In the Midst of Life Author Interview Available Online
An interview with Charles Rose, author of the NewSouth book In the Midst of Life, is now available for download …
Shlemiel Crooks Author Announces Jewish Book Conference
Anna Olswanger, NewSouth author of Shlemiel Crooks is coordinating the Eighth Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers’ Conference on Sunday, November 19 in New York …
Kathryn Tucker Windham Speaking at LaFayette and Valley Libraries
NewSouth author Kathryn Tucker Windham will appear today at the LaFayette Pilot Public Library in LaFayette, Alabama at noon CST, and at the Langdale Auditorium in Valley, Alabama at 7 pm EST. Ms. Windham will speak, followed by a booksigning; both events are free to the public …
Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves Released in eBook Format
If you can’t wait to read John Egerton’s Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves, good news! Ali Dubyiah is now available in eBook format. Now you can thrill to the literary hijinks of George W. Fratbush on your own computer screen, as he hunts Osama bin Hiden and faces the wrath of Katrina …
Nashville Scene Calls Ali Dubyiah Author The Literary Patriot
The Nashville Scene featured John Egerton’s hilarious and provocative new book Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves on their cover today, calling the political parody both “endless fun” and “unforgiving” …
Birmingham Civil Rights Walking Tour
Save for reference next summer: An educator offers walking tours of the civil rights historical sites in downtown Birmingham.
Tubby Meets Katrina in the News as New Orleans Commemorates Hurricane Katrina
In its coverage of the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orlean’s Times Picayune newspaper has offered special mention of New Orleans writer Tony Dunbar’s Hurricane Katrina novel Tubby Meets Katrina. In Susan Larson’s article “Wordstorm,” she mentions Tubby Meets Katrina as the first Hurricane Katrina novel; in her article “Read ‘Em and Weep: Looking at the Katrina books, my way,” Larson goes on to recall …
John Egerton at AJC Decatur Book Festival This Weekend
John Egerton, contributor to NewSouth’s Where We Stand and author of the forthcoming Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves, will appear at the Atlanta Journal Constitution Decatur Book Festival this weekend, September 2 and 3. Egerton will speak on the panel “Tricksters of the New South” with Roy Blount, Jr. and George Singleton, as well as “Writing Around the Edges of Southern Foodways” with John T. Edge and Marcie Cohen Ferris …
Coasters Author Gerald Duff Offers New Fiction, Novel
As Gerald Duff, NewSouth author of Coasters, prepares for the release of his new novel, Fire Ants, we’re pleased to note a number of his short stories that have been accepted to leading national literary magazines. Additionally, as Duff reports, his work has recently been discussed in three scholarly studies …
Black Belt civil rights pioneer Hulett passes
John Hulett, the first African American sheriff and later probate judge in Lowndes County, Alabama, has died at age 78. He was a co-founder of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, whose black panther ballot symbol was later adopted by the founders of the Black Panthers.