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| Feb-April 2010
The Big Reads: Alabama Reads - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Various Alabama Communities
Join the entire state of Alabama in reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as part of Alabama's first Statewide NEA Big Read. Check with your local library for events in your area or see Web site for more information.
Various Communities, Alabama
Contact: Pat Ryan
205-226-3615
pryan@bham.lib.al.us
http://www.alabamareads.org | | | Feb 7-11
Freedom Bus Tour of the Alabama Civil Right's Trail Various Alabama Communities
Join the Freedom Bus tour in celebration of the publication of Alabama's Civil Rights Trail: An lllustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom by Frye Gaillard, with a Foreword by Juan Williams, and published by UA Press. Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum & Library February 7, 4 pm; February 8, Museum & Library, 9 am- noon; Feb 9, 4 pm, Selma, National Voting Rights Museum; Feb 10, 4 pm, Tuscaloosa Stinson Auditorium, Stillman College; Feb 11, 5:30 pm, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute beginning at 5:30 p.rn. Free and open to the public. To reserve a spot on the Freedom Bus, contact UA Press at 205-348-9534. See Web site for more information.
Montgomery, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, AL
Contact: Shana Rivers
205-348-9534
rminder@uapress.ua.edu
http://www.uapress.ua.edu | | | Feb 9, 2 pm
Alan Gribben: The Big Read Kick-off Program Dadeville Public Library
Dr. Alan Gribben, author of the foreword for the Alabama Big Read edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, will discuss the Top Ten Reasons to Read Tom Sawyer. See Web site for more information.
205 North West Street
Dadeville, AL 36853
Contact: Ann Freeman
256-825-7820
dpl@lakemartin.net
http://www.dadevillepubliclibrary.com/ | | | Feb 10, 4 pm
Adelante Book Group: African American Experience Sarah Palmer Commons; Comer 202
Elaine Hughes and Barbara J. Belisle will discuss A Mercy by Toni Morrison and Slavery by Another Name: The Reenslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon. E-mail for more information.
University of Montevallo Campus
Montevallo, AL 35115
Contact: Sandra Lott
205-665-2127
jlott285@charter.net
| | | Feb 10, 6 pm
Red Mountain Reading Series: Wendy Reed Jefferson State Community College-Shelby
Wendy Reed, filmmaker and fiction writer, reads from An Accidental Memoir: How I Killed Someone and Other Stories. Reception and book signing to follow. See Web site for more information.
4600 Valleydale Road HSB
Birmingham, AL 35242
Contact: Sharon DeVaney-Lovinguth
205-807-7627
lovinguth@jeffstateonline.com
http://www.jeffstateonline.com | | | Feb 11, 2010, 3 pm
Alan Gribben: The Importance of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer RBD Library, Special Collections & Archives Department
Dr. Alan Gribben, author of the foreword for the Alabama Big Read edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, will discuss the Top Ten Reasons to Read Tom Sawyer. See Web site for more information.
231 Mell Street
Auburn, AL 36849
Contact: Joyce Hicks
334-844-4500
askalibrarian@auburn.edu
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/sca/ | | | Feb 12, noon
Lunch and Learn: The Rev. J. Phillips Noble Bradshaw Public Library
The Rev. J. Phillips Noble will discuss his book Beyond the Burning Bus, a personal account of Anniston, Alabama's biracial Human Relations Council, formed during the civil rights era to unite the city. See Web site for more information.
3419 20th Avenue
Valley, AL 36854
Contact: John Tidwell
334-768-2161
johntidwell@chamberscountylibrary.org
http://www.chamberscountylibrary.org | | | Feb 13 1-3 pm
Irene Latham book signing The Bookstore
Irene Latham will sign her debut historical novel LEAVING GEE'S BEND. A quilter from Freedom Quilting Bee and local quilts will also be on display. See Web site for more information.
2246 Winchester Rd NE
Huntsville, AL 35811
Contact: Irene Latham
205-981-1935
irenelatham@charter.net
http://www.irenelatham.com | | | Feb 16, 2 pm
Julie Williams book signing Samford University Library
Julie Wiiliams, Samford journalism professor, will sign copies of her book Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama. See Web site for more information.
