 Worried
about tax time? Give yourself a day off from the paperwork and join us
at Birmingham Public Library on April 14, 2007 for the ninth annual
Alabama Bound!, a celebration of books and authors with Alabama
connections. This event is free and open to the public, so don’t write
off this opportunity to visit the library, mingle with our authors, and
find out all about their latest and upcoming books.
 This
year, Alabama Bound! welcomes back an old friend in Mark Childress, the
author of Crazy in Alabama, Tender, and V for
Victor. His latest novel, One Mississippi, is the story of
Daniel Musgrove, a teenager whose family must relocate from Indiana to
Mississippi. Culture shock promptly ensues and the result should be a
treat for Childress’ fans. Alabama Bound! 2007 also sees the return of
novelist William Cobb with Hermit King, the story of a mysterious swamp
dweller.
Those who prefer their fiction more outside the mainstream will want
to claim a good seat to hear from science fiction author
Eric Flint about his new novel,
Grantville Gazette III. Lovers of historical fiction will be
eager to check out
Julia
Oliver's Devotion, and for readers who prefer chills and
thrills, Caitlin R. Kiernan
returns to Alabama Bound! with Daughter of Hounds. Mystery fans
will welcome Ann Waldron and
The Princeton Impostor, the latest installment in her popular
Princeton Murders series.
 Material
for younger readers will also be well represented. Alabama Bound!
regulars will welcome back “Father Goose” AKA Charles Ghigna, author of
Halloween Night. Hester Bass
helps get children started off right in reading with her new Rookie
Reader So Many Houses, and on the young adult front Alabama
Bound! has plenty to offer with
Delia Ray’s
Singing Hands and Watt Key’s
Alabama Moon.
For attendees who prefer non-fiction,
Tim
Hollis will be on hand with Birmingham Broadcasting, another
of his fascinating and nostalgic looks at our local history. For other
items of Alabama regional interest, try Ruth Beaumont Cook’s Guests
Behind the Barbed Wire, an account of the German POW camp in
Aliceville and how it affected lives of the town’s residents, or John
Sledge’s An Ornament to the City, a tribute to the cast iron
ornaments in the architecture of Mobile.
But the non-fiction choices do not end with local and regional
history. Rounding out the slate of authors for the day will be Rubin E.
Grant with Tales from Alabama Prep Football, Gregory Reece with
Elvis Religion: the Cult of the King, and Carolyn Quick Tillery
with her combination cookbook and memoir, Southern Homecoming
Traditions: Recipes and Remembrances. Sports, Elvis, and food: three
very popular topics in this part of the country!
Alabama Bound! will also welcome representatives from the book and
magazine industry who will be on hand to discuss their publication and
submission guidelines, as well as various writers’ groups. Past
participants have included
Alabama Media Professionals,
Alabama Writers’ Forum,
Birmingham Arts Journal,
Heritage Publishing, and
University of Alabama Press
among many others.
All Alabama Bound! activities and presentations will take place on
the first floor of the Central Library. BPL staff will be operating the
Atrium Café and patrons are encouraged to visit the bookstore, which
will be selling copies of books by the participating authors as well as
a variety of Alabama Bound! merchandise.
So treat yourself to a relaxing and non-taxing day and mark your
spring calendar now for Alabama Bound! 2007 at the Birmingham Public
Library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, 2007. For all the
latest news and updates, please visit our website at
http://www.alabamabound.org/ |
