The twenty-eighth annual Southern Festival of Books will bring more than 250 authors to Nashville
July 11, 2016 Today Humanities Tennessee announced a lineup of award-winning, bestselling authors who will headline the twenty-eighth annual Southern Festival of Books, which will be held at Legislative Plaza in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. All festival events are free and open to the public.
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For a hint of the fun to come in 2016, check out these photos from the 2015 Southern Festival of Books
With the run-up to the 2016 Southern Festival of Books now officially underway, it’s a good time to remember the festival of 2015.
T.S. Stribling, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1933, deserves an important place in Southern literary study
July 8, 2016 In the last of a nine-essay series commemorating the centennial year of the Pulitzer Prizes, scholar Kenneth W. Vickers considers the lasting significance of T.S. Stribling, the first Tennessee writer to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
In Christopher Hebert’s Angels of Detroit, young idealists believe they must destroy the city to save it
Christopher Hebert’s new novel, Angels of Detroit, features a cast of characters who believe that the apocalypse is coming, and humanity is too narcotized or distracted to pay attention. Hebert will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on July 17, 2016, at 2 p.m. and at the John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville on August 29, 2016, at 7 p.m.
In John Gregory Brown’s latest novel, Katrina isn’t what ruins a New Orleans man’s life
July 6, 2016 Even before Hurricane Katrina, Henry Garrett was a mess. Now, stranded in Virginia, he must choose whether to give in to his demons or face his own challenges. John Gregory Brown will discuss A Thousand Miles from Nowhere at Parnassus Books in Nashville on July 14, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.
Juli Brenning brings readers the second tale of best friends Maggi and Milo
July 5, 2016 Middle Tennessee children’s author Juli Brenning brings young readers another tale of Maggi and her beloved pooch, Milo, in Maggi and Milo Make New Friends. Brenning will speak at Parnassus Books on July 13, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.
