Dearest readers,

One of the finalists for the 2013 SIBA Book Award in the nonfiction category is My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read and Shop.  It is, as you might guess, various writers’ paeans to the bookstores they love. That’s “love” in the present tense--these are all stories about bookstores that are still here, still open,  still doing the thing writers love best about bookstores--introducing new readers to their books, sometimes in unexpected ways. “Just minutes before my last signing,” Fannie Flagg recalls with unforced fondness, “poor Karin locked me in a broom closet by mistake and had to call a locksmith to get me out.”

Her ladyship's bookstore: Quarter Moon Books & Gifts in Topsail, NC

In other words, these bookstores are not just “stores” to the writers in the book. They are stories -- a writer’s stock-in-trade. Perhaps that’s why the book is called My Bookstore, because it is really about  our part in the story of the bookstore.

We all have one, don’t we? A place where the stories aren’t just on the shelves, but in the aisles, visible through the shop front windows? Where the moment we walk through the door, the tinkling bell signals not just that we have come in, but that we are now part of that story.

Happy reading.

her ladyship, the editor

Southern Indie Bestsellers

For the week ending April 28, 2013

- A STARS Author | - A SIBA Okra Pick 
Titles in red are SIBA Book Award winners and finalists!
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Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250028655

5. Life After Life
Jill McCorkle, Shannon Ravenel Books, $24.95, 9781565122550

14. Nothing Gold Can Stay
Ron Rash, Ecco Press, $24.99, 9780062202710

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7. A Land More Kind Than Home
Wiley Cash, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062088239

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Lady Banks' Commonplace Book

Noteworthy poetry and prose from her ladyship's bedside reading stack.

A flyleaf is that blank piece of paper at the beginning and ending of a real hold in your hand and turn the pages book. That blank page is alike a curtain rising, the promise of what is to come, and at the end, it is the curtain closing, that collected pause before you face the slow return to the outer world. It’s exactly what it feels like when you open the door to Flyleaf Books and step into that comfortable and stimulating world; when you leave, it’s with the knowledge that you can always turn around and come right back, and the chances are that Jamie or Sarah will be there to greet you. For me, a visit to Flyleaf is like opening your favorite book--once-upon-a-times and happily-ever-after here in a great and thriving wonderland of independent booksellers.

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Book Gossip

Literary News & Gossip passed along from the readers, the writers, the reviewers, the resellers, the riff raff, and dutifully repeated here by her ladyship (who falls into the last category).

Among the many traditions driving life at Catholic High School in Little Rock is “the list” — the roster of books each student must complete. It’s a heady dose of literature for each year’s student body, capably shepherded by generations of the English department. The reading list as a rite of passage

Harper Lee, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, filed a lawsuit Friday to re-secure the copyright to it.  The lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan seeks unspecified damages from the son-in-law of Lee's former literary agent and companies he allegedly created.  The lawsuit alleges the son-in-law, Samuel Pinkus, failed to properly protect the copyright of the book after his father-in-law, Eugene Winick — who had represented Lee as a literary agent since the book was published in 1960 through the firm McIntosh and Otis — became ill a decade ago. The 87-year-old author alleges Pinkus took advantage of her declining hearing and eyesight seven years ago to get her to assign the book's copyright to him and a company he controlled. Harper Lee sues for copyright 9780446310789

With her first novel, The House Girl, Tara Conklin jumps in with both feet to the challenge of writing not only in two voices, but in two time periods. In alternating chapters, the novel tells the story of Josephine Bell, a house slave in Virginia in 1852, and Lina Sparrow, a present-day attorney in New York City.  Their lives intersect when Lina is assigned to work on a slavery reparations case for an influential client and needs to find the right plaintiff to be the “face” of the case. House Girl

Who in the hell wants dinner at 5:30?

