Erica Wright’s latest novel features real and metaphorical serpents
Hollow Bones, a new novel by Erica Wright, explores religious trauma, small-town life, and how fear can manipulate us. Wright will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on August 8, The Arts Building in Chattanooga on August 17, and the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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A vacation is spoiled by the apocalypse in Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend
Memphis writer MJ Wassmer takes readers on the worst island getaway ever in Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend. Wassmer will appear at Novel in Memphis on August 6 and at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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Jen Fawkes spins a fiercely feminist tale centered in 19th-century Nashville
Jen Fawkes’ latest novel, Daughters of Chaos, finds its center in Civil War-era Nashville and the decision to protect Union soldiers against syphilis by removing all prostitutes from the city. Fawkes will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
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The 2024 festival has something for everybody
More than 150 authors, including Renée Watson, Erik Larson, Ace Atkins, and Joan Baez, will appear for panels, book signings, readings, and discussions at Bicentennial Mall in Nashville on October 26 and 27.
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Chapter 16 is on hiatus until July 29.
We’re taking a little vacation, but we’ll return on July 29 with a full schedule of interviews, reviews, and bookish news. Meanwhile, happy reading!
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Sarai Johnson’s debut novel is a deeply moving, multigenerational exploration of womanhood and motherhood
Sarai Johnson’s debut novel, Grown Women, is an eloquent story of multiple generations of Black women navigating their lives against a nonlinear backdrop of American motherhood.
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