In Leanne W. Smith’s debut novel, Leaving Independence, Abigail Baldwin’s quest to discover the truth about her husband takes her and her children on the Oregon Trail, where she encounters the expected dangers—and an unexpected love. Smith will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. All festival events are free and open to the public.
In The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi weaves a tapestry of myth and magic, love and destiny, time and eternity. This colorful story—a debut novel and the first of a series—features twists and turns that will delight young-adult readers with a yen for exotic fantasy. Chokshi will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16. All festival events are free and open to the public.
The Austen Project has commissioned six contemporary authors to write modern adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels. Tasked with the daunting challenge of reimagining the beloved Pride & Prejudice, bestselling novelist Curtis Sittenfeld has delivered Eligible, an inventive and irreverent update to a revered tale. Sittenfeld will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016. All festival events are free and open to the public.
In A Record of Our Debts, a debut story collection by Cookeville writer Laura Hendrix Ezell, paranoia runs tightly through a collection of small towns where the bonds of community may chafe, but freedom can become its own prison. Ezell will discuss A Record of Our Debts at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.
In Brother Bill: President Clinton and the Politics of Race and Class, historian Daryl A. Carter considers several critical episodes in the Clinton years, taking measure of the forty-second President’s racial policies and thinking, separating fact from fiction and history from memory. Carter will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16. All festival events are free and open to the public.
Donald Ray Pollock’s new novel, The Heavenly Table, charts the path of the Jewett Gang, three brothers and bank robbers fated to meet Eula and Ellsworth Fiddler, Ohio farmers plagued by bad luck and worse decisions. Pollock will discuss The Heavenly Table at Crosstown Arts in Memphis on July 19, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., and at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 14-16, 2016.
