Mississippi, Here I Come!

I'm excited about my trip home to Mississippi. 

Please stop by and say hello 
if you are anywhere near me!

April 8-10. University of Southern MS, Kaigler Book Festival (I'm signing books on Friday morning via Barnes and Noble)

April 11 (3:00). Square Books Jr., Oxford MS.
http://www.squarebooks.com/event/augusta-scattergood-way-stay-destiny

April 14 (4:00) Turnrow Books, Greenwood MS.
http://www.turnrowbooks.com/upcoming_events.php

April 16 (4:00) Lemuria Books, Jackson MS.
http://www.lemuriabooks.com/products/events/the-way-to-stay-in-destiny/

Book Shopping

I do love traveling to book stores. Brand new ones, hopeful and shiny. Even old ones filled with ancient books and lots of dust. Mostly not the mega-stores, though I'm not above popping my head and my pocketbook into one as nice as the just opened Barnes and Noble near me--I was there yesterday to check it out.
But on my recent trek through the Mississippi Delta, we stopped in at TurnRow Books in Greenwood. And I wanted to stay awhile. A long while. First of all, look at the building:

Yes, that's a bookstore. I promise. Isn't it gorgeous?

I asked for a book recommendation and the owner mentioned an about-to-be-published novel by Ron Rash, SERENA, which is just out and getting great reviews. There are a lot of reasons to hang out with bookstore people.