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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Historian and author Edward J. Larson will talk at University of Memphis Tuesday about the book that won him a 1998 Pulitzer Prize: "Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion" (Harvard University Press, $16.95). Full story »
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Read the first page of "Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen" (Viking, $27.95), and you'll be convinced that she found her man in author Jimmy McDonough. Full story »
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Friday, Feb. 26, 2010
Memphis is taking a star turn in the world of letters. Tuesday, Molly Caldwell Crosby, author of "The American Plague," publishes her second non-fiction medical mystery, "Asleep" (Berkley/Penguin, $24.95), about the epidemic commonly known as sleeping sickness. Full story »
Author! Author! Book signings and author appearances in the Mid-South.
Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Vampires are as common in the book and movie worlds as milk in grocery stores. This week, another contender for dark-fantasy fandom arrives at Davis-Kidd Booksellers with "Hearts at Stake" (Walker Books for Young readers, $16.99), a "riff on vampire romances for teens." Full story »
Books in Brief
Monday, Feb. 15, 2010
Reviews of "Staying True," "Bloodroot" and "The Three Weissmanns of Westport" Full story »
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Monday, Feb. 15, 2010
The author of "Tales of the Starlight Drive-In" (Image Comics, $19.99) is cautiously optimistic about the future of one of his favorite things. Full story »
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Monday, Feb. 15, 2010
It's rare for an unpublished writer with no connections to get her first novel into the hands of an important fiction-writer; rarer still that the well-known author sends that novice's novel straight on to a super-agent. Full story »
Author! Author! Book signings and author appearances in the Mid-South.
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010
Memphis native Melissa Anderson Sweazy can explain why she wrote a book that focuses on weird things about weddings. It all began when her heart was broken. Full story »
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Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010
Stakes may be driven through vampires' hearts, but their stories never die. Dacre Stoker, the great-grand-nephew of "Dracula" author Bram Stoker, will be in Memphis this week with his first novel, "Dracula: the Undead" (Dutton, $26.95). Full story »
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Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010
The book circuit revives this week, bringing a trio of intriguing writers to Davis-Kidd Booksellers. Full story »
Three Southerners to sign books
Monday, April 13, 2009
Alan Huffman, author of "Sultana," will be in Memphis tonight to sign his book. Ace Atkins arrives Tuesday to sign "Devil's Garden," and Kevin Wilson will be here Wednesday with "Tunneling to the Center of the Earth." Full story »
Live book chat tonight on novel “Lark & Termite”
Monday, March 9, 2009
Join us on TheShelfLifeBlog.com at 7 tonight for a live online discussion of Jayne Anne Phillips’ new novel “Lark & Termite.” Full story »
