The Letters Festival. by Kiki Hill, contributor Looking for an interesting event featuring diverse independent literature? Look no further than the third annual Letters Festival, set to happen November 12
Illustration By Anderson Carman. by Jarrod Fouts, contributor In order to be a total hipster and advance my catalog of mind-terrorizing spooks, I spend my Halloweens reading messed up books
Harper Collins Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Go Set a Watchman.” The announcement that the reclusive, one-hit-wonder author Harper Lee was releasing a second novel featuring the
Photo by Scott Russell. Acclaimed YA and fantasy author Cinda Williams Chima spoke at SCADshow on Monday, May 4. Chima (whose last name is pronounced like China) gave a lecture
Photo by Angelica Perez On Thursday night, the auditorium of SCADshow was filled with people of various ages, all holding their copies of Erik Larson’s latest book, “Dead Wake,” on
Photo by Emme Raus. By Emme Raus Esteemed novelist and University of Alabama creative writing professor Michael Martone gave a lecture at Ivy Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Feb.
Nonfiction author Melissa Faye Greene spoke about her first novel “Praying for Sheetrock” at Ivy Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 4. The book took 15 years to write and was published in 1991. Greene is known for writing books based on true Georgian tragedies such as “The Temple Bombing” and “Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster.” She has also been inducted into the Georgia Writer’s Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia.
Author and blogger Blake Butler read from his new book “Three Hundred Million: A Novel” at Ivy Hall at 6:30 p.m. last Thursday. Butler is the author of five books of fiction including “Ever” and “Scorch Atlas” as well as a memoir titled “Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia.” In addition, Butler was the editor of the former literary blog HTMLGIANT.
Photo by Nancy Juarez. The 2015 winter Ivy Hall Writers Series is going into its third week. On January 21, “Stinky Kids” creator Britt Menzies opened the series with an
Written by Emme Raus, contributor Image from SCAD Atlanta Writing Page Steven Pinker gave a lecture based on his new book entitled “The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to