Chapter 16
A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

A Typesetter’s Love Letter to Books

Taking a love of the printed word to a new level

May 8, 2015 When one of my old friends finally asked me what exactly I was doing in Nashville, I said I was working in a letterpress shop that specialized in nineteenth-century printing techniques. I left out the fact that I wasn’t being paid. Even so, at the moment, it sounded a whole lot better than toiling away at law school.

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A Reading Festival That Gets It Right

Knox County Library finds the joy in summer reading

May 7, 2015 With a stellar lineup of award-winning children’s authors and illustrators from all over the country, Knoxville is getting ready for the eleventh annual Children’s Festival of Reading. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at World’s Fair Park on May 16, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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The Heart of the Matter

What Remains, the second YA novel by Helene Dunbar, is a tale of tragedy and revelation

May 6, 2015 What Remains, the new novel by Nashville YA author Helene Dunbar, is the story of a teenager who’s had the same best friends since first grade. When a tragic car accident upends his life, he is forced to reckon with his grief, guilt, and a new existence he’s not convinced he even wants. Dunbar will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 11, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.

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Up from the Depths, Into the Muck

May 5, 2015 Jason Miller moved to Nashville more than twenty years ago, but he had to return to the speech patterns and vocabulary of his family and friends in Southern Illinois to find the voice for his debut novel, Down Don’t Bother Me: A Slim in Little Egypt Mystery.

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The Stella Sisters Make a Splash

Lennon and Maisy Stella, stars of ABC’s drama Nashville, launch their debut picture book, In the Waves

March 4, 2015 In the Waves, Lennon and Maisy Stella’s debut picture book, is an adaptation of their first original song. The sisters celebrated the book’s release on a sunny Nashville day in April, and Chapter 16 was there.

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Writing Forever

Memphis-born playwright Katori Hall talks about her new production, The Blood Quilt

May 4, 2015 Katori Hall’s newest play, The Blood Quilt opened in Washington, D.C., on April 24. In a new profile, The Washington Post talks with Hall about the story behind the drama.

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