traveling with Pomegranates" by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6954 T.L. Bailey - The Gypsy Chronicles Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>10/02/2010, 2-5 pm</p>T.L. Bailey will be reading from and signing copies of her novel The Gypsy Chronicles on October 2nd from 2-5 at Barnhill's 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7209 North Carolina Opera Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/3/2010, 3:00</p>North Carolina Opera A preview of their upcoming production of Tosca by Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6733 Tommy Spaulding, IT'S NOT JUST WHO YOU KNOW: TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE (AND YOUR ORGANIZATION) BY TURNING COLLEAGUES AND CONTACTS INTO LASTING, GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/4/10, 7:30 PM</p>Monday, October 4, 7:30 pm Tommy Spaulding, IT'S NOT JUST WHO YOU KNOW: TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE (AND YOUR ORGANIZATION) BY TURNING COLLEAGUES AND CONTACTS INTO LASTING, GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS National leadership expert focuses on netgiving – building relationships that help Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7309 Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/5/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Journalist Rob Christensen investigates North Carolina's political history providing updated coverage of recent issues in North Carolina's political landscape. Come hear him read from The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics: The Personalities, Elections, and Events That Shaped Modern North Carolina. Event free to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6601 Workshop - Marta Felber Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>10/05/2010, 6-7</p>Join Marta Felber for a fun hour on Tuesday evening, October 5th, 6pm. Marta is co-author of “A Cat’s Eye View of Life and Love by Sterling with Gentle Self-Help for All Ages.” Sterling tells sixty stories, each based on a real life experience. The short “Mewsings” at the end Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7015 Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Job They Quit Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>10/06/2010, 4:00 PM</p>Sonny Brewer, a true &quot;writer's writer&quot;, has enticed his friends and fellow authors to tell us about he day jobs they quit to devote themselves to their true calling….and we're talking about the biggest names in the business.We know you can't wait to read the personal words of John Grisham Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7305 Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/6/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Maryn McKenna reads from her work exploring the reality of MRSA, drug resistant staph, which may be the most frightening epidemic since AIDS. Come hear her read from this work encompassing the MRSA's history, detection, and public policy woven into a moving narrative. Event free to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6502 Objects of our Affection Country Bookshop Inc, Southern Pines, NC<br/><p>October 6 2010, 5:30pm</p>Wednesday, October 6 at 5:30 pm: LISA TRACY, Objects of our Affection will be here to sign and Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7328 Life With Maxie Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/7/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, October 7, 7:30 pm Diane Rehm, LIFE WITH MAXIE NPR host of the Diane Rehm show gives us a glimpse into her life by way of her beloved dog Maxie. A heartwarming story for fans and dog lovers. Signing line tickets with the purchase of _____________________ More info to Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7154 Book Your Lunch with Linda Shirley Robertson Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>10/07/2010, 12-2pm</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7219 Authors Jeff Deck & Benjamin Herson Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>10/07/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The authors will speak & sign copies of their books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7181 Crossing With the Virgin Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/8/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Friday, October 8, 7:30 pm Kathryn Ferguson, CROSSING WITH THE VIRGIN: STORIES FROM THE MIGRANT TRAIL A gut-wrenching collection of true stories, authored by members of the "Samaritans", a group offering medical aid to migrants in the Arizona desert. Artist, Debbi McCullough, will display works made of objects found on Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6831 Eugene Robinson, DISINTEGRATION: THE SPLINTERING OF BLACK AMERICA Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/8/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Friday, October 8, 7:30 pm Eugene Robinson, DISINTEGRATION: THE SPLINTERING OF BLACK AMERICA The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize winning columnist argues that the concept of Black America has shattered and there now four distinct groups. He looks at affirmative action, the impor­tance of race versus social class, and the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6975 Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>10/08/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs" by James Cothran, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6955 Phyllis Stump - Called: The Story of a Mountain Midwife Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>10/09/2010, 2-5</p>Phyllis Stump will be reading from and signing copies of her novel, Called: The Story of a Mountain Midwife on Saturday Oct 9th from 2-5 at Barnhill's Books Wine Art Gifts, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7270 Deltona Author Book Fair Muse Book Shop, Deland, FL<br/><p>10/09/2010, 11:00 AM</p>50+ Author Book Fair at the Deltona Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7229 Author Teresa Lacey Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>10/09/2010, 2 - 4 pm</p>The author will sign copies of her books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7182 Losing It Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>10/09/2010, 