Authors Round the Southhttp://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/STARSen-us Anne Clinard Barnhill with At the Mercy of the Queen City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC<br/><p>February 3 2012, 7pm</p>Anne Clinard Barnhill will be at City Lights Bookstore Friday, February 3rd at 7 p.m to read from her new novel, At the Mercy of the Queen. A sweeping tale of sexual seduction and intrigue at the court of Henry VIII, At the Mercy of the Queen is a rich Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10707 Rose Senehi to Speak The Fountainhead Bookstore, Hendersonville, NC<br/><p>February 3 2012, 6:30pm</p>Rose Senehi to Speak Start: 6:30 pm Rose Senehi will talk about her newest novel, Render Unto the Valley. She will be available to sign books Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10628 Charleston: A Historic Walking Tour Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>02/03/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Carefree Catering featuring "Charleston: A Historic Walking Tour" by Mary Foster, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10183 Taylor Stevens signs copies of her Vanessa “Michael” Munroe thrillers The Informationist & The Innocent Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>February 3 2012, 12:30pm</p>Taylor Stevens signs copies of her Vanessa “Michael” Munroe thrillers The Informationist & The Innocent Start: 12:30 pm Fri 2/3 12:30pm-1:30pm *Signing only Taylor Stevens signs copies of her Vanessa “Michael” Munroe thrillers The Informationist & The Innocent Praise for The Informationist: “Stevens’s blazingly brilliant debut introduces a great new Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10878 Carl Ernst Reading and Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/03/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>Carl Ernst helps readers better understand the historical and literary background of Islam’s foundational text in his new book How to Read the Qur’an: A New Guide with Select Translations. A Professor of Religious Studies at UNC Chapel Hill, Ernst has published several books and many articles on the subjects Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10745 Patricia Schultz signs, "1000 Places To See Before You Die" Eagle Eye Book Shop, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>February 4 2012, 10am</p>Patricia Schultz signs, "1000 Places To See Before You Die" When-Sat, February 4, 2012, 10am – 2pm Where-Cobb Galleria Centre (map) Description-The world's bestselling travel book is back in a more informative, more experiential, more budget-friendly full-color edition. A #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places reinvented the idea of Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10623 Pineapple Grenade Muse Book Shop, Deland, FL<br/><p>02/04/2012, 6:00 PM</p>Tim will be signing his new book "Pineapple Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10720 Pat Davies - Wizard Jasper and the Lost Princess Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 4 2012, 1:30pm</p>Pat Davies - Wizard Jasper and the Lost Princess Start: 02/04/2012 1:30 pm Upon discovering their daughter trapped in a magic mirror, the King summons Wizard Jasper, the best wizard in the kingdom, to come to the rescue. Jasper is able to find his way into the mirror, but discovers Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10841 Hugh McColl - From the Highlands to High Finance Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 4 2012, 11am</p>Hugh McColl - From the Highlands to High Finance Start: 02/04/2012 11:00 am Ten years in the writing, Suzanne Cameron Linder Hurley’s book on Hugh L. McColl Jr.’s family is on press. This comprehensive account begins with the clan’s early years in Scotland and covers sixteen centuries of history, from Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10840 Sherri Patterson -- Mad Lyfe of an NBA Wife Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 4 2012, 5pm</p>Sherri Patterson -- Mad Lyfe of an NBA Wife -- Miami Beach Start: 5:00 pm In her memoir, Mad Lyfe of an NBA Wife (Free Flow Writing & Publishing, $14.95), Sherri Patterson will take you on the journey of her life as a teenage girl growing up in the heart Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10789 Beth Aldrich -- Real Moms Love to Eat Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 4 2012, 1pm</p>Beth Aldrich -- Real Moms Love to Eat -- Gables Start: 1:00 pm Healthy lifestyle and nutrition expert Beth Aldrich loves to eat-and she thinks everyone else should too. In Real Moms Love to Eat (NAL Trade, $15), she seduces readers with her amazing secrets to help them lose weight, Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10788 The Portable Son by Barrett Hathcock Lemuria Books, JACKSON, MS<br/><p>February 4 2012, 1pm</p>Reserve, $14.00 Saturday, February 04, 2012 Signing - 1:00 pm The Portable Son by Barrett Hathcock Something is off within Peter Traxler. Born and raised in Mississippi in the last quarter of the 20th century, he is sick with nostalgia at 30 for his upper-middle class Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10904 The Saturday Salon with Arlene Showalter Literary Book Post, Salisbury, NC<br/><p>February 4 2012, 1pm</p>Feb. 4, 2012 - The Saturday Salon with Arlene Showalter Start: 02/04/2012 1:00 pm End: 02/04/2012 3:00 pm Arlene Showalter has added to the literature available about the infamous Civil War prison located in Salisbury with the publication of her new novel Butternut Tears. Showalter will be the guest author Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10914 Signe Pike Reading and Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/04/2012, 3:00 p.m.