Belle Boggs’ novel The Gulf is a wry takedown of the for-profit school scene
In The Gulf, Belle Boggs pits a money-strapped poet against an evangelical organization with a mission to make money. Boggs will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville on October 11-13.
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Red Metal imagines a Russian invasion of Europe
With Red Metal, Mark Greaney and Lt. Col. Hunter “Rip” Rawlings deliver a propulsive novel about a surprise military assault in Europe by Russian Federation forces.
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Musical savant and indie rock icon Ben Folds delivers a quirky, iconoclastic memoir
In A Dream About Lightning Bugs, indie rock icon Ben Folds uses his quirky upbringing and iconoclastic career to illustrate music’s power to form, heal, and inspire. Folds will sign A Dream About Lightning Bugs at the Nashville Public Library on August 9.
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Karl Marlantes’ Deep River is a sweeping epic of the immigrant experience in the Pacific Northwest
Karl Marlantes, author of the bestselling novel Matterhorn, returns with Deep River, a sprawling tale about the lives of three Finnish immigrants. Marlantes will discuss Deep River at Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 13.
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A fiercely independent teen must learn how to trust and rely on others
In Better Than the Best Plan, Lauren Morrill’s teenage protagonist finds herself unexpectedly tossed into the foster care system.
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David Cady explores the rise, fall, and reformation of a Pentecostal church in Religion of Fear
In Religion of Fear, David Cady tells the shocking tale of how easily well-meaning people can be seduced by evil dressed in “the brows of grace.” Cady will discuss the book at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on August 4.
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