“Who in the hell wants dinner at 5:30?” wonders Rachel Silverman, a sharp Boston lawyer who has mysteriously washed up in the fictional Pine Haven Retirement Community in the nonfictional Fulton, N.C.  “You don’t have to be Einstein to figure out how a place like this works; a later dinner would require a later work shift for those in the kitchen and so on. It’s a business,” Ms. Silverman reasoned. The Retirement Home, Alive with Intrigue 9781565122550

Whether probing the lives of the kindhearted or the selfish, the old or the young, the author creates such voluminous reality that it’s hard to stop reading. Though the denouement jars in its abruptness, the reading experience is pleasant enough to withstand the jolt. This is a classic Southern tale, full of engaging characters and fascinating stories sugared with old-fashioned gossip. It’s also full of hope and second chances. Jill McCorkle

“I grew up with a lot of elderly relatives. I’ve spent so much of my life in and out of these places, and there’s still a lot of life going on there. For all the sadness and grief that you witness, you also witness a lot of joy. There’s a lot of humor, too.” It ain’t over ‘til it’s over

Jones does so well is create tension and fear while at the same time whispering in our ear that everything is going to be all right. But it isn’t going to be all right, that’s the problem

There are few stories or collections that have left me weeping, but Holly Goddard Jones’s Girl Trouble is one of them. A mixture of Flannery O’Connor and Denis Johnson, with a sprinkle of John Cheever, what Jones does so well is create tension and fear while at the same time whispering in our ear that everything is going to be all right. But it isn’t going to be all right, that’s the problem — it will never be the same again. Neo-Noir Fiction 9781451683363

Some people call it “literature,” or “literary fiction,” but I distrust both those people and those words. Rather than cage it up with a term, I’d just observe that Faulkner wants you to notice his language. William Faulkner’s unknown epic fantasy

Faulkner wants you to notice his language.

So these people in the novel are willing to pick up snakes and drink poison and speak in tongues and try to heal an autistic child; but, because they get carried away, they’re also willing to hide the death of this woman, which opens the novel (and then the death of a boy). ... None of them ever stop and investigate anything they believe. Interview with Wiley Cash­ 9780062088239

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Author Gossip

There's a handful of Southern cookbook writers who also are ambassadors for the way of life

There's a handful of Southern cookbook writers who also are ambassadors for the way of life that brought us shrimp and grits, biscuits and gravy and sweet tea.  Among them are Matt and Ted Lee, brothers from Charleston, S.C., who have embraced their native dishes and become chroniclers of what some say is the only original American cuisine. Bringing Southern Charm

Elizabeth Spencer’s most famous book is called “The Light in the Piazza.”  It’s the story of an American girl who falls in love with a man in Italy.  And it’s been adapted to a movie and a stage musical.  But Elizabeth has created a large body of work, though none is quite so famous. There’s a new documentary based on Elizabeth Spencer’s life called “Landscapes of the Heart: The Elizabeth Spencer Story.” Landscapes of the Heart 9780878058372

“I couldn’t become my sister to write this book. I couldn’t get inside her head,” she said. She said that her office started to feel really crowded because she was so concerned about her family. “I was worrying about everyone in my family and whether I was portraying them correctly,” Henry said. When family becomes fiction

I knew I didn’t fit in with the beauty queens and sorority sisters

“The stirring of something I was later to recognize as feminism was very deep in my subconscious, but I had no way of articulating it at the time,” she said. “I knew I didn’t fit in with the beauty queens and sorority sisters who filled the dorms of my college, but I had no idea where I belonged instead.” Cassandra King

I had two older sisters who were thirteen months apart, not quite Irish twins but close enough that they cannon balled into the gene pool and got all the good chromosomes.