</p>Charleston writer and editor Signe Pike decided to travel the globe in search of faeries and those who believed in them after the death of her father. Faery Tale, the story of her adventures in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Mexico, has been featured on NPR and was a Kirkus Reviews Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10746 Book Your Lunch with Anne Barnhill Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>February 4 2012, 12noon</p>Saturday, February 4 12:00pm Book Your Lunch with Anne Barnhill (Tickets required) When-Sat, February 4, 12pm – 2pm Where-The Lazy Goat (170 River Place) (map) Description-Have lunch with Anne Barnhill, and learn about her debut historical novel, At the Mercy of the Queen, which features Lady Margaret Shelton, cousin to Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10865 Gloria Robinson Book Signing That Bookstore in Blytheville, Blytheville, AR<br/><p>February 4 2012, 1pm</p>Gloria Robinson Book Signing Start: 02/04/2012 1:00 pm Gloria Robinson Boyd will be here during our 1st Saturday Roundup event, she is promoting her book African American Religious Experiences: A Case Study Of Twentieth Century Trends And Practices. Her research was done in Mississippi County. She will speak to attendees Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10754 Lisa Alther reads from her new novel Washed In The Blood Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>February 5 2012, 2pm</p>Lisa Alther reads from her new novel Washed In The Blood Start: 2:00 pm Sun 2/5 2pm-3pm Lisa Alther reads from her new novel Washed In The Blood Based on extensive research into the racial mixing that occurred in the early years of southeastern settlement, this provocative multigenerational story shows Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10880 Poetrio with poets Aaron Belz, Nancy Dillingham, and April Fox Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/05/2012, 3:00 p.m.</p>The featured poets for the February Poetrio event are Aaron Belz (Lovely, Raspberry), Nancy Dillingham (Home, and Reflections in a River), and April Fox (Between the Stars). Come to hear readings by three poets, followed by booksignings. The event is free and open to the Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10747 Oran Hesterman -- Fair Food Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 6 2012, 8pm</p>Oran Hesterman -- Fair Food -- Gables Start: 8:00 pm A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10790 Adrian Bejan and Peder Zane Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 6 2012, 7pm</p>Adrian Bejan and Peder Zane Start: 7:00 pm Duke professor Adrian Bejan will read from and sign copies of his new book, Design in Nature, which he wrote with Peder Zane. This book explores the Contructal Law and the evolution of design in the natural world around us, from biological Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10858 Alan Shapiro - Broadway Baby Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 7 2012, 7pm</p>Alan Shapiro Start: 7:00 pm Alan Shapiro will read from his debut novel Broadway Baby which follows aspiring entertainer Miriam Bluestein (who continues to look at the world as if it were, indeed, all a stage). A story of her obsessive love and self-deception, this novel follows Miriam on and Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10859 Joshilyn Jackson Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>February 7 2012, 12noon</p>Joshilyn Jackson February 7, 2012 Read It & Eat Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10728 S. L. Alexander -- COURTROOM CARNIVAL: Famous New Orleans Octavia Books, New Orleans, LA<br/><p>February 7 2012, 6pm</p>S. L. Alexander -- COURTROOM CARNIVAL: Famous New Orleans Trials Author Event Start: 02/07/2012 6:00 pm It's carnival time; so, please join us for a reading, presentation and booksigning with Sherry Alexander featuring her recent book, COURTROOM CARNIVAL: Famous New Orleans Trials. She will be joined by one of the Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10938 ORSON SCOTT CARD, Shadows in Flight Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 7 2012, 7:30pm</p>Tuesday, February 7, 7:30 pm ORSON SCOTT CARD, Shadows in Flight The next book in the Ender saga follows Bean and three of his children into Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10917 Booktalk and signing with MIKE DOUGHTY, THE BOOK OF DRUGS: A MEMOIR Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL<br/><p>February 8 2012, 6pm</p>Booktalk and signing with MIKE DOUGHTY, THE BOOK OF DRUGS: A MEMOIR Start: 6:00 pm Rock and roll lore is full of stories about artists getting sucked into the drug-fueled, sex-crazed underworld of stardom—and musician Mike Doughty is no exception. His memoir, The Book of Drugs, chronicles his struggle to Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10912 Beth Holmgren discusses her biography Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>February 8 2012, 7pm</p>Beth Holmgren discusses her biography Starring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:00 pm Wed 2/8 7pm-8pm Beth Holmgren discusses her biography Starring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America In 1876, Poland's leading actress, Helena Modrzejewska, accompanied by family and friends, emigrated Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10616 Arun Abey -- How Much is Enough? Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 8 2012, 6:30pm</p>Arun Abey -- How Much is Enough? -- Gables Start: 6:30 pm Brilliantly combining economics and psychological thought, How Much is Enough? (Greenleaf Book Group, $21.95) by Arun Abey promises to revolutionize the investment world. Complete with succinct economic advise and stories from those who have found peace beyond their Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10791 Eugene Author Dinners with Randy Fertel A Cappella Books, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>February 8 2012, 6:30pm</p>Eugene Author Dinners with Randy Fertel Dinner and Book Signing on Wednesday, February 8, 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Restaurant Eugene The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak by Randy Fertel About the Book The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak is the story of two larger-than-life characters Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10732 JACK ABRAMOFF, Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 8 2012, 7:30pm</p>Wednesday, February 8, 7:30 pm JACK ABRAMOFF, Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist An autobiographical exposé uncovering the mysterious and corrupt world of federal politics by the man once considered the most powerful lobbyist on Capitol Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10931 Henry Alford with Would it Kill You to Stop Doing That? A Guide to Modern Manners Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 8 2012, 7pm</p>Henry Alford Start: 7:00 pm Henry Alford will read from and sign copies of his new book, Would it Kill You to Stop Doing That? A Guide to Modern Manners. As both a humorist and a journalist Alford explores how we can treat each other better in an unconventional way: Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10860 Lisa Gardner signs, "Catch Me" Eagle Eye Book Shop, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>February 9 2012, 1pm</p>Lisa Gardner signs, "Catch Me" When-Thu, February 9, 1:00pm – 2:30pm Where-Garden