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
Contact: Kimmetha Herndon
205-726-2198
kherndon@samford.edu
http://www.samford.edu/ | | | Feb 17, 2010, 4 pm
UAB Writers' Series: Wyatt Prunty UAB Hulsey Recital Hall
Wyatt Prunty, director of the Sewanee Writers' Conference, is the author of eight collections of poetry. Free. See Web site for more information.
950 13th Str. S.
Birmingham, AL 35294
Contact: Daniel Anderson
205-934-4250
danderso@uab.edu
http://www.uab.edu/english/events/ | | | Feb 17, noon
Pass the Proverbs Birmingham Public Library CENTRAL
Local author Dr. Askhari Johnson Hodari discusses African proverbs, African culture, and her latest book, Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs. See Web site for more information.
1100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35204
Contact: Audrey Brantley
abrantley@bham.lib.al.us
http://www.LifelinesProverbs.com | | | Feb 18
Rhoda Ellison Lecture Series: Brad Watson Huntingdon College, Ligon Chapel
Brad Watson, a Mississippi fiction writer, will deliver the 2010 Rhoda Coleman Ellison Writers Festival Lecture. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will occur at the beginning of the tour for his latest story collection, Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives. See Web site for more information.
1500 E. Fairview Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104
Contact: Jacqueline Trimble
334-833-4435
jtrimble@huntingdon.edu
http://www.huntingdon.edu | | | Feb 18, 6:30 pm
Ted Dunagan reading Eufaula Carnegie Library
Ted Dunagan, named Georgia Author of the Year in the Young Adult category for his novel A Yellow Watermelon, will read from his work and talk about becoming a published author. A book signing will follow. See Web site for more information.
217 North Eufaula Avenue
Eufaula, AL 36027
Contact: Ronnie Smith
334-687-2337
dir_ecl@yahoo.com
http://www.ecl.lib.al.us/ | | | Feb 18-21, 2010
Southern Voices Hoover Public Library
Southern Voices is a four-day conference exploring culture as reflected in our contemporary arts. Sponsored by Hoover Public Library and open to the public, the conference brings together a chorus of artistic voices: writers, editors, musicians, performers, and public figures. See Web site for frequent updates.
200 Municipal Drive
Hoover, AL 35216
Contact: Hoover Public Library
205-444-7820
http://www.southernvoices.info | | | Feb 19, 5:30-7:30 pm
A Night at the Museum with Kathryn Tucker Windham Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum & Library
Pull up a rocking chair! It's time to celebrate story-telling with Alabama's storyteller, and Thomasville native Kathryn Tucker Windham! For more information on A Night at the Museum and the KTW Storytelling Club, contact Deborah Rankins.
Alabama Southern Community College-Thomasville
Thomasville, AL 36784
Contact: Deborah Rankins
334-637-3146
drankins@ascc.edu
http://www.ascc.edu | | | Feb 20, 10:30 am
Askhari Johnson: Celebrating Black authors during Black History Month Bessemer Public Library
Local author Dr. Askhari Johnson Hodari discusses Black literature, the traditional publishing process, and her recent books, Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs and The African Book of Names. See Web site for more information.
400 19th St N
Bessemer, AL 35020
Contact: Ruth McCarroll
205-428-7882
rmccarroll@bham.lib.al.us
http://www.LifelinesProverbs.com | | | Feb 20, 9 am-noon
Writing Seminar with Richard Goodman Lexington Hotel
Five Useful things You Can Learn About Writing in 180 Minutes led by Richard Goodman. $25 OLLI at Auburn members; $35 non-members. See Web site for more information.
1577 S. College
Auburn, AL 36830
Contact: Linda Shook
334-844-5100
opo@auburn.edu
http://www.olliatauburn.org | | | Feb 21, 7 & 10:30 pm; Feb 22, 2 am
Bookmark with Carolyn Jourdan Alabama Public Telelvision IQ-Digital Channel 2
Don Noble interviews Carolyn Jourdan, a former US Senate lawyer and author of Heart in the Right Place, a memoir about leaving Washington D.C. to return home to Tennessee and work as a receptionist at her father's small medical office. See Web site for more information.