My life reads a little like a fairy tale, but not like you think. I had two older sisters who were thirteen months apart, not quite Irish twins but close enough that they cannon balled into the gene pool and got all the good chromosomes. Or at least the ones that are considered important 0-21 years old. They were great students in all their subjects, even math, and great test takers, turning in eye-popping scores on their SATs. Meanwhile, I was sitting on the end of my bed every report card period with my sweet Mom, who in a very loving, non-threatening, and mostly bewildered kind of way, wondered out loud, “Why can’t you be like your sisters?” Kim Boykin 9780425261057

STARS Authors on tour:

What are "STARS" authors? These are authors listing in the Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service--a directory of authors who live in, or are traveling in the South and are interested in meeting with book clubs, civic groups, classrooms, and readers of all kinds. The STARS directory is brought to you by Southern Indie Booksellers, who want to connect readers with their favorite writers.

Authors traveling right now:

• John Reynolds   Charleston, SC
  05/26/2013 to 05/29/2013
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• Jessica James   Gettysburg, PA
  06/22/2013 to 06/25/2013
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• Debra Moffitt   Charleston, SC
  06/28/2013 to 06/30/2013
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• Danny Bernstein   Asheville, NC
  05/08/2013 to 05/15/2013
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• C. Hope Clark   Chapin, SC
  05/15/2013 to 05/16/2013
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See the full list online here and find the authors touring in your area here

Bookstore Gossip

Among the many people that I got to meet, several were grandparents who were excited to send their grandchildren a new book. Plus a few of them promised to read the book first, since they hadn’t read a young adult book in a while. To see their smiling faces, is an experience I will never forget. One woman was a retired educator, who had traveled the world teaching young children. She started reading her book right away and made sure to come back and thank me, since she was already enjoying it so much. World Book Night at My Sisters Books

Independent bookstores like Parnassus don’t only want to sell you a product, they strive to be community centers where readers and writers can gather to celebrate books and reading. And we can only continue to thrive — with storytimes for children and hosting events with some of the best authors in the world with our locals supporting us. We aim to ensure our community remains a place where the written word is important and valued. It’s easy to support local

There’ll be no wondering how to fill the days this summer at the Vero Beach Book Center, as the Leonard family, owners of the store for 38 years, move the main store’s stock into the soon-to-be renovated children’s store. The consolidation will shrink the business’s total size from 20,000 square feet to 12,500. But that suits Chad Leonard fine. “It’s always been too big, especially for a small town,” says Leonard, the 38-year-old son of founders Tom and Linda Leonard. “Twelve thousand five hundred is still a very big book store,” he adds. Vero Beach Book Store to consolidate

Lady Banks' {Book} Trailer Park:
So you want to work at an indie bookstore

For Ava Whalen, a new marriage and a move to St. Simons Island means a new beginning. But what she doesn't realize is that her marriage will take her on an unexpected journey into the deep recesses of her past that will transform her forever..." For as long as she can remember, Ava Whalen has struggled with a sense of not belonging, and now, at thirty-four, she still feels stymied by her family. Then she meets child psychologist Matthew Frazier, and thinks her days of loneliness are behind her. After a whirlwind romance, they impulsively elope, and Ava moves to Matthew's ancestral home on St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia. But after the initial excitement, Ava is surprised to discover that true happiness continues to elude her. There is much she doesn't know about Matthew, including the mysterious circumstances surrounding his first wife's death. And her new home seems to hold as many mysteries and secrets as her new husband. Feeling adrift, Ava throws herself into uncovering Matthew's family history and that of the island, not realizing that she has a connection of her own to this place--or that her obsession with the past could very well destroy her future.

Read This! Okra Picks and recommendations from Fox Tale Book Shoppe and Indie Next

I took it with me everywhere, reading in clandestine places when I had a spare moment and reading it aloud to anyone who would listen. 