Plaza at Lawrenceville Independent Living Community (map) Description-Seating is limited and tickets may be purchased at any branch, online, or by phone at 770-978-5154 for $10 per person. Tickets at the door will be $15, if available. Books Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10767 Eleanor Brown -- The Weird Sisters Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 9 2012, 7pm</p>Eleanor Brown -- The Weird Sisters -- Gables Start: 7:00 pm There is no problem that a library card can't solve. The Andreas family is one of readers. Their father, a renowned Shakespeare professor who speaks almost entirely in verse, has named his three daughters after famous Shakespearean women. When Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10792 Stephanie Tyson Talk and Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/09/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>Stephanie Tyson, co-owner with Vivian Joiner of Sweet Potatoes restaurant in Winston-Salem, joins us to share recipes and stories from Well, Shut My Mouth!: The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook. A staple in the downtown arts district, they are known for serving up “unique, southern inspired uptown, down-home cooking.” The event Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10749 Jackie Cooper Book Signing Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>February 9 2012, 11am</p>Jackie Cooper Book Signing When-Thu, February 9, 11am – 1pm Where-Fiction Addiction (map) Description-Jackie K. Cooper will be signing copies of his latest book, BACK TO THE GARDEN: THE GOAL OF THE JOURNEY, just released by Mercer University Press, $18.00. This is number six in Jackie's short story collections about Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10927 Tim Dorsey -- Pineapple Grenade Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 9 2012, 8pm</p>Tim Dorsey -- Pineapple Grenade -- Gables Start: 8:00 pm Miami has always set the weirdness bar, but Serge Storms is back in action and ready to pole vault over it. First, there’s the media frenzy over the “Hollow Man,” a gutless corpse found on the beach. And yet people Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10793 Author of Night Road, KRISTIN HANNAH, with Home Front Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 9 2012, 7:30pm</p>Thursday, February 9, 7:30 pm Author of Night Road, KRISTIN HANNAH, Home Front A profoundly honest look at modern marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war on an ordinary American Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10699 JAMES MAXEY, Greatshadow: Book One of the Dragon Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 10 2012, 7:30pm</p>Friday, February 10, 7:30 pm Hillsborough author JAMES MAXEY, Greatshadow: Book One of the Dragon Apocalypse An exciting new adventure series from a master of dragon Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10700 Love & Monsters: Scott Poole Reading & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/10/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>Confessed horror fiend and College of Charleston history professor Scott Poole looks at the significance of our nightmares in Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting. From sea serpents to vamp and zombie love, Poole looks at what our monsters say about us. The event Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10750 A Good American Alabama Booksmith, Homewood, AL<br/><p>02/10/2012, 7:00PM</p>Amy Einhorn, America’s most respected editor (The Help, The Postmistress, and a powerful list of national and international best sellers) is coming to Birmingham and bringing Alex George, the author of her next blockbuster, A Good American.Amy and Alex will take the stage at The Doubletree Hotel on February 10 Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10630 "Render Unto the Valley" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>02/10/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Inlet Affairs featuring "Render Unto the Valley" by Rose Senehi, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10184 SHARON EWELL FOSTER, The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part Two: The Testimony Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 10 2012, 7pm</p>Sharon Ewell Foster Start: 7:00 pm In The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part 2: The Testimony, as Harriet Beecher Stowe seeks to learn the truth of the man his people called Prophet, Nat Turner shares the faith, triumph, tragedy, and hope of his fight for liberty, brotherhood, and self-determination. This Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10919 Don Van Natta -- Wonder Girl Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 11 2012, 7pm</p>Don Van Natta -- Wonder Girl -- Gables Start: 7:00 pm This is the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete. Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10794 Finding Forgiveness Through Zen City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC<br/><p>February 11 2012, 1pm</p>Finding Forgiveness Through Zen Judith Toy, ordained by Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, as a core member of his order, will be at City Lights Bookstore Saturday, February 11th at 1 p.m. to read from her book, Murder as a Call to Love. This is the true account of the Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10708 Book Your Lunch with Taylor Polites Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>February 11 2012, 12noon</p>Book Your Lunch with Taylor Polites Taylor M. Polites Sat., Feb. 11, 2012 from 12-2pm @ The Lazy Goat, $25 per person Purchase Tickets & Books / View menu Event status: Minimum not yet met — order your tickets today to help us confirm event. Dive into the antebellum South Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10928 MAURIE McINNIS signing Slaves for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>02/11/2012, </p>In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the culminating painting, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia. This innovative Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10941 Sweet Auburn Desserts: Atlanta's Little Bakery that Could Horton's Books and Gifts, Carrollton, GA<br/><p>2/11/2012, 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.</p>Chef Sonya Jones will be at Horton’s Books & Gifts on Saturday, February 11th from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM to sign her new cookbook, Sweet Auburn Desserts: Atlanta’s “Little Bakery that Could”. It is said to be a truly southern cookbook, and she is well known for her sweet Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10939 Beth Revis & Megan Miranda Readings and Booksignings Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/11/2012, 3:00 p.m.