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Contact: Wendy Reed
205-348-0027
wreed@alabamatv.org
http://www.alabamatv.org/bookmark/ | | | Feb 23, 1 pm
Books and Coffee: Douglas Turner Multi-Purpose Room in J.F. Drake Memorial Library (LRC)
Alabama A&M University professor Douglas Turner leads a review and discussion of the 2009 biography W.C. Handy: The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues by David Robertson. See Web site for more information.
Alabama A&M University
Normal, AL 35763
Contact: Edward Journey
256-372-4086
grover.journey@aamu.edu
http://www.aamu.edu/library/ | | | Feb 24, 2010, 4 pm
UAB Writers' Series: Jack Pendarvis UAB Hulsey Recital Hall
Jack Pendarvis has written four novels, most recently, Shut Up, Ugly. He writes a bi-monthly column for The Believer and a quarterly column for Oxford American. This reading is sponsored in part by the Birmingham Area Consortium of Higher Education. Free. See Web site for more information.
1190 10th Ave. S.
Birmingham, AL 35294
Contact: Daniel Anderson
205-934-4250
danderso@uab.edu
http://www.uab.edu/english/events/ | | | Feb 25, 7 pm
Elaine Hughes: Mark Twain and Toni Morrison: The Black and White of It Parnell Memorial Library
Presentation by Elaine Hughes, Road Scholar, Alabama Humanities Foundation. Readings from Morrison and Twain by members of the Montevallo Branch of Alabama Association of University Women. See Web site for more information.
277 Park Road
Montevallo, AL 35115
Contact: Sandra Lott
205-665-2127
jlott285@charter.net
http://www.cityofmontevallo.com/Default.asp?ID=112 | | | Feb 26-28
Springmingle '10 Marriott Atlanta Century Center
Sponsored by the Southern Breeze region of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Jane Yolen, keynote speaker. Pre-registration required. See Web site for more information.
2000 Century Blvd., NW
Atlanta, GA 30345
Contact: Jo Kittinger
jskittinger@gmail.com
http://www.southern-breeze.org | | | Feb 26, 3:45 pm
Poetry Out Loud Alabama State Finals Lelia Barlow Theatre; Tullibody Fine Arts Building
Semi-finals begin at 3:45 pm, original poetry recitation at 7 pm. The Alabama Writers' Forum will award cash prizes to first and second place in the original poetry recitation contest. Deadline for submission Jan 18. E-mail for more information.
Alabama State University Campus
Montgomery, AL
Contact: Diana Green
334-242-4076 ext. 241
diana.green@arts.alabama.gov
http://www.arts.alabama.gov | | | Feb 27, 9:30 am
Kathryn Tucker Windham at Tell Me a Story festival Trinity United Methodist Church
Kathryn Tucker Windham will tell tales and sign copies of her most recent book Spit, Scarey Ann and Sweat Bees: One Thing Leads to Another.
607 Airport Rd.
Huntsville, AL 35802
Contact: Joe Estes
256-883-3200
info@trinityhsv.org
http://www.trinityhsv.org/Home.aspx | | | March 2, 1 pm
Books and Coffee: The Right to Write: Kathrynn Seidler Engberg Multi-Purpose Room, J.F. Drake Memorial Library
AAMU professor Kathrynn Engberg discusses her new book The Right to Write: The Literary Politics of Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley. See Web site for more information.
Alabama A&M University
Normal, AL 35763
Contact: Edward Journey
256-372-4086
grover.journey@aamu.edu
http://www.aamu.edu/library/ | | | Mar 4, 6 pm
Red Mountain Reading Series: Jeanie Thompson Jefferson State Community College-Shelby
Jeanie Thompson, poet and Founding Executive Director of the Alabama Writers' Forum, reads from her most recent book of poetry The Seasons Bear Us. Reception and book signing to follow. See Web site for more information.
4600 Valleydale Road--HSB
Birmingham, AL 35342
Contact: Sharon DeVaney-Lovinguth
205-807-7627
lovinguth@jeffstateonline.com
http://www.jeffstateonline.com | | | Mar 10, 4 pm
Adelante Book Group: The Ecology: Caring for Creation Sarah Palmer Commons; Comer 202
Leanne Reed and Amanda Melcher will discuss Learning the Language of the Fields: Tilling and Keeping as Christian Vocation by Daniel Deffenbaugh and Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray. E-mail for more information.