2-4pm</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6645 Book Signing Barbara Engler Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>10/10/2010, 2-4</p>Barbara Engler will be reading from and signing copies of her novel, Where the River Bends on Sunday Oct 10th from 2-4 at Barnhill's Books Wine Art Gifts, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7267 THE CAILIFS OF BAGHDAD, GEORGIA: A NOVEL Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/11/10, 7:30 PM</p>Monday, October 11, 7:30 pm Mary Helen Stefaniak, THE CAILIFS OF BAGHDAD, GEORGIA: A NOVEL Eleven-year-old Gladys Califf and her Depression-era community are turned upside down when a worldly teacher, who is fascinated with all things Arabian, moves into the small town. Joined by her editor, Alana Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7232 THE CAILIFS OF BAGHDAD, GEORGIA: A NOVEL Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/11/10, 7:30 PM</p>Monday, October 11, 7:30 pm Mary Helen Stefaniak, THE CAILIFS OF BAGHDAD, GEORGIA: A NOVEL Eleven-year-old Gladys Califf and her Depression-era community are turned upside down when a worldly teacher, who is fascinated with all things Arabian, moves into the small town. Joined by her editor, Alana Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7231 Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>10/12/2010, 4:00 PM</p>In a small Mississippi town, two men are torn apart by circumstance and reunited by tragedy in this resonant new novel from the award-winning author of the critically-acclaimed Hell at the Breech. Larry Ott and Silas ''32'' Jones were unlikely boyhood friends. Larry was the child of lower middle-class white Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6989 Nothing Left to Burn Country Bookshop Inc, Southern Pines, NC<br/><p>October 14 2010, 4pm</p>Thursday, October 14 at 4 pm: JAY VARNER will read from and sign Nothing Left to Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7329 Good Eats Two Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/14/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Come hear Alton Brown present his hilarious cookbook, Good Eats Two. After all, Brown is "a foodie phenomenon: a great cook, a very funny guy, and—underneath it all—a science geek who’s as interested in the chemistry of cooking as he is in eating." Event free to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6602 Author Ted Dunagan Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>10/14/2010, 4 - 6 pm</p>The author will sign copies of his books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7183 The Perfect Love: A Holiday Story Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>10/15/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "The Perfect Love: A Holiday Story" by Patti Callahan Henry, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6956 Simply Southern Ease The Fountainhead Bookstore, Hendersonville, NC<br/><p>10/15/2010, 5:00 p.m.</p>Cappy will share some of her stories with us with a few extra tidbits thrown Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7332 THE MAN WATCHING: ANSON DORRANCE AND THE GREATEST COLLEGE SPORTS DYNASTY EVER Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/15/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Friday, October 15, 7:30 pm Tim Crothers, THE MAN WATCHING: ANSON DORRANCE AND THE GREATEST COLLEGE SPORTS DYNASTY EVER Updated with new material. Anson Dorrance will be here to sign Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6864 Author Michael Springer Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>10/16/2010, 2 - 4 pm</p>The author will sign copies of his books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7185 Gary Bolick- Angel's Oracle Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>10/16/2010, </p>Gary Bolick author of Angel's Oracle, will be reading from and signing copies of his novel at Barnhill's 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7211 Author Christopher Cunningham Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>10/16/2010, Noon - 2 pm</p>The author will sign copies of his books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7184 Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>October 16 2010, 5pm</p>New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Handler, whose new book is Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, will be appearing at our store! She'll be here Saturday, October 16, from 5 pm until 7 pm (we'll be open an hour late for the occasion). Restrictions will apply, but we're not sure what Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7133 Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts - Reinvented Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/20/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito, BAKED EXPLORATIONS: CLASSIC AMERICAN DESSERTS - REINVENTED If you have a sweet tooth don't miss this! There will be Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6775 The Perfect Love Song Burry Bookstore, Hartsville, SC<br/><p>10/21/2010, 12 noon until 2:00 pm</p>On Thursday, October 21, 2010 Burry Bookstore and Black Creek Arts Council are co-hosting an author luncheon from 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm New York Times Bestselling Author Patti Callahan Henry will be speaking, reading, and signing copies of her new holiday novella The Perfect Love Song. Tickets are $30 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7311 Fatal Error Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/21/10, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, October 21, 7:30 pm F. Paul Wilson, FATAL ERROR The penultimate Repairman Jack novel. A canny mix of sci-fi paranoia and criminal Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7233 Bakes Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented Country Bookshop Inc, Southern Pines, NC<br/><p>October 22 2010, 5pm</p>Friday, October 22 5 pm: MATT LEWIS and RENATO POLIAFITO, Bakes Explorations: Classic American Desserts Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7330 Something for the Pain Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>10/22/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Something for the Pain" by Paul