</p>Two awesome young adult authors together at Malaprop’s! Local author Beth Revis joins us to share from her newest, A Million Suns, the second in her Across the Universe trilogy. Across the Universe has been called “compulsively readable” (Booklist), “gripping” (Publishers Weekly), and “unforgettable” (Kirkus). Charlotte author Megan Miranda discusses Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10755 Kerby & Mary Neill Reading & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/11/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>Begun by Vietnam veteran and historian Robert “Doc” Topmiller, Binding Their Wounds: America’s Assault on its Veterans is a look into the treatment of veterans from the Revolutionary War forward. Topmiller suffered from PTSD and passed away before the project could be completed. His friends finished his manuscript, telling Doc’s Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10756 LELUND FERGUSON signing God's Fields: Landscape, Religion and Race in Moravian Wachovia Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>02/11/2012, </p>The Moravian community of Salem, North Carolina, was founded in 1766, and the town—the hub of nearly 100,000 piedmont acres purchased thirteen years before and named “Wachovia”—quickly became the focal point for the church’s colonial presence in the South. While the brethren preached the unity of all humans under God, Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10942 Garret Freymann-Weyr Reading and Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/11/2012, 1:00 p.m.</p>North Carolina author Garret Freymann-Weyr presents her new book, French Ducks in Venice. A beautiful read recommended for 5 to 10-year-olds about love, loss, and friendship, French Ducks in Venice is gorgeously illustrated by Erin McGuire. The event is free and open to the Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10752 SHARON EWELL FOSTER, The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part Two: The Testimony Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 12 2012, 3pm</p>Sunday, February 12, 3:00 pm SHARON EWELL FOSTER, The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part Two: The Testimony Based on fact, the story of one man's struggle for freedom and the redemption of his Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10918 Joshilyn Jackson Reading & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/12/2012, 3:00 p.m.</p>One of Malaprop’s favorites, Joshilyn Jackson, returns with a new novel, A Grown Up Kind of Pretty. The beloved author of Gods in Alabama and many others, Jackson’s new book focuses on several generations of Mississippi women dealing with a deep family secret. Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants) calls the Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10757 Joshilyn Jackson - A Grown Up Kind of Pretty Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 13 2012, 7pm</p>Joshilyn Jackson - A Grown Up Kind of Pretty Start: 02/13/2012 7:00 pm When a long-hidden grave is unearthed in the backyard, headstrong young Mosey Slocumb is determined to investigate. What she learns could cost her family everything… Every fifteen years, trouble comes after the Slocumb women. Now, as their Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10842 Patricia Schultz -- 1000 Places to See Before You Die Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 13 2012, 8pm</p>Patricia Schultz -- 1000 Places to See Before You Die -- Gables Start: 8:00 pm The world’s bestselling travel book is back in a more informative, more experiential, more budget-friendly full-color edition. A #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die (Workman, $19.95) by Patricia Schultz Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10869 Diary of a Mad Fat Girl Lemuria Books, JACKSON, MS<br/><p>February 13 2012, 5pm</p>Diary of a Mad Fat Girl Reserve, $15.00 Monday, February 13, 2012 Signing - 5:00 pm Reading - 5:30 pm Diary of a Mad Fat Girl by Stephanie McAfee The "New York Times"-bestselling e-book is now available in an expanded print edition. With a sharp and distinctive voice, McAfee delivers Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10905 Jacqueline Ogburn Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 13 2012, 7pm</p>Jacqueline Ogburn Start: 7:00 pm Just in time for Valentine’s Day, local author Jacqueline Ogburn will read from and sign copies of her book for children, Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World, which is a picture book of endearments in different languages, illustrated by Caldecott winning artist Christ Raschka. Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10861 Read It & Eat with Eleanor Brown Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>February 13 2012, 12noon</p>Read It & Eat with Eleanor Brown Start: Feb 13 2012 12:00 pm Join us at Camellia Cafe in Fairhope from 12-1pm as we dine over lunch and author Eleanor Brown discussing her novel, THE WEIRD SISTERS . She will be signing her book from 1:30-2:00 at the bookstore. Purchase Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10835 Read It & Eat It with Stephanie McAfee Page and Palette, Fairhope, AL<br/><p>February 14 2012, 12noon</p>Read It & Eat It with Stephanie McAfee Home Start: Feb 14 2012 12:00 pm Join us at Camellia Cafe from 12-1pm as we dine over lunch and author Stephanie McAfee discussing her new release, Diary Of A Mad Fat Girl . She will be signing her new release from Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10836 The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown Lemuria Books, JACKSON, MS<br/><p>February 14 2012, 5pm</p>The Weird Sisters Reserve, $15.00 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Signing - 5:00 pm Reading - 5:30 pm The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown This is the "delightful" ("People") "New York Times" bestseller that's earned raves from Sarah Blake, Helen Simonson, and reviewers Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10906 Jodi Kantor -- The Obamas Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 14 2012, 8pm</p>Jodi Kantor -- The Obamas -- Gables Start: 8:00 pm When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile, even noble pursuit. Together they planned a White House life that would Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10870 L.A. Weatherly Book Signing That Bookstore in