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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Home Grown Writers

When I was in high school in Cleveland, Mississippi, I was a member of the library club. Or whatever we were called. I can find out because my sister has her high school yearbooks carefully lined up on a bookshelf. But you know what I mean. We checked out books with the little rubber date stamps. Shelved carts full of books, read all the new ones.

There was an entire section of bookshelves devoted to Mississippi writers. I devoured them. And I still do. And now, since I'm back home, it seems only natural to be reading local authors.



I just started Julie Cantrell's new book on my Kindle, which I can't live without while traveling. So far, really enjoying Into the Free. And it's making quite a splash on the booksellers' lists. Check it out.

I bet you could even get it autographed if you order it via Square Books (where you can also get a whole bunch of autographed copies of Glory Be ☺).

CLICK HERE for a link to Square Books in Oxford, MS.


Another Oxford writer I can't wait to dig into? Ace Atkins.
I met him last week in Charlotte, NC, at the amazingly terrific (I'm running out of superlatives for this trip!) evening dinner sponsored by my long-time friends at Baker and Taylor. (all I ever knew for many years of ordering books as a librarian. What an honor to be invited) There were about 10 authors there and his table was right next to mine. Hey, I bet Square Books has a few of his novels you could get your hands on!




 On this morning's Lemuria blog, a bookstore I adore in Jackson, I read about this new book. Love Jonathan O'Dell's guest blogpost.
This will be on my To Be Read list for sure. I may just have to buy it when I'm there on Thursday.

Where next Thursday afternoon, I hope to see a lot of my Jackson area friends and family! And my college friends driving from Atlanta, Louisiana, and all over the place. Gives a whole new feeling and meaning to Old Home Week.




Next stop, Bolivar County Library, Cleveland, MS. 
Monday, March 5 at 4 PM.
Books will be available at the library, thanks to Cotton Row Books.

3 comments:

Carol Baldwin said...

I didn't know you were in Charlotte! Sorry, I must have missed that on your busy itinerary. You certainly are one busy lady! HOpe you can sleep at night with all of the excitement. Enjoy, enjoy-- and thanks for the book recommendations.

Mia said...

That is good to know that one can find autographed copies. My kids find autographs to be magical and will read an autographed book more readily than one that is not.

Augusta Scattergood said...

Carol, it wasn't exactly Charlotte. It was Concord at a conference center and I didn't leave the hotel.

I've always collected autographed books, but believe me I've never been on the other side of the fence, the autographer!