Middle Tennessee native Patricia C. McKissack, acclaimed author and storyteller, died near her home in Missouri on April 7. Her body of work, which includes many books written with her late husband Fredrick, did much to champion the African American experience.
Jennifer Trafton’s Henry and the Chalk Dragon is a hilarious and touching tribute to the power of art and the courage it takes to unleash your imagination into the world. Trafton will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on April 15 at 10:30 a.m.
Nashville native Patricia C. McKissack talks with Chapter 16 about Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, & Stories from an African American Childhood, her one-of-a-kind collection of African American children’s play-time lore.
The Southeastern Young Adult Book Festival—or SE-YA—will draw thousands of readers to the Middle Tennessee State University campus in Murfreesboro on March 11 for an all-ages celebration of reading and writing that features appearances by more than forty children’s and YA authors. The event is free and open to the public.
Celebrated YA author Jeff Zentner will discuss his second novel, Goodbye Days—the story of teenager Carver Briggs and the moment that changed his life—on March 7 at Parnassus Books in Nashville at 6:30 p.m.
The Wish Granter is the second book in C.J. Redwine’s New York Times-bestselling Ravenspire series. In this installment, the Nashville novelist reimagines Rumpelstiltskin as a ruthless, power-hungry fairy eager to give people their hearts’ desires—though always with a devastating catch. Redwine will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 16 at 6:30 p.m.