Austin, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6957 Behemoth Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/22/2010, 5:30 PM</p>Friday, October 22, 5:30 pm Scott Westerfield, BEHEMOTH The sequel to Leviathan, continues a great adventure set in an alternate WWI-era world, in which genetically engineered warships rule the sky. For ages 9 - Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7155 Phyllis Harrison Plowshares in the Palatinate and The Fires of Europe Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>10/23/2010, 2-5</p>Phyllis Harrison will be reading from and signing copies of her novels, The Fires of Europe and Plowshares in the Palatinate on Saturday Oct 23th from 2-5 at Barnhill's Books Wine Art Gifts, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7272 Elva Sieg - Celebrating The Underdog Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>10/24/2010, 5-7</p>Elva Sieg will be here signing copies of the collection she put together of her late husband's lifetime of work. Tom Sieg was a celebrated journalist for most of his life until he passed in 1996. Celebrating The Underdog is a very unique offering for anyone's collection, and meeting Mrs Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7212 Another Fine Mess: The History of American Film Comedy Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/25/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Charlie Chaplin. Woody Allen. The Marx Brothers. Billy Wilder. Woody Allen. What would the history of American film look like without them? Come hear Saul Austerlitz explore this area of film history which get little attention despite its big laughs. Event free to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6501 Vince Flynn, AMERICAN ASSASSIN Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/27/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Wednesday, October 27, 7:30 pm Vince Flynn, AMERICAN ASSASSIN Fans are introduced to the young Mitch Rapp as he takes on his first, explosive assignment in this exhilarating political Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7073 Why We Fight Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>10/28/2010, </p>Author of The Secret Lives of People in Love, Simon Van Booy presents his three philosophical books coming out this year: Why We Fight, Why We Need Love, and Why Our Decisions Don't Matter. Come hear him read from these stimulating and thought-provoking works! Event free to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6500 Improper Life of Bezellia Grove Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>10/29/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Improper Life of Bezellia Grove" by Sue Gilmore, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6958 Author Greg Mortenson Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>11/01/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of his books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more information. This is a ticketed Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7186 Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>11/03/2010, 4:00 PM</p>The Fall of the House of Zeus tells the story of Dickie Scruggs, arguably the most successful plaintiff's lawyer in America. A brother-in-law of Trent Lott, the former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Scruggs made a fortune taking on mass tort lawsuits against “Big Tobacco” and the asbestos industries. He was Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7145 AMERICAN WASTELAND: HOW AMERICA THROWS AWAY NEARLY HALF OF ITS FOOD (AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT) Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/3/10, 7:30 PM</p>Wednesday, November 3, 7:30 pm Jonathan Bloom, AMERICAN WASTELAND: HOW AMERICA THROWS AWAY NEARLY HALF OF ITS FOOD (AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT) Bloom offers solutions as well as jeremiads, and not a minute too soon! Co-sponsored by the Interfaith Food Shuttle. Please bring in a Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7310 Listen To This Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/3/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Ross, author of The Rest is Noise, writes that his new book "is a panoramic tour of the musical world... Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Verdi, Brahms, Marian Anderson, Frank Sinatra, Cecil Taylor, Led Zeppelin, Björk, Radiohead, Mitsuko Uchida, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Luther Adams, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Bob Dylan, and the Malcolm Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6360 Author Christy Jordan with her new cookbook Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>11/03/2010, 4 - 6 pm</p>The author will sign copies of her cookbook - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7187 Ian Frazier, TRAVELS IN SIBERIA Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/4/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, November 4, 7:30 pm Ian Frazier, TRAVELS IN SIBERIA An entertaining and informative narrative which reveals Siberia's role in history; Russia since Soviet rule and a personal account of Frazier's adventures Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6932 Christmas Mourning Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/4/2010, 7:30 pm</p>Thursday, November 4, 7:30 pm Margaret Maron, CHRISTMAS MOURNING It's Christmas in rural North Carolina's Colleton County and Judge Deborah Knott is looking forward to a family celebration when a tragedy clouds the holiday season. Signing line ticket with the purchase of Christmas Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6829 The Red Thread Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/5/2010, 7:30 PM</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7123 The Long Road Home Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>11/5/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "The Long Road Home" by Mary Alice Monroe, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6959 Nancie McDermott, SOUTHERN PIES: A GRACIOUS PLENTY OF PIE RECIPES FROM LEMON CHESS TO CHOCOLATE PECAN Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/6/2010, 3:00 PM</p>Saturday, November 