I finished Ray Atkin’s “Camp Redemption” yesterday.  I hated to.  Finish it, that is.  After beginning the book late Sunday, I took it with me everywhere, reading in clandestine places when I had a spare moment and reading it aloud to anyone who would listen. Those who did, laughed out loud with me and I sold one right on my porch after reading a passage to a friend.  This book was rich in character and place as true Southern writing is.  You’ve never been to a camp like Camp Redemption.  But you DO want to go and hang out with Early and Ivey and their ragtag band of campers…  You’ll find yourself there, in one of them.  Fully flawed humans shuffling along on the road to grace.  God indeed works in mischievous ways, just walk the path with Early for a while and you’ll agree. Karen at Foxtale Book Shoppe 9780881464269

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel, by Anthony Marra  (Hogarth, 9780770436407, $26) “In A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Marra expertly balances the pain and suffering inflicted during the Chechen conflict with exquisite moments of loyalty, sacrifice, humility, and enduring love. He intricately connects the lives of a group of unforgettable characters in wholly unexpected ways, slowly revealing their collective past, present, and future. As their breathtaking stories compel you forward, I urge you to slow down and savor the vivid imagery and lyrical prose on each and every page. Aptly named, Marra’s debut is indeed phenomenal.” —Anderson McKean, Page & Palette, Fairhope, AL

Flora: A Novel, by Gail Godwin (Bloomsbury, 9781620401200, $26) “In the last months of America’s war with Japan, 10-year-old Helen is left in the care of Flora, a relative from Alabama, while her father leaves to work on a secret government project. A polio scare soon quarantines the woman and child at home where they are unable to escape each other. As Helen sees it, she is the most mature female in the house and is the one in control, until one evening tragedy strikes on a deserted road and she discovers the truth. Anyone curious as to why Godwin has been honored with so many awards only needs to read this book to learn why.” —Hunter Coleman, The Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL

Wallace continues to explore the nature of truth, revealing anew that it is not what is seen but what is believed.

The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel, by Daniel Wallace (Touchstone, 9781476703978, $24) “Wallace is a craftsman of the modern fairy tale, and The Kings and Queens of Roam does not disappoint. The story follows the insular lives of two sisters — one blind and beautiful, the other able to see, but ugly — as they press against the edges of their small town. When they are orphaned, the sisters must rely on each other to survive, but their faults begin to overshadow their virtues as they grow older. As he did in Big Fish and Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, Wallace continues to explore the nature of truth, revealing anew that it is not what is seen but what is believed.” —Adie Smith, Lemuria Bookstore, Jackson, MS

The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope: A Novel

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Author 2 Author: C. Hope Clark

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Al Munn & Jim Scancarelli - Diary of Squandered Valor  (author appearance)
Al Munn
05/08/2013, 12:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Carol Hewitt  (author appearance)
Carol Hewitt
05/08/2013, 07:00 pm
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

Clyde Edgerton  (author appearance)
Clyde Edgerton
05/08/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Wenonah Hauter - Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America  (author appearance)
Wenonah Hunter
05/08/2013, 07:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Author event with Jess Walter - Author of Beautiful Ruins  (author appearance)
Jess Walter
05/08/2013, 06:30 pm
Parnassus Books
Nashville, TN

Sharon Socol -- Plus One  (author appearance)
Sharon Socol
05/08/2013, 06:30 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Preston Allen -- Every Boy Should Have a Man  (author appearance)
Preston L. Allen
05/08/2013, 07:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Lee Craig author of Josephus Daniels  (author appearance)
Lee Craig
05/08/2013, 06:00 pm
The Country Bookshop
Southern Pines, NC

Book Club!  (book club)
05/08/2013, 07:30 pm
The Bookstore in the Grove
Coconut Grove, FL

Tamlin Allbritten  (author appearance)
Tamlin Allbritten
05/09/2013, 06:00 pm
Page & Palette
Fairhope, AL

Clyde Edgerton  (author appearance)
Clyde Edgerton
05/09/2013, 07:00 pm
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

Nathaniel Philbrick  (author appearance)
Nathaniel Philbrick
05/09/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Writing for Excellence and Publication  (writers group)
05/09/2013, 05:45 pm
Barnhill's
Winston-Salem, NC

Flyleaf Second Thursday Poetry Reading & Open Mic  (other event)
05/09/2013, 07:00 pm
Flyleaf Books
Chapel Hill, NC

