tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57200963788171310412024-03-14T03:30:24.745-05:00Alabama Book FestivalAlabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-55613637758738935452010-07-06T21:52:00.002-05:002010-07-06T21:55:00.719-05:00Date Set for 2011 Festival<h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2011 Alabama Book Festival Set for April 16</span></span></h2><p style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; list-style-position: inside; color: rgb(0, 0, 51); padding-right: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The sixth annual Alabama Book Festival will be held in historic downtown Montgomery at Old Alabama Town on April 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free public event is the state’s premier book festival—with more than 4,000 people from around Alabama converging in the capital to meet with and hear from their favorite authors and scholars.</span></span></p><p style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; list-style-position: inside; color: rgb(0, 0, 51); padding-right: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The festival is currently reviewing potential authors for the event and plans to announce its 2011 author line-up in early February. As in years past, programs and activities will include author appearances, book signings, musical performances, and an exhibit area featuring literary organizations and vendors selling books and other items of interest to booklovers. Alabama Public Television has agreed to host the children’s activity area again, making it a day of fun for the whole family.</span></span></p><p style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; list-style-position: inside; color: rgb(0, 0, 51); padding-right: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sponsors are needed to make the non-profit event a success. Those interested in contributing monetary or in-kind donations should contact Gail Waller at </span></span><a href="mailto:ticagle@gmail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ticagle@gmail.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Volunteers will be solicited in January 2011. For more information, call 1-888-240-1850.</span></span></p><div><br /></div>Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-45167925267393570712010-04-02T14:18:00.001-05:002010-04-02T14:19:57.713-05:00Two Literary Greats Added to Festival!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Blog followers and Facebook fans are the first to know that we have added two big names to the festival: Pearl Cleage and Daniel Wallace!<br /><br />Pearl Cleage is a legendary author and playwright who catapulted to fame when her first novel, "What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day," became an Oprah Book club selection in 1998 and was listed on the New York Times bestseller list for nine weeks.<br /><br />Daniel Wallace's first novel, "Big Fish," also achieved enormous success upon publication in 1998. It was turned into a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton and starring Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup and Jessica Lange. It was shot entirely in Alabama, mostly in Montgomery and Wetumpka.<br /><br />Both authors have published extensively since the success of their first novels. They will be speaking, meeting fans and signing books at the festival on April 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Old Alabama Town. The event is free and open to the public.</span>Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-32745432426738754302010-03-12T18:08:00.001-06:002010-03-12T18:10:20.915-06:00Book Festival Offers Writing Workshop for Teachers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">On Friday, April 16, Alabama teachers grades 6-12 are invited to spend the day with four authors who will appear at the 5</span></span><sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> Annual Alabama Book Festival in Montgomery to learn about creative writing techniques and strategies for their students.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Each year in conjunction with the statewide book event, the Alabama Writers’ Forum produces the Festival’s education outreach program. The workshops are offered free of charge with generous funding from the Support the Arts Car Tag Fund and Vulcan Materials Company, as well as support from Troy University, Montgomery Campus and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">This year’s participatory writing workshops are designed to introduce teachers to new strategies for integrating creative writing into language arts and English curricula, as well as making use of new media such as blogs and Web site postings in other subject areas.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Poets </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Sean Hill</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> (author of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Blood Ties and Brown Liquor</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">) and </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">DéLana R.A. Dameron</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> (author of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize-awarded </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">How God Ends Us) </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">will lead the morning poetry workshops. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Irene Latham</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> (author of the young adult novel </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Leaving Gees Bend</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">) will give a reading at the noon hour, and fiction writer and blogger </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">A.M. Garner</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> (author of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Undeniable Truths</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">) will lead the afternoon workshop on “Writing for the New Media.” </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">“We hope teachers will leave the workshop with ideas for new writing lessons and some writing of their own to inspire students,” said Alabama Writers’ Forum Executive Director Jeanie Thompson. “We are fortunate to have writers of this caliber with us to work with our Alabama teachers this year.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">“We have a limited number of slots for the workshops, so teachers are encouraged to register early. All slots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis,” Thompson said.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Registration is required. Print out registration forms online at <a href="http://www.alabamabookfestival.org">www.alabamabookfestival. org</a>. Contact the Alabama Writers’ Forum at </span></span><a href="mailto:writersforum@bellsouth.net"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">writersforum@bellsouth.net</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> or call 334-265-7728 for more information. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div></span>Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-70836569706774135552010-03-03T12:53:00.001-06:002010-03-03T12:55:31.858-06:00Kudos to Festival's Kiddie AuthorsCongratulations to juvenile fiction writers Irene Latham and Rachel Hawkins--who both will be attending this year's festival--for being named to the <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/kids-indie-next-list?edition=201002k">Kids' Next</a> list of recommended reading for kids. The list is compiled by independent booksellers.Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-16646420624335487172010-02-24T12:00:00.002-06:002010-02-24T12:33:22.301-06:00Volunteers Needed for 2010 FestivalThe fifth annual Alabama Book Festival is gearing up for 2010 and needs volunteers to help make the April 17 event a success.<br />More than 50 authors, storytellers, publishers, illustrators and performers will gather at Old Alabama Town in downtown Montgomery to celebrate reading, writing and literature. The festival depends on volunteers to serve in a variety of<br />roles, including escorting authors, assisting at book signings, helping with children’s activities and greeting visitors at the front gate. <br /><br />Volunteers must be at least 16 years old and commit to a two-hour shift. In appreciation of their efforts, visitors will receive a free festival t-shirt and the opportunity to earn a one-day admission ticket to Disney World or Disneyland, as part of Disney’s 2010 Give a Day, Get a Disney Day program. Register to volunteer online at http://www.alabamabookfestival.org. For<br />questions, contact volunteer coordinator Nancy Griggs at 334-844-4946 or griggns@auburn.edu.Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-22311276799976340162010-02-23T11:04:00.004-06:002010-02-23T11:40:50.565-06:00Poster Unveiled<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1LR-YUUhcPQ/S4QR129mhfI/AAAAAAAAABU/4AETe8_kX3Q/s1600-h/poster.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1LR-YUUhcPQ/S4QR129mhfI/AAAAAAAAABU/4AETe8_kX3Q/s320/poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441493866755032562" /></a><br /><br />The Alabama Book Festival unveils its 2010 poster, a print of a original drawing by artist Arthur Price.Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-7346315504902791112010-01-17T14:20:00.001-06:002010-01-17T14:22:06.113-06:00New Festival Website LaunchedThe new website for the Alabama Book Festival is now online at <a href="http://www.alabamabookfestival.org">www.alabamabookfestival.org</a>. Check it out for the latest information on the 2010 event!Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-78106193281628330942010-01-05T12:40:00.003-06:002010-01-17T14:20:03.166-06:00Read Book Reviews on Participating Authors<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">Need to learn more about the authors coming to the Alabama Book Festival? Check out </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><i>Firs</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><i>t</i><i> Draft</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"> Book Reviews Online at <a href="http://www.writersforum.org/">www.writersforum.org</a>. Recently reviewed book fest authors include Rick Bragg, Carolyn Haines, A.M. Garner, Foster Dickson, David Magee and Philip Shirley, and many more fiction and nonfiction writers. The Alabama Writers' Forum is again this year the proud sponsor of the Poetry Tent, and its Book Reviews page features or will soon Sue Brannan Walker, Mary Kaiser, Irene Latham, Robert Grey, Hank Lazer, and more.<br /><br />Simply key your favorite author's name into the AWF Book Reviews Archive to read the latest reviews. These reviews also feature links to writers' Web sites and blogs.<br /><br />Readers may also click the AWF </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><i>Fi</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><i>rst</i><i> Draft</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"> link to discover interviews with or essays by many of the authors coming to the Alabama Book Festival 2010.