Blytheville, Blytheville, AR<br/><p>February 14 2012, 7pm</p>L.A. Weatherly Book Signing Start: 02/14/2012 7:00 pm L.A. Weatherly, best selling author of the Angel Burn series, will be at That Bookstore In Blytheville Tuesday, February 14 at 7:00 promoting her new book in the series, Angel Fire. L.A. Weatherly was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She now Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10922 Naomi Benaron reads from her novel Running The Rift Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>February 15 2012, 7pm</p>Naomi Benaron reads from her novel Running The Rift Start: 7:00 pm Wed 2/15 7pm-8pm Naomi Benaron reads from her novel Running The Rift Running the Rift follows Jean Patrick Nkuba, a gifted Rwandan boy, from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10887 Naomi Benaron reads from her novel Running The Rift Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>February 15 2012, 7pm</p>Naomi Benaron reads from her novel Running The Rift Start: 7:00 pm Wed 2/15 7pm-8pm Naomi Benaron reads from her novel Running The Rift Running the Rift follows Jean Patrick Nkuba, a gifted Rwandan boy, from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10886 Kristin Hannah -- Home Front Books and Books Inc, Coral Gables, FL<br/><p>February 15 2012, 8pm</p>Kristin Hannah -- Home Front -- Gables Start: 8:00 pm From a distance, Michael and Joleen Zarkades seem to have it all: a solid marriage, two exciting careers, and children they adore. But after twelve years together, the couple has lost their way; they are unhappy and edging toward divorce. Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10871 Sydney Nathans Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 15 2012, 7pm</p>Sydney Nathans Start: 7:00 pm Sydney Nathans will read from and sign copies of his new book, To Free a Family, which tells the story of Mary Walker, who in 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10862 Dan Furst Reading & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/15/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>A professional astrologer for 33 years as well as an actor, singer, and producer, Dan Furst shares his vision for the coming Aquarian Age in Surfing Aquarius: How to Ace the Wave of Change. Full of optimism and insight, this book is a great guide for big change in 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10761 JOSHILYN JACKSON, A GROWN-UP KIND OF PRETTY Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 15 2012, 7:30pm</p>Wednesday, February 15, 7:30 pm Author of gods of Alabama, JOSHILYN JACKSON, A GROWN-UP KIND OF Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10701 Mindy Friddle: Author of Secret Keepers Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>February 16 2012, 4pm</p>Mindy Friddle Author of Secret Keepers Thursday 02/16/2012 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm USC Upstate Health Ed Complex Mindy Friddle's first novel, The Garden Angel (St. Martin’s Press/Picador), a SIBA bestseller, was selected for Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers program in 2004, and was a National Public Radio Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10457 The Fabulous Joshilyn Jackson Presents A Grown-up Kind of Pretty at the Historic Bolling Haxall House Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>February 16 2012, 6pm</p>The Fabulous Joshilyn Jackson Presents A Grown-up Kind of Pretty at the Historic Bolling Haxall House Start: 02/16/2012 6:00 pm Timezone: America/New York At the Richmond Woman's Club's Bolling-Haxall House...open to the public. One of my favorite authors in one of my favorite venues! -Kelly Justice, Owner of Fountain The Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10712 NAOMI BENARON, Running the Rift Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 16 2012, 7:30pm</p>Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm NAOMI BENARON, Running the Rift 2010 winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction "Fearless writing: ambitious, beautiful, unapologetically passionate." ~ Barbara Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10702 Danny Kofke Discussion and Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/16/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>First, Danny Kofke told us How to Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) on a Teacher’s Salary. Now, he’s back with A Simple Book of Financial Wisdom: Teach Yourself (and Your Kids) How to Live Wealthy on Little Money, which is full of helpful tips for those wanting to live more fulfilling Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10764 Marvin Kalb & Deborah Kalb Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 16 2012, 7pm</p>Marvin Kalb & Deborah Kalb Start: 7:00 pm Journalists Marvin Kalb and his daughter Deborah Kalb will read from and sign copies of their new book Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama which includes five years of research and interviews and compelling insight on how Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10898 Valerie Nieman to Read from Blood Clay City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC<br/><p>February 17 2012, 7pm</p>Valerie Nieman to Read from Blood Clay Valerie Nieman will visit City Lights Bookstore Friday, February 17th at 7 p.m. to read from and discuss her third novel, Blood Clay. Ron Rash says of the book, "Blood Clay is a profoundly moving and beautifully written novel about a community torn Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10709 Marjory Wentworth Discussion & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/17/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>Marjory Wentworth, former Poet Laureate of South Carolina, teamed up with United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez to research and write Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights. An in depth look at human rights violation, Taking a Stand also offers Wentworth and Méndez’s ideas for dealing Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10765 Eleanor Brown - The Weird Sister Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 17 2012, 7pm</p>Eleanor Brown - The Weird Sister Start: 02/17/2012 7:00 pm The Andreas sisters were raised on books - their family motto might as well be, 'There's no problem a library card can't solve.' Their father, a renowned, eccentric professor of Shakespearean studies, named them after three of the Bard's most Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10843 "Beyond Molasses Creek" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>02/17/2012, </p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Ocean