One Book, One South, Jr.

{One Book, One South. Jr.}

In which the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize finalists are announced, Ms Susan Smelser has a bookstore for sale, Mr. Alan Gurganus has nice things to say about the Art Book section at Quail Ridge Books, and booksellers want all the children in the south to read the same book.

April 10, 2016

In This Issue

Dearest Readers,

One of the highlights of last month for her ladyship, the editor, was the opportunity to meet and talk to the incomparable Kate DiCamillo -- an author who has made an indelible impression on thousands with her much-beloved books, The Tale of Desperaux and Because of Winn Dixie. DiCamillo met with a roomful of southern indie booksellers for lunch in Atlanta to talk about her new book, Raymie Nightingale, which goes on sale today. (Lunch, by the way, was in paper bags -- a sandwich, a piece of fruit, a cookie -- which caused her ladyship to flash back to early school cafeteria meals, with a vividness that would have melted Marcel Proust's madelines.)

Kate DiCamillo Raymie

There has been quite a bit of early excitement about Raymie among her ladyship's bookseller friends. It is, after all, a new book by Kate DiCamillo. But the book is also, as the author admitted, a very personal one for her. Set in a small Florida town that hearkens back to her own childhood, Raymie is a young girl determined find a way to convince her father -- suddenly gone -- to come back home. The plan she hatches involves winning the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, and this in turn created a rather urgent need to learn how to twirl a baton. (There were demonstrations at lunch, and her ladyship can say with confidence that baton twirling is not a talent much in evidence among booksellers).

One Book One South Jr It is a heart-warming and painfully touching story that made such an impression on Southern booksellers they have chose the title for their inaugural One Book, One South, Jr. southern-wide "one read" program. Stores across the South have been encouraging local teacher and librarians to read the book to their classes and at their story hours. Programs and reading group guides and classroom activities have been developed and Raymie Nightingale is one of the books featured during the upcoming Independent Bookstore Day on April 30th, with all the attendant hoopla and fun activities that go along with that.

But the best part of One Book, One South Jr. is that readers can ask Kate DiCamillo questions about the book directly. There is a form:

Ask Kate!

and as part of the Children's Book Week celebrations on May 6 from 3 - 5 pm Kate DiCamillo will be on Facebook to answer the questions that were submitted. Be sure to RSVP so you can follow along.

Kate DiCamillo Q&A
May 6, 3-5 pm
Facebook.com/ReaderMeetWriter

Read independently! And shop local, for obvious reasons.

her ladyship, the editor

Lady Banks' Pick of the Week

Lady Banks' Commonplace Book

Noteworthy poetry and prose from her ladyship's bedside reading stack.

There were three of them, three girls.

They were standing side by side.

They were standing at attention.

And then the girl in the pink dress, the one who was standing right next to Raymie, let out a sob and said, "The more I think about it, the more terrified I am. I am too terrified to go on!"

The girl clutched her baton to her chest and dropped to her knees.

Raymie stared at her in wonder and admiration.

She herself often felt too terrified to go on, but she had never admitted it out loud.

The girl in the pink dress moaned and toppled over sideways.

Her eyes fluttered closed. She was silent. And then she opened her eyes very wide and shouted, "Archie, I'm sorry! I'm sorry I betrayed you!"

She closed her eyes again. Her mouth fell open.

Raymie had never seen or heard anything like it.

"I'm sorry," Raymie whispered. "I betrayed you."

For some reason, the words seemed worth repeating.

"Stop this nonsense immediately," said Isa Nee.

Ida Nee was the baton-twirling instructor. Even though she was old--over fifty at least -- her hair was an extremely bright yellow. She wore white boots that came all the way up to her knees.

"I'm not kidding," said Ida Nee.

Raymie believed her.

Ida Nee didn't seem like much of a kidder.

--Kate DiCamillo, Raymie Nightingale (Candlewick, 2016) 9780763681173

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Read This!

