W.M. Akers’s debut novel, Westside, depicts an alternate New York where evil lurks
Westside, the debut mystery by Nashville native W.M Akers, takes place in an alternate version of New York City in 1921. Gilda Carr, a private investigator, gets dragged into mysteries involving her dead father and a colorful cast of villains.
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Courage and persistence win the day in Natalie Lloyd’s delightful new fable for children
In Over the Moon, the latest middle-grade novel from Chattanooga writer Natalie Lloyd, Mallie Ramble lives in a mountainous land blanketed by Dust, a mysterious substance that has completely blotted out the stars. In this charming allegory, Lloyd highlights themes of family love, friendship, loyalty, courage, and persistence.
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Lambslide, Ann Patchett’s first children’s book, features a flock of lambs and a landslide victory
Acclaimed Nashville novelist Ann Patchett joins Fancy Nancy illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser at Parnassus Books on May 6 to celebrate Lambslide, the new children’s picture book they created together.
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Rockvale Writers’ Colony, a new retreat in College Grove, offers writers the time, space, and support they need
When my agent asked to see a complete revision of my work-in-progress, I didn’t know whether I could face it again. As with that tangle of cords and cables you stash in the back of your closet just in case you’ll need them, even though you’re not sure what half of them are for, I feared that if I pulled on one cord, the others would tighten into a death knot. How would I ever rewrite the whole book and hand it in on time? Fortunately, I had a plan: I’d apply to Rockvale Writers’ Colony.
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In a new nonfiction book, Basil Hero considers the character traits of the Apollo astronauts
Basil Hero looks into the hearts of the “farmboy nerds” of NASA’s race to the moon and finds modest men with the ability to sequester their fears and focus on a task. Hero will discuss The Mission of a Lifetime at Novel in Memphis on April 28.
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Helen Ellis’s Southern Lady Code is a gimlet-eyed, laugh-out-loud collection of linked essays
Southern Lady Code, writes Helen Ellis, is “a technique by which, if you don’t have something nice to say, you say something not-so-nice in a nice way.” Ellis will discuss her new essay collection at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 30.
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