NewSouth author Rev. J. Phillips Noble, who grew up in Learned, Mississippi, writes in recognition of the arrest of an alleged Ku Klux Klan member in Mississippi this past week …
NewSouth Managing Editor Brian Seidman‘s short story “So a Horse Walks into a Bar …” has been selected for inclusion in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
NewSouth novelist Rod Davis, who compellingly described the cultural tapestry of pre-Katrina New Orleans in Corina’s Way (2004), has a cover story in the February issue of D Magazine on what he calls “the biggest identity crisis in Dallas history”: the “Mexican Invasion. As our author makes clear, this is more than just a Dallas story …
NewSouth is proud to announce the release of Victory After the Fall: Memories of a Civil Rights Activist by Rev. H. K. Matthews, with J. Michael Butler. Matthews is one of the unsung heroes of the Southern civil rights movement, having participated in the first sit-in demonstrations in northwest Florida, and having led a campaign against the use of Confederate symbols at an area high school. And in the course of his activism, Matthews served time in state prison for a crime that never occurred …
Rev. Robert Graetz, author of A White Preacher’s Message on Race and Reconciliation from NewSouth Books, will speak on January 18, 2007, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History’s monthly ArchiTreats program. Rev. Graetz will discuss both his book, and his experiences during and after the Montgomery Bus Boycott …
Noted children’s book reviewer Daniel Pinkwater called NewSouth’s Shlemiel Crooks “a hilarious book” during NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday on December 16, 2006. In a conversation with NPR’s Scott Simon, Pinkwater included Shlemiel Crooks as one of only seven of his recommended 2006 holiday books. Listen to the full segment at NPR.org …
Junebug Books is pleased to announce the release of Longleaf by Roger Reid. Longleaf tells the story of fourteen year-old Jason Caldwell and his forest-smart friend Leah as they try to survive a harrowing night in the Conecuh National Forest. Filled with factual information about the Alabama ecosystem, Longleaf is both an important learning tool and an exciting young adult adventure. And for taking Longleaf on those deep nature hikes, Longleaf has been simultaneously released in Adobe Reader ebook format …
NewSouth Books is pleased to announce our 2006 holiday book sale, offering a 30% discount on all our titles. Through the end of December, prices for all the titles listed on the NewSouth website have been discounted by 30%. No need for special coupons–the discounts are automatic! For more information, visit our NewSouth Books Holiday Sale page. And for more discounts …
Author Mark Ethridge offers some notes from the road while he’s been touring with his new book, Grievances: “For several months I’ve been on a tour for my novel, Grievances, which came out in May. I was excited getting into it but I figured that by now–roughly appearance number 40 of 60 or so–it would become tiresome, repetitive. I couldn’t have been more wrong …”
Anna Olswanger, author of NewSouth’s award-winning Shlemiel Crooks, will be participating in a number of signing engagements throughout November and December. Shlemiel Crooks makes an excellent holiday present, so be sure to stop by and get a copy signed …