6, 3:00 pm Nancie McDermott, SOUTHERN PIES: A GRACIOUS PLENTY OF PIE RECIPES FROM LEMON CHESS TO CHOCOLATE PECAN Start testing your best recipes for our pie contest. Details coming Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6977 BIBLE BABEL: MAKING SENSE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT BOOK OF ALL TIME Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/6/2010, 7:00 PM</p>Saturday, November 6, 7:00 pm Kristin M. Swenson, BIBLE BABEL: MAKING SENSE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT BOOK OF ALL TIME The professor of religious studies does not aim to convert readers or to shatter their beliefs. In a lively and accessible way she provides the basics for making sense Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7156 Richard Krawiec, ed, THE SOUND OF POETS COOKING Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/7/2010, 3:00 PM</p>Sunday, November 7, 3:00 pm Richard Krawiec, ed, THE SOUND OF POETS COOKING A poetry anthology/cookbook with a wide range of poems and recipes. Proceeds will go towards providing free writing workshops for others in communities across N.C. and the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7018 The Dinosaur Hunter Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>11/09/2010, 4:00 PM</p>When he's not writing bestsellers such as Rocket Boys/October Sky, Back to the Moon, The Coalwood Way, and The Keeper's Son, HOMER HICKAM goes dinosaur hunting in the ranchlands and badlands of Montana. His important finds include two Tyrannosaurus Rexes and numerous other creatures of the Cretaceous Period. Please visit Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7306 Author Fannie Flagg in Fairhope Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>11/09/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of her books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more information. This is a ticketed Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7189 Luncheon with Fannie Flagg Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>11/09/2010, 11 am - 2 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of her books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more information. This is a ticketed Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7188 Simple Times: Crafts for Poor Peopl Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/10/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Wednesday, November 10, 7:30 pm Amy Sedaris, SIMPLE TIMES: CRAFTS FOR POOR PEOPLE America's most delightfully unconventional hostess and the bestselling author of I Like You delivers a new book that will forever change the world of crafting Signing line ticket with the purchase of Simple Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6830 Author Patti Callahan Henry Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>11/11/10, 5 - 7 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of her books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7190 JIM HUNT: A BIOGRAPHY Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/11/10, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, November 11, 7:30 pm Gary Pearce, JIM HUNT: A BIOGRAPHY Governor Hunt will accompany his former press secretary and political adviser to answer questions and sign Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6981 Greek Revival - Cooking for Life Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>11/12/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Greek Revival - Cooking for Life" by Patricia Moore-Pastides, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6960 The Greyfriar: Vampire Empire (Book 1) Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/12/10, 7:30 PM</p>Friday, November 12, 7:30 pm Clay & Susan Griffith, THE GREYFRIAR: VAMPIRE EMPIRE (Book 1) The first book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history combining rousing pulp action with steampunk Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7308 Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>11/14/2010, 3:00PM</p>Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7146 UNTOLD: A History of the Wives of the Prophet Mohammad Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/15/2010, 7:30 PM</p> Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7122 View from Tuesday Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/16/10, 7:00 PM</p>Tuesday, November 16, 7:00 pm View from Tuesday Donna Washington, L'il Rabbit's Kwanzaa Renowned storyteller relates this new tale. For ages K and up Wilde Awards Live! N&O reviewer Susie Wilde crowns the best books of the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7263 Karl Marlantes, MATTERHORN: A NOVEL OF THE VIETNAM WAR Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/17/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Wednesday, November 17, 7:30 pm Karl Marlantes, MATTERHORN: A NOVEL OF THE VIETNAM WAR This powerful, unforgettable, novel by a Marine Vietnam veteran, places you on the battle field with the men who fought the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6978 HER IS A HUMAN BEING: AT THE DAWN OF PERSONAL GENOMICS Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/18/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, November 18, 7:30 pm Misha Angrist, HER IS A HUMAN BEING: AT THE DAWN OF PERSONAL GENOMICS Professor at Duke INstitute of Genome Sciences & Policy. He was the 4th subject to be "mapped" in 2007 From the inside he looks at the medical as well as the political, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7244 Misha Angrist, HERE IS A HUMAN BEING: AT THE DAWN OF PERSONAL GENOMICS Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/18/10, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, November 18, 7:30 pm Misha Angrist, HERE IS A HUMAN BEING: AT THE DAWN OF PERSONAL GENOMICS Professor at Duke Institute of Genome Sciences & Policy. He was the 4th subject to be "mapped" in 2007 From the inside he looks at the medical as well as the political, Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7261 An Afternoon with New York Times Bestselling Author Karen White Burry Bookstore, Hartsville, SC<br/><p>11/19/2010, 3:30 until 5:00 pm</p>On Friday, November 19, 2010 Burry Bookstore is hosting "An Afternoon with New York Times Bestselling Author Karen White" from 3:30 until 5:00 pm New York Times Bestselling Author Karen White will be speaking, reading, and signing copies of all of her novels including her recently published New York Times Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7312 Staff Book Review Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>11/19/2010, 11:00 a.m.