Recommended reading from Southern Indie Booksellers

Young Adult and Children's recommendations from Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA:

Hannah loves Wink, Poppy, Midnight by April Ginevieve Tucholke: Reading Wink Poppy Midnight is like walking into a lush yet dangerous vespertine forest, full of magic and mystery and ominous beauty. It winds its way through three remarkably singular (and often unreliable) narratives weaving the threads of love, hate, power, and fear into a surreal, mythic yarn. This book will leave readers spellbound, exploring that wide, nebulous grey area between good and bad, fact and fiction. 9780803740488

Will loves The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner: Dill, Lydia, and Travis are their own school of out-of-water fish. Dill is the son of a snake-handling pastor, Lydia is a fashionista with big dreams, and Travis lives part-time inside his favorite fictional fantasy world. Luckily, they all have one another. Forged with a tenable love for its characters, it is as unflinching as it warm, as hilarious as it is heartfelt, and as hopeful as it is honest. 9780553524024

Will loves Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eager: This debut is so innovative, it’s almost audacious. As you read the final sequence in Hour of the Bees, you will be asking yourself, “Oh my gosh, am I really reading this? Am I really,really reading this?” And the thing is, YES, YOU REALLY ARE! 9780763679224

Hannah loves The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox: This is a wonderfully spooky historical fantasy that will appeal to readers who love their stories cloaked in misty mystery and full of hidden passages and ghostly secrets. Fox skillfully builds tension as the chapters, switching between the distant past and WWII-era present, twist and turn together, intertwining in a dance, revealing flashes of hints and clues to the puzzle that clever readers will relish putting together. Add in a protagonist who will warm your heart with her steadfast commitment to protect her family and friends, and an antagonist who will chill your core and haunt your dreams, and you have a fantastically eerie tale worthy of a place on the shelf next to Aiken’s Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Auxier’s The Night Gardener. 9780451476333

Janet loves The Somewhat True Adventures of Sammy Shine by Henry Cole: An animal adventure story that will have you rooting for the intrepid Sammy (a mouse) and his crew; the illustrations evoke memories of childhood favorites by E.B. White. This would be a great bedtime read for parents and kids. 9781561458660

Hannah loves Ideas Are All Around by Philip C. Stead: A beautiful, meandering, wholly unique picture book that straddles the line between reality and fantasy in a most meditative way. “I don’t have any ideas today,” Stead begins. As he walks with Wednesday, he (and the reader) revel in the beauty that is the process of creating—ideas are out there (they are, in fact, all around), and they are just waiting for us to notice them, to imagine them. 9781626721814

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Okra Picks

Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her.

And she has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana Elefante, who has a show-business background, and the fiery, stubborn Beverly Tapinski, who’s determined to sabotage the contest. But as the competition approaches, loneliness, loss, and unanswerable questions draw the three girls into an unlikely friendship — and challenge each of them to come to the rescue in unexpected ways.

Two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo returns to her roots with a moving, masterful story of an unforgettable summer friendship.

BUY FROM AN INDIE

Lady Banks' Book Trailer Park

Three girls. An unforgettable summer of friendship.

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The Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize:
The Short List

The 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize Finalists Announced

(Columbia, SC) – The votes are in! Southern indie booksellers have chosen the finalists for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. Formerly known as the SIBA Book Award, the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize features an expanded list of categories – adding Mystery, Thriller, Literary, and History & Life Stories to the traditional categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Cooking, Children’s and Young Adult.

Finalists were chosen by southern independent booksellers from the long list ballot. The finalist titles will be sent to juried panels of booksellers, who will then decide on the winners in each category. Winners will be announced on July 4, “Independents Day.”

2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize Finalists

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Book & Author Gossip

A Memorial Service for Nancy Olson
by Bridgette Lacy

On a spring morning, a community of writers, readers, politicians and residents bid farewell to the beloved bookseller Nancy Olson, who died of kidney disease on March 27, 2016.

Olson was the founder and owner of Quail Ridge Books for 29 years until she sold it in 2013. In 2001, she was named Publishers Weekly’s Bookseller of the Year. Her business savvy and knack of picking bestsellers earned her a local and national reputation as running one of the best independent bookstores in the country.

As photographs flashed on a screen of Olson with her trademark white pageboy hairstyle and mischievous smile during her memorial service, a steady flow of literary and political figures filled the seats of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in west Raleigh, just a short distance from the former location of Quail Ridge Books. The store has moved to North Hills in Raleigh.

Family and friends from near and far came to honor Olson, who found a way to thrive as the bookselling business shifted from bricks and mortar stores to online retailers. She created a community gathering place, where readers and writers came together to get informed, buy books and hang out.

While Olson attended booksellers conferences, she always followed her own instinct as an avid reader and an astute observer of the community she served. “She believed the bookstore should stand on the side of literature, not commercial writing,” says Sarah Goddin, the store’s longtime store manager.

She wanted everyone to feel comfortable in the store and to be able to explore any ideas, regardless of their beliefs

“Even though she held strong political view, she believed the store should not take a political stand because she wanted everyone to feel comfortable in the store and to be able to explore any ideas, regardless of their beliefs,” Goddin says. “She believed in hosting authors with widely divergent views and respecting that her customers could make up their own minds and do it better if they had an opportunity to hear from many different perspectives.”

