Meet NewSouth Authors at Southern Festival
If you’ll be attending the Southern Festival of Books this weekend in Memphis, Tennessee, don’t miss our wonderful NewSouth authors, including Tony Dunbar (Tubby Meets Katrina), John Egerton (premiering Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves), C. S. Fuqua (Music Fell on Alabama), Frye Gaillard (Watermelon Wine), Jennifer Horne (Working the Dirt), John Pritchard (Junior Ray), Carroll Dale Short (Turbo’s Very Life), and Sue Walker (In the Realm of Rivers) …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Reviews Tubby Meets Katrina
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reviewed Tubby Meets Katrina in their October 8 books section, calling it a “masterful job.” Reviewer Rheta Grimsley Johnson notes, “Verdict: It’s nice to have the pudgy good guy [Tubby Dubonnet] on the case” …
Kenneth Robbins to Host Louisiana Book Festival Wordshop
As part of the Louisiana Book Festival, NewSouth author Kenneth Robbins will host a “Wordshop” titled “Action, Character, Dialogue: A Workshop in Writing for the Actor” …
Tubby Meets Katrina Cited in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
November 2006’s issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, “the world’s leading mystery magazine,” salutes the city of New Orleans, including a short story by author Tony Dunbar. The issue features stories solely devoted to New Orleans, and all advertising proceeds from the issue go toward relief and rebuilding New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina …
NewSouth Books Launches New, Searchable Book Pages
NewSouth Books has launched all new book pages on our website, bringing you the most information on all your favorite NewSouth books and authors. Now, visit our titles in print to view all the NewSouth, Junebug, and Court Street Press books by title, author, category, or imprint. You can also use our handy search box at the bottom of every menu to help you quickly find any NewSouth book …
Mary Ann Neeley Talks M. P. Blue at Alabama Archives
A full auditorium at the Alabama Department of Archives and History yesterday enjoyed NewSouth author and Alabama historian Mary Ann Neeley discussing her upcoming book The Writings of M. P. Blue: Montgomery’s First Historian.
Excerpt from Young-Adult Thriller Longleaf Now Available Online
An excerpt of Longleaf, Junebug Books’ thrilling new young adult mystery by Discovering Alabama‘s Roger Reid, is now online …
NewSouth Books Announces Spring 2007 Book Line
NewSouth announces three intriguing new titles for the Spring 2007 season: Gerald Duff’s hilarious short story collection Fire Ants; Coach Bill Elder’s memoir All Guts, No Glory; and The Judge, a biography of Judge Frank Johnson, Jr. …
Hugo Black Author Steve Suitts Wins Georgia Author of the Year Award
Congratulations to NewSouth author Steve Suitts, who has won the Georgia Author of the Year award for Biography, for his book Hugo Black of Alabama …
Shlemiel Crooks Named Koret International Jewish Book Award Finalist
The Koret International Jewish Book Awards today named Shlemiel Crooks as one of three finalists in the BabagaNewz Children’s Literature category. Shlemiel Crooks, a whimsical Yiddish-inflected retelling of the Passover story, set in 1919 St. Louis, also received the Association of Jewish Libraries 2006 Sydney Taylor Honor Award earlier this year …