</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring the talented staff of our local indie bookstore as they preview their holiday gift recommendations. Each has a special interest: Vickie Crafton is the non-fiction specialist, Bonnie Dermer is all about mysteries and children's books, Pixie Kubeck digs Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6961 COASTS OF CAROLINA: SEASIDE TO SOUND COUNTRY Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/19/2010, 7:30</p>Author Bland Simpson and photographer Scott Taylor COASTS OF CAROLINA: SEASIDE TO SOUND COUNTRY Evocative text together with 145 vivid color images present a unique vision of the coastal Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6734 Author Amy Holland Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>11/20/2010, 2 - 4 pm</p>The author will sign copies of her books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7191 Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL<br/><p>11/20/2010, 7:30PM</p>Enjoy a very special evening with Fannie Flagg as she discusses her new book and her career, as only Fannie Flagg can. Tickets are $35 and include a signed copy of the book. Birmingham Mayor William Bell will present the key to the city to Fannie - no one deserves Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7307 Mary Flinn - The One Barnhill's, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>11/20/2010, 2-5</p>Mary Flinn will be reading from and signing copies of her novel, The One on Saturday Nov 20th from 2-5 at Barnhill's Books Wine Art Gifts, 811 Burke St, Winston-Salem NC, 336-602-1383 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7271 The Widower's Tale Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>11/22/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Best-selling author of I See You Everywhere and winner of the John Gardner Fiction Book Award, Julia Glass reads from her new novel featuring Percy Darling whose solitary life changes when he allows a progressive preschool to move into his barn. Event free to the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6600 Author Tom Franklin Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>11/23/2010, 6 - 8 pm</p>The author will speak & sign copies of his books - please see www.pageandpalette.com for more Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7192 Scott Mason, TAR HEEL TRAVELER: JOURNEY'S ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>12/1/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Wednesday, December 1, 7:30 pm Scott Mason, TAR HEEL TRAVELER: JOURNEY'S ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA Based on his WRAL-TV series featuring the back roads of North Carolina and its memorable people and Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6933 Colonel Roosevelt Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>12/2/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Thursday, December 2, 7:30 pm Edmond Morris, COLONEL ROOSEVELT The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex delivers the powerful conclusion of the biographies of one of the most indelible and significant figures in American Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7157 I Still Dream About You, Honey Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>12/03/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Please join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and reservations 843-235-9600) featuring "I Still Dream About You, Honey" by Fannie Flagg, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. Please note: Cost is $49.00, which includes lunch and a copy of the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6991 Ruth Little, CAROLINA COTTAGE: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE PIAZZA HOUSE Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>12/3/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Friday, December 3, 7:30 pm Ruth Little, CAROLINA COTTAGE: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE PIAZZA HOUSE An architectural history of this house style and the memoir of the author as she saved and restored the Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6979 Carolina Christmas: Archibald Rutledge's Eduring Holiday Stories Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>12/4/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Booksigning! Please join us for a booksigning featuring "Carolina Christmas: Archibald Rutledge's Enduring Holiday Stories" edited by Jim Casada at 2:00 PM at Litchfield Books. A collection of holiday tales, poems, and recipes celebrating hearth and hunt in the South of Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6963 FALLING OFF THE BONE Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>12/5/10, 2:30 PM</p>Sunday, December 5, 2:30 pm James Beard Award winning cookbook author, Jean Anderson, FALLING OFF THE BONE 163 lip-smacking recipes that use the more economical cuts of meat to best Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7264 THE GRACE OF SILENCE: A MEMOIR Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>12/6/2010, 7:30 PM</p>Monday, December 6, 7:30 pm Michele Norris, THE GRACE OF SILENCE: A MEMOIR Norris, co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, traces her ancestry in America's south and how it reflects the nation's turbulent efforts toward racial equality. Signing line ticket with the purchase of her Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=7020 Whiskey, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>12/10/2010, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast luncheon (information and tickets 843-235-9600) featuring "Whiskey, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster" by William Starr, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 Thu, 02 Sep 10 23:32:26 -0700http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=6964