Rhonda Riley - The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope  (author appearance)
Rhonda Riley
05/09/2013, 07:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Anti-Book Club Book Club  (book club)
05/09/2013, 07:00 pm
Hub City Bookshop
Spartanburg, SC

Jean Morgan Meaux: In Pursuit of Alaska: An Anthology of Travelers' Tales 1879-1909  (author appearance)
Jean Morgan Meaux
05/09/2013, 05:30 pm
Garden District Book Shop
New Orleans, LA

The Oracle @ WiFi: an Interactive Art event  (other event)
05/09/2013, 07:30 pm
Charis Books & More
Atlanta, GA

Ann Helen Wainer -- Jewish and Brazilian Connections to New York, India, and Ecology: A Collection of Essays  (author appearance)
Ann Helen Wainer
05/09/2013, 06:30 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Dr. Jeffrey Arnett -- When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up?  (author appearance)
Dr. Jeffrey Arnett
05/09/2013, 06:30 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Ben Greenman -- The Slippage  (author appearance)
Ben Greenman
05/09/2013, 08:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Haitian Novelist ELSIE AUGUSTAVE Reading & Signing  (author appearance)
Elsie Augustave
05/09/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

Book Your Lunch With Denise Kiernan  (author appearance)
Denise Kiernan
05/10/2013, 12:00 pm
Fiction Addiction
Greenville, SC

Wenonah Hauter  (author appearance)
WENONAH HAUTER
05/10/2013, 07:00 pm
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

Mary Robinette Kowal  (author appearance)
Mary Robinette Kowal
05/10/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Sarah Hunter- Downsize...Start Now!  (author appearance)
Sarah Hunter
05/10/2013, 05:30 pm
Barnhill's
Winston-Salem, NC

Pat Jobe With Nan Lundeen  (author appearance)
Pat Jobe
05/10/2013, 07:00 pm
Hub City Bookshop
Spartanburg, SC

Storytime with Sheila Booth-Alberstadt- Wayne Academy Field Trip  (other event)
05/10/2013, 10:00 am
Page & Palette
Fairhope, AL

Carl Abbott -- Informed by the Land  (author appearance)
Carl Abbott
05/10/2013, 08:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Kate Cambell & Dr. Wayne Flynt - Live at the Library  (other event)
05/10/2013, 04:00 pm
Alabama Booksmith
Birmingham, AL

Novelist RHONDA RILEY presents The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope  (author appearance)
Rhonda Riley
05/10/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

David Carter -Pop-Up Master  (author appearance)
David Carter
05/11/2013, 02:00 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Sands Hetherington  (author appearance)
Sands Hetherington
05/11/2013, 11:00 am
Barnhill's
Winston-Salem, NC

Sylvia Patzold- The Goblet  (author appearance)
Sylvia Patzold
05/11/2013, 02:00 pm
Barnhill's
Winston-Salem, NC

Wrenwyck Williams  (author appearance)
Wrenwyck Williams
05/11/2013, 05:00 pm
Barnhill's
Winston-Salem, NC

Gwen Clifford  (author appearance)
Gwen Clifford
05/11/2013, 10:00 am
Blue Ridge Books & News
Waynesville, NC

Sallie Bissell to Read from Music of Ghosts  (author appearance)
Sallie Bissell
05/11/2013, 03:00 pm
City Lights Bookstore
Sylva, NC

Prompt Writing with Nancy Peacock  (writers group)
05/11/2013, 10:00 am
Flyleaf Books
Chapel Hill, NC

Hap Lea - The Darkness of Light #2: Tomb of Shadows  (author appearance)
Hap Lea
05/11/2013, 11:00 am
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Maudy Fowler & Gail Hunt - Angel Whispers: Messages of Hope and Healing from Loved Ones  (author appearance)
Maudy Fowler
05/11/2013, 02:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Jackson Galaxy: Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean  (author appearance)
Jackson Galaxy
05/11/2013, 02:00 pm
Garden District Book Shop
New Orleans, LA

