Glimpses of Vulnerability
In The Irish Goodbye, Beth Ann Fennelly returns to the “micro-memoir,” a form that conveys human experience through brief, richly detailed scenes.
Elevation
George Saunders’ Vigil raises nuanced questions about kindness and what we owe the living — and the dead. Saunders will discuss the book with Ann Patchett at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville on January 30.
Finding Holiness
Queer Communion, edited by Davis Shoulders, gathers 13 queer writers to reflect on the meaning of faith and community.
Web of Lies
With Gone Before Goodbye, Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben combine forces to introduce readers to Maggie McCabe, a world-class reconstructive surgeon who finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue and lies. The authors will discuss the book at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville on October 29, with Ann Patchett moderating.
Telling Old Stories in New Ways
In his memoir House of Smoke, Southern food writer and cultural commentator John T. Edge turns the spotlight on himself, seeking to understand his personal history and evolution. Edge will appear at The Rosecomb in Chattanooga on September 18, Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on October 16, the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October on 18-19, Novel in Memphis on October 22, and Parnassus Books in Nashville on October 27.
A Certain Way of Living
In her debut novel, Hothouse Bloom, Atlanta native Austyn Wohlers tells the story of a young painter, Anna, who leaves everything behind to care for the orchard she inherits when her estranged grandfather passes away.