Olson was fan of many writers but she especially championed the local ones

“Nancy also believed strongly in good old hospitality, greeting everyone who walked in the door and helping them to the full extent possible,” Goddin says.
Olson was fan of many writers but she especially championed the local ones: Lee Smith, Kaye Gibbons, Angela Davis-Gardner, and Clyde Edgerton. The first signing at her original Books at Quail Corners was for Jill McCorkle of Hillsborough. She sold 6,000 copies of Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain.

Frazier recalled during the service thinking that Olson’s store was a club of sorts. And that her customers were club members who all seemed to know each other’s names. And Nancy seemed to know all of them and the exact book they were looking for.

In short, the narrative was the same. Nancy Olson touched more lives and enriched them than most of us. She did it with wit and if you were lucky, a good book.

Bridgette A. Lacy is an award-winning journalist with a public love affair with food and culture. She authored a column “Morsels” for The News & Observer in Raleigh for many years and writes about food, chefs and culinary trends for The Independent Weekly and the North Carolina Arts Council. She's now the author of Sunday Dinner, a part of the Savor the South series by UNC Press and a finalist for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize

Alan Gurganus remembers Nancy Olson and Quail Ridge Books

Her store had the cheer of a maintained bulletin board. Nancy presided, salon hostess, den mother. Her white hair she kept in bangs. Nancy Olson was a Unitarian Universalist Grace Paley. Her laugh created other laughs. She sensed when to demonstrate, when to smile, when to try both. Nancy retained even her most far-right customers, hoping they’d “get over themselves” and come around. She and Jim guarded a space where the very outsiders our legislators seek to scare from public toilets always felt valued, welcomed. 9780375726637

Books & Books, Parnassus, among "most beautiful bookshops"

Build it, and they will come.’ After the last major bookstore closed in Nashville, author Ann Patchett took on the responsibility of opening one herself with partner Karen Hayes, seizing the opportunity to create, in place of the usual Borders-type monolith, a bookstore like those she frequented in her youth, where ‘the people who worked there remembered who you were and what you read, even if you were 10.’

The difficult and beautiful poetry of Nikky Finney

Finney's acceptance speech at the awards ceremony was as poetic as anything in her winning book. Finney says she worked on the speech through 39 drafts and she felt good about it, but she's still stunned by the response she's gotten. "People write me. Strangers. North Dakota, Hawaii," she says. "There's a man in Egypt who said, 'Please send me your book, I can't get it. I heard your acceptance speech.' Hundreds of just overtures that have less to do with the poetry and more to do with that acceptance speech." 9780810152168

William Hamilton, New Yorker Cartoonist, dies in crash

William Hamilton, a cartoonist whose work for The New Yorker over more than 50 years was known for skewering the wealthy and the powerful, died on Friday in a car crash in Lexington, Ky. He was 76. His wife, Lucy Young Hamilton, confirmed his death. She said he was driving about four miles from their horse farm when he either passed out or was distracted and drove through a stop sign. His vehicle was struck on the driver’s side by a pickup truck, she said.

Malaprop's Open Letter to Authors

Because of HB2, authors are canceling events at our store. Sherman Alexie is the first to cancel an event we'd scheduled in May. Although we very much respect the reason he canceled, the result is that we have lost an opportunity to connect this charismatic, inspiring author with those young readers who were going to see him on school visits. We also lost the opportunity to host him at a large venue, which would have connected him with fans in a city that stands with him and could have used his support. Our event could have served as a platform to address an audience that would be empowered by his outrage. We lost all these opportunities, and we are suffering financially because we anticipated selling 300-500 copies of his newest book, Thunder Boy, Jr. 9780316013727

The only thing better than a book at the beach is a bookstore at the beach

I'm aware that some readers enjoy the pleasure of going to the beach and indulging in a book while there (in between naps, of course). For those who enjoy this experience along with visiting bookstores, have I got the place for you. The BookMark in Neptune Beach is located in an area of small, independent businesses and private residences, all of which are very tourist friendly and unique. But best of all, you can buy your book and walk one block to access the beach. And it's a short block. You've just found your ideal beach bookstore and you will love it.

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The Southern Bookstore

*Susan Smelser of The Book Worm in Powder Springs, Georgia.*

Southern Indie Bestsellers

For the week ending April 3. Books on the Southern Indie Bestseller List that are southern in nature or have been recently recommended by southern indie booksellers.