Rebecca Emberley - The Itsy Bitsy Spider  (author appearance)
Rebecca Emberley
05/11/2013, 11:00 am
Octavia Books
New Orleans, LA

Stone Skipping with Author J. J. Ferrer: Children's Book Week Party  (author appearance)
J. J. Ferrer
05/11/2013, 02:00 pm
Avid Bookshop
Athens, GA

Randy and Pam Golden – 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Atlanta  (author appearance)
Randy and Pam Golden
05/11/2013, 01:00 pm
FoxTale Book Shoppe
Woodstock, GA

ALEX HUGHES, SHARP: A MINDSPACE INVESTIGATION NOVEL   (author appearance)
Alexandra Hughes
05/11/2013, 05:00 pm
FoxTale Book Shoppe
Woodstock, GA

L.A Campbell -- Cartboy and the Time Capsule  (author appearance)
L.A Campbell
05/11/2013, 01:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

CELEBRITY AUTOGRAPHING: George Lopez -- I'm Not Gonna Lie  (author appearance)
George Lopez
05/11/2013, 04:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Storytime with Author Constance Brown  (other event)
05/11/2013, 10:30 pm
Books on Broad
Camden, SC

Sustain-a-Bull Day at the Regulator  (other event)
05/11/2013, 10:00 am
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

THE ARTFUL PARENT: A hands-on children’s event with Jean Van’T Hul  (author appearance)
Jean Van’t Hul
05/11/2013, 03:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

WE'LL NEVER HAVE PARIS  (author appearance)
Andria Alefhi
05/11/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

Lauren Oliver -- Requiem  (author appearance)
Lauren Oliver
05/11/2014, 07:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle  (other event)
05/12/2013, 04:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Dale Neal - The Half-Life of Home  (author appearance)
Dale Neal
05/12/2013, 02:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

The Good Life Ride & Hangout  (other event)
05/12/2013, 08:30 am
Page & Palette
Fairhope, AL

Celebrate Sara Baker's Book Launch!  (author appearance)
Sara Baker
05/12/2013, 04:00 pm
Avid Bookshop
Athens, GA

Does Jesus Really Love ME?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America  (author appearance)
Jeff Chu
05/13/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Mindsweat: Lulu Lemon Book Club - Daring Greatly  (book club)
05/13/2013, 06:30 pm
Parnassus Books
Nashville, TN

Sallie Bissell author of Music of Ghosts  (author appearance)
Sallie Bissell
05/13/2013, 06:00 pm
Union Avenue Books
Knoxville, TN

Author in the Shop!- Erin Hunter  (author appearance)
Erin Hunter
05/13/2013, 04:00 pm
bbgb
Richmond, VA

Julia Reed: But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!: Adventures in Eating, Drinking, and Making Merry  (author appearance)
Julia Reed
05/13/2013, 05:30 pm
Garden District Book Shop
New Orleans, LA

Writing With Intent  (writers group)
05/13/2013, 06:30 pm
Charis Books & More
Atlanta, GA

Rachel Hawkins -- School Spirits  (author appearance)
Rachel Hawkins
05/13/2013, 07:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Marianne Cusato -- The Just Right Home  (author appearance)
Marianne Cusato
05/13/2013, 08:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Sallie Bissell author of Music of Ghosts  (author appearance)
Sallie Bissell
05/13/2013, 06:00 pm
Union Avenue Books
Knoxville, TN

10:00am Morning Book Club  (book club)
05/13/2013, 10:00 am
Bayou Book Company
Niceville, FL

6:00pm Evening Book Club  (book club)
05/13/2013, 06:00 pm
Bayou Book Company
Niceville, FL

ZEN TEACHER CHERI HUBER and her co-author present new book  (author appearance)
Cheri Huber
05/13/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

Happy Hour Book Club  (book club)
05/14/2013, 05:30 pm
Curiosity Shop Bookstore
Murphy, NC