University of Montevallo Campus
Montevallo, AL 35115
Contact: Sandra Lott
205-665-2127
jlott285@charter.net
| | | MARCH 15, 7 PM; MARCH 16, 10 AM
UNA WRITER'S SERIES: LORRAINE LOPEZ; JIM MURPHY; MICHAEL KNIGHT University of North Alabama
Lorraine Lopez will read from her fiction on Monday evening, March 15 at 7 pm in the Performance Center of the GUC at UNA. Jim Murphy will read from his poetry on Tuesday, March 16, at 10 am in Banquet Hall A (in the GUC). Michael Knight will read from his fiction at 11 am, March 16 in Banquet Hall A. Booksignings will follow each event. The readings are free and open to the public. See Web site for more information.
Guillot University Center
Florence, AL 35630
Contact: Pam Kingsbury
256-765-4890
pjkingsbury@una.edu
http://www.una.edu/english/writers-series.html | | | Mar 18, 6:30 pm
Alan Gribben: Ten Reasons to Read Tom Sawyer Eufaula Carnegie Library
Dr. Alan Gribben, author of the foreword to the Alabama Big Read edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, will discuss the top Ten Reasons to Read Tom Sawyer. See Web site for more information.
217 North Eufaula Avenue
Eufaula , AL 36027
Contact: Ronnie Smith
334-687-2337
johntidwell@chamberscountylibrary.org
http://www.ecl.lib.al.us/ | | | Mar 19-21, 2010
Books by the Bay Multicultural Literary Conference Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center
The Multicultural Literature Advocacy Group (MLAG) is proud to present the 2010 Annual Books By the Bay Multicultural Literary Conference. The purpose of the conference is to improve the accessibility and acceptability of books written by and about people of color. See Web site for more information.
One South Water Street
Mobile, AL
Contact: Dyahnne Alston
240-687-0359
mlitadgroup@gmail.com
http://mlag.web.officelive.com/2010conference.aspx | | | March 20, 2010, 10 am-3 pm
Alabama Bound Birmingham Public Library
This year, Alabama Bound will be part of The Big Read focusing on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Come see and hear Mark Twain, hear period music while feasting on Southern cooking, hear Dolores Hydock tell stories, and discuss the book with a panel of experts from different perspectives. Free and open to the public. See Web site for more information.
2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203
Contact: Linda Wilson/Haruyo Miyagawa
205-226-3600
lwilson@bham.lib.al.us
http://www.alabamabound.org | | | Mar 20, 7:30 pm
A Celebration of Mary Ward Brown Judson College Alumnae Auditorium
Sponsored by Marion Military Marion Institute and Judson College, this celebration of Mary Ward Brown includes a concert of music composed by Marion native Hal Kemp and ASHES OF ROSES, a play by Norman McMillan based on stories of Mary Ward Brown, with Deborra Street directing. Tickets are $15 and may be reserved through Merrily Thompson at the above phone number or e-address.
302 Bibb Street
Marion, AL 36756
Contact: Merrily Thompson
334-683-2394
mthompson@marionmilitary.edu
http://www.judson.edu/ | | | March 24, 2010, 4 pm
Annual Mersmann Awards UAB Spencer Honors House
The Mersmann Awards are given annually for the best reading or rendition by a student of a poem written by another author and a best original poem. Traditionally, this event has been an opportunity for students to read aloud from their favorite works and give voice to words they may often read though seldom hear. Free. See Web site for more information.
1190 10th Avenue South
Birmingham , AL 35294
Contact: Daniel Anderson
205-934-4250
danderso@uab.edu
http://www.uab.edu/english/events/ | | | Mar 25, 3 pm
Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton book event RBD Library, Special Collections & Archives Department
Virginia Hamilton will discuss her memoir Teddy's Child: Growing Up in the Anxious Southern Gentry between the Great Wars. See Web site for more information.
231 Mell Street
Auburn, AL 36849
Contact: Joyce Hicks
334-844-1732
askalibrarian@auburn.edu
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/sca/ | | | Mar 26
Wright Brothers Centennial Panel Discussion Alabama Department of Archives and History
Julie Williams, author of Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, will join other scholars to discuss the significance of the nation's first civilian flight school, located in Montgomery. See Web site for time and more information.