<br /></span>Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-37067164431288239612009-12-28T14:13:00.004-06:002010-03-03T13:01:47.296-06:00Authors Scheduled for 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The following authors have been confirmed for the 2010 festival and are current, as of March 3:</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold; ">Non-Fiction</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><ul><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Rick Bragg, <em>The Most They Ever Had</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sharon Davies, <em>Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race and Religion in America</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Foster Dickson, <em>The Life and Poetry of John Beecher</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Frye Gaillard, <em>Civil Rights Guide Book</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Martha Hawkins, <em>Finding Martha's Place: My Journey Through Sin, Salvation, and Lots of Soul Food</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Rheta Grimsley Johnson, <em>Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Charlie Lucas, <em>Tin Man: Charlie Lucas</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">David Magee, <em>Sweet Spot: 125 Years of Baseball and the Louisville Slugger</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mary Ann Neeley, <em>The Works of Matthew Blue</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Don Noble, <em>Mockingbird</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">James L. Noles, Sr., <em>Mighty by Sacrifice</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kathy Patrick, <em>The Pulpwood Queen’s Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Wendy Reed, <em>Accidental Memoir</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Melida Rainey Thompson and Morgan Murphy, <em>I Love You, Now Hush</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Karen Spears Zacharias, <em>Will Jesus Buy Me a Double Wide?</em></li></ul><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); ">Fiction</h3><ol><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ace Atkins, <em>Infamous</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Elise Blackwell, <em>An Unfinished Score</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sonny Brewer, <em>The Widow and the Tree</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kirk Curnutt, <em>Dixie Noir</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A.M. Garner, <em>Undeniable Truths</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Susan Gregg Gilmore, <em>Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Carolyn Haines, <em>Delta Blues</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Wade Hall, <em>An Interview with Abe Lincoln</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Patti Callahan Henry, <em>Driftwood Summer</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Robert Hicks, <em>A Separate Country</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Suzanne Hudson, <em>The Second Sluthood</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Karin Slaughter, <em>Undone</em></li></ol><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); ">Young Adult and Children's Fiction</h3><ol><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), <em>Snow Wonder</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Rachel Hawkins, <em>Hex Hall Book One</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Irene Latham, <em>Leaving Gee’s Bend</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Eric Litwin, <em>Pete the Cat</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ginger Rue, <em>Brand New Emily</em></li></ol><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); ">Poetry</h3><ol><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sue Brannon Walker, <em>She Said</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">DéLana R.A. Dameron, <em>How God Ends Us</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Virginia Gilbert, <em>That Other Brightness</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Rob Gray, <em>Drew</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sean Hill, <em>Blood Ties and Brown Liquor</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jennifer Horne, <em>Bottle Tree</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mary Kaiser, <em>Falling into Velazquez</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hank Lazer, <em>Portions</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mary Carol Moran, <em>Equivocal Blessings</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kathleen Thompson, <em>The Shortest Distance</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Carol Zippert, <em>Meeting Myself ‘Round the Corner</em></li></ol><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); ">Cookbooks</h3><ol><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mindy Merrell and R.B. Quinn, <em>Cheater BBQ: Barbecue Anytime, Anywhere, in Any Weather</em></li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Janis Owens, <em>The Cracker Kitchen</em></li></ol><h3 style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); ">Publishing Industry Professionals</h3><ol><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ron Hogan, Beatrice.com</li><li style="list-style-image: url(http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/images/bullet.gif); line-height: 28px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; list-style-position: outside; padding-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Julie Schoerke, JKS Communications</li><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></span></div></ol></span></b></div><div><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720096378817131041.post-40974825229864368422009-12-28T14:12:00.001-06:002009-12-28T14:13:14.549-06:00Date Set for 2010 FestivalThe 2010 Alabama Book Festival will be held on April 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the grounds of Old Alabama Town in downtown Montgomery. The family friendly event is free and open to the public.Alabama Book Festivalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277920541075582748noreply@blogger.com1