One featuring "Beyone Molasses Creek" by Nicole Seitz, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information or reservations call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10185 SYDNEY NATHANS signing To Free A Family: The Journey of Mary Walker Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>02/18/2012, </p>What was it like for a mother to flee slavery, leaving her children behind? To Free a Family tells the remarkable story of Mary Walker, who in August 1848 fled her owner for refuge in the North and spent the next seventeen years trying to recover her family. Her freedom Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10943 Book Your Lunch with Eleanor Brown Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>February 18 2012, 12noon</p>Book Your Lunch with Eleanor Brown Eleanor Brown Sat., February 18th, 2012 from 12-2pm @ The Lazy Goat, $45 per person* Purchase Tickets & Books / View menu Event status: Minimum not yet met — order your tickets today to help us confirm the event. Eleanor Brown explores the subjects Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10929 Daniel Ladinsky & Tracey Schmidt Ticketed Event Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/18/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>A Year with Hafiz author Daniel Ladinsky joins us for a special reading and booksigning. Poet and translator Coleman Barks says of Ladinsky’s work: “There are universes inside Hafiz, a lineage of masters. Daniel Ladinsky follows the playfulness; the rascal moves well.” Local poet and photographer Tracey Schmidt will join Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10770 Next Time Muse Book Shop, Deland, FL<br/><p>02/18/2012, 12:00 noon</p>New voice in Science Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10721 Rose Senehi - Render Unto the Valley Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 18 2012, 1:26pm</p>Rose Senehi - Render Unto the Valley Start: 02/18/2012 1:26 pm Karen Godwell isn’t as much ashamed of her mountain heritage as of what she once had to do to preserve it. Karen reinvents herself at college and doesn’t look back until her clan’s historic farm is threatened. The gutsy Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10844 Writers at Home Reading Series Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/19/2012, 3:00 p.m.</p>Writers at Home is a monthly reading series from the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA hosted by Program Director Tommy Hays. This month’s readers will be students from the Master of Liberal Arts Program at UNCA: Ann Barrett, Maryedith Burrell and Jessica Pepper. The event is free and open Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10772 Jack Gardner - Uptown Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 19 2012, 2pm</p>Jack Gardner - Uptown Start: 02/19/2012 2:00 pm Which is worse? The lies we tell each other, or the lies we tell ourselves? When Stephen Rayfield, a young, gay professor arrives for dinner one evening at the home of his wealthy aunt and uncle, he begins a journey through the Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:50 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10845 We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics Lemuria Books, JACKSON, MS<br/><p>February 21 2012, 5pm</p>We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics Reserve, $15.99 We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics by Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian New York: William Morrow (2012). Paperback. Signed. $15.99 Signing On: February 21, 2012 In politics, finding the dirt Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10907 WAYNE PACELLE, The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 22 2012, 7:30pm</p>Wednesday, February 22, 7:30 pm CEO and president of the Humane Society of the U.S. WAYNE PACELLE, The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them This eye-opening must-read reminds us that animals are at the center of our lives; Includes 50 ways individuals can help end animal Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10932 SAUNDRA AMRHEIN, GREEN CARD STORIES Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL<br/><p>February 23 2012, 7pm</p>SAUNDRA AMRHEIN, GREEN CARD STORIES Start: 7:00 pm Nationally recognized journalist SAUNDRA AMRHEIM will discuss and sign GREEN CARD STORIES, a coffee table style book that depicts 50 recent U.S. immigrants - each with permanent residence or citizenship. Amhrhein’s powerfully written dramatic essays are illustrated with compelling portraits by award-winning Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10913 Rachel Simon - The Story of Beautiful Girl Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 23 2012, 7pm</p>Rachel Simon - The Story of Beautiful Girl Start: 7:00 pm It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10908 JORDAN SONNENBLICK, Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 23 2012, 7pm</p>Thursday, February 23, 7:00 pm JORDAN SONNENBLICK, Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip Is there life after sports? Sonnenblick explores friendship, romance, family, and tragedy, while still managing to be hilariously funny. For ages Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10705 Tom Spector with Our Two Gardens: How to Cultivate Healing Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>February 23 2012, 7pm</p>Tom Spector Start: 7:00 pm Local author Tom Spector will provide a presentation from his new book, Our Two Gardens: How to Cultivate Healing. The book provides techniques for dealing with stress, anxiety, fear and chronic pain. Combining profound meaning with light humor, Spector shares his 35 years of experience Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10921 Sara Benincasa Reading & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/23/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>The “utterly hilarious” (NewYorkTimes.com) comedian, writer, and Warren Wilson alumna Sara Benincasa returns to Asheville with her new memoir, Agorafabulous!: Dispatches from My Bedroom. Taking readers along with her through mental illness and break down and out the other side, Benincasa bares it all with openness and a quick wit Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10773 Junior Junior League Book and Author Event Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>February 23 2012, 7pm</p>Junior Junior League Book and Author Event Start: 02/23/2012 7:00 pm Timezone: America/New York February 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm Oates Theater at Collegiate School 103 N. Mooreland Road Richmond, Virginia 23229 The Junior League of Richmond invites you to our 8th annual Junior Book & Author event! This year Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10715 Sylva Resident C.B. Cole Presents Her New Novel City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC<br/><p>February 24 2012, 7pm</p>Sylva Resident C.B. Cole Presents Her New Novel On Friday, February 24th at 7 p.m. local resident C.B. Cole will be at City Lights Bookstore to read from and sign her new book, Winter. Winter doesn't know it yet, but once she steps into the amphitheater to see the biggest Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10710 Lisa Alther Reading and Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/24/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>Originally from Kingsport, TN, Lisa Alther writes convincingly about the particular “melting pot” of Appalachia and the individuals who paid the price for denial of their heritage in her latest, Washed in the Blood. The author of several novels including Kinflicks, Other Women, and Five Minutes in Heaven, Alther ”Combin[es] Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10775 "The Unexpected Visitor" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>02/24/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Nosh featuring "The Unexpected Visitor" by Margaret Baroody, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10186 Sarah McCoy Presents The Baker's Daughter Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>February 24 2012, 6:30pm</p>Sarah McCoy Presents The Baker's Daughter Start: 02/24/2012 6:30 pm Timezone: America/New York We've had great fun making friends with Sarah on Twitter. We feel like we know her already!!! Bring your book club out for this one. It's going to be a wonderful night. SARAH McCOY is author of Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10716 Lisa See Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC<br/><p>February 24 2012, 12noon</p>Lisa See reads and signs the paperback release of her NY Times bestselling novel Dreams of Joy Start: 12:00 pm End: 1:30 pm Friday 2/24 12pm- 1:30pm Lisa See reads and signs the paperback release of her NY Times bestselling novel Dreams of Joy In her beloved bestsellers Snow Flower Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10617 Lisa See with Dreams of Joy Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 24 2012, 7:30pm</p>Friday, February 24, 7:30 pm LISA SEE, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Shanghai Girls, with Dreams of Joy “A stunningly-researched epic about revolutionary-era China.” now in paper Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10706 Christopher Arbor & Tim Plaehn Reading & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/25/2012, 7:00 p.m.</p>Christopher Arbor will read from his new book of short stories, Static to Signal. He will be joined by Tim Plaehn, author of West Asheville, a play published by Barefoot Theatre Company. Plaehn says of Static to Signal: “In these stories, Christopher Arbor creates worlds that sometimes amuse, sometimes confuse Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10776 Robert Savage - Rendering Unto Caesar Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 25 2012, 2pm</p>Robert Savage - Rendering Unto Caesar Start: 2:00 pm Robert Savage introduces a new tax system for the United States of America that does just that—and leaves prices we pay essentially unchanged. It's a system that would be the least intrusive on each citizen's freedom, as well as the fairest Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10909 Ron Tanner Presents From Animal House To Our House - Great for Owners of Older Homes! Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA<br/><p>February 25 2012, 2pm</p>Ron Tanner Presents From Animal House To Our House - Great for Owners of Older Homes! Start: 02/25/2012 2:00 pm Timezone: America/New York Can't wait to meet this guy and hear his wonderful story about renovating a condemned frat house for love. It's going to be a great night. I Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10717 Book Your Lunch with Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>February 25 2012, 12noon</p>Book Your Lunch with Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart Cynthia Graubart & Nathalie Dupree Sat., February 25th, 2012 from 12-2pm @ Soby’s, $25 per person Purchase Tickets & Books / Menu to come Event status: Event confirmed; minimum met Renowned Southern cooking show personalities and authors Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10930 Karen Kemper & Linda McNamara Reading & Booksigning Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Asheville, NC<br/><p>02/26/2012, 3:00 p.m.</p>Karen Kemper and Linda McNamara each deal with an autoimmune disease — scleroderma and lupus, respectively — but have learned to navigate life with a little “accessorizing.” In their book, If You Have to Wear an Ugly Dress, Learn to Accessorize, they offer stories with hope and humor to help Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10777 Kyle Harper - Moving Beyond Mind Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC<br/><p>February 26 2012, 1:30pm</p>Kyle Harper - Moving Beyond Mind Start: 1:30 pm Kyle P. Harper’s newest book Moving beyond Mind shares his journey starting February 16, 2011, spawned by an indescribable experience of the connection of body to soul. After this life-changing experience, he continues to be given ideas in the form of Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10910 KATHY HESTER, The Vegan Slow Cooker: Simply Set It and Go Quail Ridge Books and Music, Raleigh, NC<br/><p>February 26 2012, 3pm</p>Sunday, February 26, 3:00 pm KATHY HESTER, The Vegan Slow Cooker: Simply Set It and Go with 150 Recipes for Intensely Flavorful, Fuss-Free Fare Everyone (Vegan or Not!) Will Devour Stellar recipes and straightforward instructions Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10933 King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman A Cappella Books, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>February 28 2012, 7pm</p>King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman Book Signing and Lecture on Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 p.m. Jimmy Carter Presidential Library King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10829 "The Life and Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>03/02/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Kimbels featuring "The Life and Art of