624 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36130
Contact: William Trimble
334-844-6636
trimbwf@auburn.edu
http://www.archives.alabama.gov | | | Mar 29, 6-8 pm
River Jordan & Shellie Tomlinson Page & Palette
Two writers unite for a special appearance: River Jordan for Saints in Limbo and Shellie Tomlinson for Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On! On their Southern Wing & A Prayer Tour. See Web site for more details.
32 S. Section Str.
Fairhope, AL 36532
Contact: Emily Bell
251-928-5295
emily@pageandpalette.com
http://www.pageandpalette.com | | | Mar 31, noon
Brown Bag Lunch: Julie Williams Central Library, Arrington Auditorium
Professor Julie Williams will discuss her new book Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910. See Web site for more information.
2100 Park Place
Birmingham, AL 35203
Contact: Sandi Lee
205-226-3742
slee@bham.lib.al.us
http://www.bplonline.org | | | Apr 7, noon
Adelante Book Group: Discovering the Secrets of Success Sarah Palmer Commons; Comer 202
Evelyn Blake and Mary Lou Williams will discuss The Outliers, the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell and Julie and Julia by Julie Powell. E-mail for more information.
University of Montevallo Campus
Montevallo, AL 35115
Contact: Sandra Lott
205-665-2127
jlott285@charter.net
| | | Apr 8, 11 a.m.
Red Mountain Reading Series: Norman McMillan Jefferson State Community College
Norman McMillan, scholar, memoirist, and playwright, reads from his works, including Distant Son: An Alabama Boyhood. Reception to follow reading. See Web site for more information.
2601 Carson Road AL 111
Birmingham, AL 35215
Contact: Sharon DeVaney-Lovinguth
205-807-7627
lovinguth@jeffstateonline.com
http://www.jeffstateonline.com | | | Apr 14, 2010, 4 pm
UAB Writers' Series: Robert Collins and Lawrence Wharton UAB Spencer Honors House
Robert (Bob) Collins and Lawrence (Larry) Wharton. Join the UAB community as it celebrates and hears the poetry of Collins and the fiction of Wharton, two retiring friends who have meant so much to creative writing at UAB over the years. Reception to follow. Free. See Web site for more information.
1190 10th Avenue South
Birmingham , AL 35294
Contact: Daniel Anderson
205-934-4250
danderso@uab.edu
http://www.uab.edu/english/events/ | | | Apr 17, 2010, 10 am-4 pm
Alabama Book Festival Old Alabama Town
The Alabama Book Festival is returning to Montgomery on Saturday, April 17. The event features over 50, varied poets, fiction and nonfiction writers, and children and young adult authors assembled in Old Alabama Town. The event is free and open to the public, and fun for readers of all ages. See Web site for frequent updates.
301 Columbus Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Contact: Bob McLain
334-240-4500 or 1-888-240-1850
b.mclain@oldalabamatown.com
http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/ | | | April 23, 2010
Montevallo Literary Festival University of Montevallo
The 8th annual Montevallo Literary Festival will take place at the scenic and historic University of Montevallo, Alabama's only public liberal arts university. See Web site for frequent updates.
Comer Hall
Montevallo, AL 35115
Contact: Jim Murphy
205-665-6420
murphyj@montevallo.edu
http://www.montevallo.edu/english/MLF/ | | | April 23-24, 2010
Slash Pine Poetry Festival Varied Locations
Slash Pine Press' second annual two-day poetry bonanza. Last year's inaugural festival was held in five distinct locations around the Tuscaloosa area and had more than forty readers and a total crowd of more than 350. The festival emphasizes the democratic and diverse goals of creative work, refusing to privilege one aesthetic or reputation over another. See Web site for frequent updates.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Contact: Joseph P. Wood
205-348-1763
jwood@bama.ua.edu
http://www.slashpinepress.blogspot.com | | | Apr 29-May 1, 2010
Alabama Writers Symposium Alabama Southern Community College
The Alabama Center for Literary Arts presents Literature on Location: The Muse of Place, the 2010 Alabama Writers Symposium. Readers, writers, scholars, and the recipient of the 2010 Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year. Check Web site for frequent updates.
2800 Alabama Avenue
Monroeville, AL
Contact: Melinda Byrd-Murphy
251-575-8226
mbmurphy@ascc.edu
http://www.writerssymposium.org | | |
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