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The Real World

“It was real. A TV show that could literally alter the fabric of reality to change one’s life.” This is the premise of Peng Shepherd’s novel All This and More. Shepherd will discuss All This and More at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.

People and Place

Told in the cadence of a fairytale, Bonnie Jo Campbell’s novel The Waters follows a family of women and the unique place they inhabit. Campbell will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.

Eyes in the Shadows

Grey Wolfe LaJoie’s debut story collection, Little Ones, encompasses the psyche of social outcasts, night terrors, and the perceptive sufferers and witnesses of grief

Eyes in the Shadows

Taking Up Space on the Page

Renée Watson’s debut adult novel, skin & bones, is an adoring love letter to fat Black women. Watson will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27. 

Wine, Dine, and Murder

In The Professor, Lauren Nossett’s sophomore novel, former detective Marlitt Kaplan returns to university politics when her mother asks for her help in a Title IX investigation of a German professor. Lauren Nossett will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.

Duality Is Fine

In John Vercher’s third novel, Devil Is Fine, a biracial father grieves his deceased son and dying career, realizing that he only understands both through a post-mortem examination. Vercher will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 26-27.

Duality Is Fine

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