Alfred Hutty" by Sara Arnold and Steve Hoffius, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10187 Matthew Pearl with The Technologists Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>March 2 2012, 7pm</p>Matthew Pearl Start: 7:00 pm New York Times bestselling author Matthew Pearl will read from and sign copies of his latest novel, The Technologists. In nineteenth century Boston, mysterious technological catastrophes devastate the city and cast a pall over the frightening notion of “technology” and the groundbreaking Massachusetts Institute of Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10899 Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron A Cappella Books, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>March 7 2012, 6:30pm</p>Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron Book Signing on Wednesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. Savannah College of Art and Design's Ivy Hall Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron Part memoir and part elegy, Reading My Father is the story of a daughter coming to know her father at last – Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10830 "My Paddle to the Sea" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>03/09/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Captain Dave's Dockside featuring "My Paddle to the Sea" by John Lane, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10188 Rose Senehi with Render Unto the Valley Regulator Bookshop, durham, NC<br/><p>March 9 2012, 7pm</p>Fri Rose Senehi Start: 7:00 pm North Carolina native Rose Senehi will read from and sign copies of her sixth novel, Render Unto the Valley, a romantic thriller set just outside Asheville, NC. Fred Chappell writes: “Render Unto the Valley is a many-stranded tale of three generations of a star-crossed Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10900 DIANE OTT WHEALY signing Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver Old Salem Museums and Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC<br/><p>03/13/2012, 6:30pm</p>Lecture and Signing Daughter of Iowa farmers, Missouri homesteader, and mother of five, Diane Ott Whealy never anticipated that one day she would become a leader in a grass-roots movement to preserve our agricultural biodiversity. The love for the land and the respect for heirloom seeds that Diane shared with Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10944 "Diary of a Mad Fat Girl" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>03/16/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Pawleys Plantation featuring "Diary of a Mad Fat Girl" by Stephanie McAfee, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10189 Jodi Picoult Talk & Signing! Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC<br/><p>March 17 2012, 2pm</p>Jodi Picoult Talk & Signing! Sat., March 17, 2012 @ 2pm **Tickets required** Holland Park Church 1130 Holland Road, Simpsonville, SC General ticket: $30.00 (1 book, 1 admittance pass) Premium ticket: $40.00 (1 book, 2 admittance passes) VIP ticket: $100.00, limited qty (3 books, 2 admittance passes, reserved seating and Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10537 "Ghost:: A Folly Beach Mystery" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>03/23/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Sea View Inn featuring "Ghost: A Folly Beach Mystery" by Bill Noel, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10190 Crescent Dragonwagon Book Signing That Bookstore in Blytheville, Blytheville, AR<br/><p>March 23 2012, 5pm</p>Crescent Dragonwagon Book Signing Start: 03/23/2012 5:00 pm End: 03/23/2012 7:00 pm Crescent Dragonwagon will be at That Bookstore In Blytheville signing copies of her new book, Bean by Bean: A Cookbook. Hope to see you Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10923 "Banjos, Barbecue and Boiled Peanuts" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>03/30/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast at Carefree Catering featuring "Banjos, Barbecue and Boiled Peanuts" by Kirk Neely, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10191 Arcadia by Lauren Groff A Cappella Books, Atlanta, GA<br/><p>April 3 2012, 6:30pm</p>Arcadia by Lauren Groff Book Signing on Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 p.m. Savannah College of Art and Design's Ivy Hall Arcadia by Lauren GroffIn the fields and forests of western New York State in the late 1960s, several dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what becomes Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10831 Book Signing with Ann B. Ross Literary Book Post, Salisbury, NC<br/><p>April 5 2012, 6pm</p>Apr. 5, 2012 - Book Signing with Ann B. Ross Start: 04/05/2012 6:00 pm Lets all welcome back favorite author Ann B. Ross as she returns to the Bookpost for a signing of her newest book, Miss Julia to the Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10818 "The Ninth Man" Litchfield Books, Pawleys Island, SC<br/><p>04/06/2012, 2:00 PM</p>Join us for a Moveable Feast featuring "The Ninth Man" by Brad Crowther, followed by an instore booksigning at 2:00 PM. For additional information call Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10192 The Saturday Salon with Rose Senehi Literary Book Post, Salisbury, NC<br/><p>April 7 2012, 1pm</p>Apr. 7, 2012 - The Saturday Salon with Rose Senehi Start: 04/07/2012 1:00 pm End: 04/07/2012 4:00 pm Rose Senehi returns to the Bookpost with the release of her most recent novel, Render Unto the Valley. Location: 110 South Main Street Salisbury, North Carolina 28144 United Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10915 Ann B. Ross Book Signing That Bookstore in Blytheville, Blytheville, AR<br/><p>April 13 2012, 6pm</p>Ann B. Ross Book Signing Start: 04/13/2012 6:00 pm Set a date with Ann B. Ross, author of the Miss Julia series. Ross will be in Blytheville promoting the release of her new book, Miss Julia To The Rescue, which comes out April 3. That Bookstore In Blytheville will be Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10925 Philip Gerard, The Patron Saint of Dreams release Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC<br/><p>April 13 2012, 7pm</p>Philip Gerard, The Patron Saint of Dreams release Friday 04/13/2012 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Hub City Bookshop | Map Please join us for the book release celebration for Philip Gerard's new collection of essays from Hub City Press, The Patron Saint of Dreams. Philip will give a book signing Fri, 03 Feb 12 23:51:51 -0800http://authorsroundthesouth.com/STARS/event.desc.php?id=10890