Carol Peppe Hewitt shares Financing Our Foodshed  (author appearance)
Carol Peppe Hewitt
05/14/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Elaine Neill Orr Author, A Different Sun  (author appearance)
Elaine Neill Orr
05/14/2013, 06:30 pm
Hub City Bookshop
Spartanburg, SC

CHARLES MARTIN discusses and signs UNWRITTEN  (author appearance)
Charles Martin
05/14/2013, 07:00 pm
Inkwood Books
Tampa, FL

Black and White on the Rocks  (author appearance)
Michael Barnett
05/14/2013, 05:30 pm
Garden District Book Shop
New Orleans, LA

David Levithan & Andrea Cremer -- Invisibility  (author appearance)
David Levithan
05/14/2013, 07:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

A Different Sun: A Novel of Africa  (author appearance)
Elaine Neill Orr
05/14/2013, 04:30 pm
The Country Bookshop
Southern Pines, NC

Bobby Horton - Civil War Day  (other event)
05/14/2013, 04:00 pm
Alabama Booksmith
Birmingham, AL

STRESS EFFECTS & WHOLE-SELF HEALING WITH MICHELE FULLER  (other event)
05/14/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

Grant Llewellyn on Rite of Spring  (other event)
05/15/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

FANCY NANCY Mobile Tour  (author appearance)
Robin Preiss Glasser
05/15/2013, 04:00 pm
Page & Palette
Fairhope, AL

Eve Olive  (author appearance)
Eve Olive
05/15/2013, 07:00 pm
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

Ophira Eisenberg - Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy  (author appearance)
Ophira Eisenberg
05/15/2013, 07:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Sheri Joseph talks craft and reads from Where You Can Find Me  (author appearance)
Sheri Joseph
05/15/2013, 07:30 pm
Charis Books & More
Atlanta, GA

KIDS: Soman Chainani -- The School for Good & Evil  (author appearance)
Soman Chainani
05/15/2013, 06:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Daniel Wallace - The Kings and Queens of Roam  (author appearance)
Daniel Wallace
05/15/2013, 04:00 pm
Alabama Booksmith
Birmingham, AL

BLUEPRINT YOUR BESTSELLER: ADVICE FOR WRITERS FROM STUART HORWITZ  (author appearance)
Stuart Horwitz
05/15/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

Book Your Lunch with Ann B. Ross (Tickets required)  (author appearance)
Ann B Ross
05/16/2013, 12:00 pm
Fiction Addiction
Greenville, SC

Peggy Payne & Carrie Knowles- Crazy Ladies Book Tour  (author appearance)
Carrie Knowles
05/16/2013, 07:00 pm
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

Denise Kiernan shares The Girls of Atomic City  (author appearance)
Denise Kiernan
05/16/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Jill McCorkle -- Life After Life  (author appearance)
Jill McCorkle
05/16/2013, 05:30 pm
Garden District Book Shop
New Orleans, LA

S. Frederick Starr - UNE BELLE MAISON  (author appearance)
S. Frederick Starr
05/16/2013, 06:00 pm
Octavia Books
New Orleans, LA

May Book Club  (book club)
05/16/2013, 07:00 pm
Bound To Be Read Books
Atlanta, GA

Art Chat: Christy Gast in conversation with Thom Collins  (other event)
05/16/2013, 07:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Writing for Excellence and Publication  (writers group)
05/16/2013, 05:45 pm
Barnhill's
Winston-Salem, NC

Gay Christian author JEFF CHU presents DOES JESUS REALLY LOVE ME?  (author appearance)
Jeff Chu
05/16/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

Emily Matchar discusses Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity  (author appearance)
Emily Matchar
05/16/2013, 07:00 pm
Flyleaf Books
Chapel Hill, NC

Stuart Horwitz  (author appearance)
Stuart Horwitz
05/17/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Dean King - Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys  (author appearance)
Dean King
05/17/2013, 07:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Larry Colton  (author appearance)
Larry Colton
05/17/2013, 06:00 pm
Page & Palette
Fairhope, AL

Harriet Hill & H'Yoanh Buonya - Escaping Viet Nam  (author appearance)
H'Yoanh Buonya
05/17/2013, 12:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Emily Matchar  (author appearance)
Emily Matchar
05/17/2013, 07:00 pm
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

JON BUCHAN PRESENTS HIS LEGAL DRAMA, CODE OF THE FOREST  (author appearance)
Jon Buchan
05/17/2013, 07:00 pm
Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Asheville, NC

Raleigh Write to Publish  (writers group)
05/18/2013, 06:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Olson Huff - Why The Clown Wouldn't Smile  (author appearance)
Olson Huff
05/18/2013, 11:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Lauryn Marie Burks - My 100 Hands  (author appearance)
Lauryn Marie Burks
05/18/2013, 02:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

Jeff Klinkenberg -- Alligators in B-Flat  (author appearance)
Jeff Klinkenberg
05/18/2013, 04:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

TEENS: Margaret Papillon -- The Legend of Quisqueya  (author appearance)
Margaret Papillon
05/18/2013, 05:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Wendy Williams -- Ask Wendy  (author appearance)
Wendy Williams
05/18/2013, 07:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

Storytime: Origami Ninja with Jenny Maxwell  (other event)
05/18/2013, 10:30 pm
Books on Broad
Camden, SC

The Artful Parent- Jean Van’t Hul  (author appearance)
Jean Van’t Hul
05/18/2013, 07:00 pm
Regulator Bookshop
durham, NC

Aspiring Children's Book Creators  (writers group)
05/19/2013, 02:00 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Pat Davies - Wizard Jasper and the Wandering Princess  (author appearance)
Pat Davies
05/19/2013, 02:00 pm
Park Road Books
Charlotte, NC

TEENS: Alix Flinn -- Towering   (author appearance)
Alix Flinn
05/19/2013, 04:00 pm
Books & Books Inc
Coral Gables, FL

So you want to write a children's book...: A Workshop for Adults  (writers group)
05/19/2013, 02:00 pm
The Country Bookshop
Southern Pines, NC

Gail Godwin   (author appearance)
Gail Godwin
05/20/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Jonathan Evison  (author appearance)
Jonathan Evison
05/20/2013, 12:00 pm
Page & Palette
Fairhope, AL

Daniel Wallace  (author appearance)
Daniel Wallace
05/22/2013, 12:00 pm
Fiction Addiction
Greenville, SC

Jayne Bowers Author Event  (author appearance)
Jayne Bowers
05/23/2013, 05:00 pm
Books on Broad
Camden, SC

Staff Favorites Book Club - The End of Vandalism  (book club)
05/30/2013, 06:30 pm
Nightbird Books
Fayetteville, AR

Book Signing - The Renegades by Tom Young  (author appearance)
Tom Young
06/01/2013, 11:00 am
Sundial Books
Chincoteague, VA

Launch Event for The Guest House by Erika Marks  (author appearance)
Erika Marks
06/04/2013, 07:00 pm
Fountainhead Bookstore

Launch Event  (author appearance)
Erika Marks
06/04/2013, 07:00 pm
The Fountainhead Bookstore
Hendersonville, NC

David Sedaris  (author appearance)
David Sedaris
06/07/2013, 07:30 pm
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Raleigh, NC

Karen White- The Time Between  (author appearance)
Karen White
06/10/2013, 07:00 pm
Fountainhead Bookstore

Mary Alice Monroe  (author appearance)
Mary Alice Monroe
07/11/2013, 06:00 pm
Quarter Moon Bookstore
Topsail Beach, NC

Ray McAllister  (author appearance)
Ray McAllister
07/17/2013, 02:00 pm
Quarter Moon Bookstore
Topsail Beach, NC

Ann Ipock  (author appearance)
Ann Ipock
07/18/2013, 04:00 pm
Quarter Moon Bookstore
Topsail Beach, NC

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