- The Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize | Okra Pick! - A SIBA Okra Pick
Printable versions: Hardcover | Paperback | Children.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062414212
2. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
3. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
4. The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson, Random House, $28, 9780812993103
5. Journey to Munich
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $26.99, 9780062220608
6. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594633669
7. Fool Me Once
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $28, 9780525955092
8. The Ancient Minstrel
Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $25, 9780802124562
9. The Swans of Fifth Avenue
Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $28, 9780345528698
10. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594634475
11. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067695
12. Deep Blue
Randy Wayne White, Putnam, $27, 9780399173516
13. At the Edge of the Orchard
Tracy Chevalier, Viking, $27, 9780525953005
14. The Widow
Fiona Barton, NAL, $26, 9781101990261
15. Cometh the Hour
Jeffrey Archer, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250061621

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
2. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
3. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
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4. Dimestore: A Writer's Life
Lee Smith, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616205027
5. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9780812993547
6. Lust & Wonder: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312342036
7. The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an EpicCollege Basketball Rivalry
John Feinstein, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385539418
8. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18, 9780399184413
9. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
Adam Hochschild, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30, 9780547973180
10. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385535595
siba book award finalist

11. My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South
Rick Bragg, Oxmoor House, $27.95, 9780848746391
12. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539289
13. Gratitude
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17, 9780451492937
14. Spark Joy
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $18.99, 9781607749721
15. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780553447439

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
2. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
3. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
4. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
5. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17, 9780804172707
6. Brooklyn
Colm Toibin, Scribner, $15, 9781501106477
7. The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609451349
8. The Dream Lover
Elizabeth Berg, Ballantine, $16, 9780345533807
9. A Paris Apartment
Michelle Gable, St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99, 9781250067777
10. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
11. Euphoria
Lily King, Grove Press, $16, 9780802123701
12. A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James, Riverhead, $17, 9781594633942
13. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609452339
14. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20, 9780316055444
15. The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien, Mariner, $15.95, 9780618706419

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
2. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
3. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
4. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
5. Elle & Coach: Diabetes, the Fight for My Daughter's Life, and the Dog Who Changed Everything
Stefany Shaheen, Hachette, $15.99, 9780316258753
6. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
7. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
8. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408853
9. The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, Harper, $15.99, 9780062305206
10. Harry Potter Coloring Book
Scholastic, $15.99, 9781338029994
11. The Trump Coloring Book
M.G. Anthony, Post Hill Press, $11.99, 9781682610282
12. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
David Sibley, Knopf, $19.95, 9780307957917
13. Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Mary Norris, Norton, $15.95, 9780393352146
14. Doctor Who Coloring Book
Price Stern Sloan, $14.99, 9780399542299
15. NC 12: Gateway to the Outer Banks
Dawson Carr, University of North Carolina Press, $14, 9781469628141

MASS MARKET

1. Make Me
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780804178792
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
7. One Second After
William R. Forstchen, Tor, $9.99, 9780765356864
8. Natchez Burning
Greg Iles, Harper, $9.99, 9780062311092
9. Because of Miss Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $7.99, 9780062388148
10. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Washington Square Press, $5.99, 9780743477109

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
4. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. The Day the Crayons Came Home
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $18.99, 9780399172755
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
9. Finding Winnie
Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Little Brown, $18, 9780316324908
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. Lady Midnight
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $24.99, 9781442468351
2. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics
Chris Grabenstein, Random House, $16.99, 9780553510409
3. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062377012
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4. Serafina and the Black Cloak
Robert Beatty, Disney/Hyperion, $16.99, 9781484709016
5. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160915
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
7. Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel, $18.99, 9780399160301
8. I'll Give You the Sun
Jandy Nelson, Speak, $10.99, 9780142425763
9. Looking for Alaska (Special 10th Anniversary Edition)
John Green, Dutton, $19.99, 9780525428022
siba book award winner

10. Three Times Lucky
Sheila Turnage, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142426050

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $10.99, 9781594746031
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419717017
3. The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Speak, $10.99, 9780147519085
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
5. Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2)
Victoria Aveyard, Harper, $19.99, 9780062310668
6. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316201568
7. Big Nate Blasts Off
Lincoln Peirce, Balzer + Bray, $13.99, 9780062111111
8. The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Speak, $10.99, 9781101996980
9. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
10. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter)
Newt Scamander, Arthur A. Levine Books, $9.99, 9780545850568

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Special to the Southern List

Click on a book to purchase from a great indie bookstore! See the full Southern Indie Bestseller list here.

Events

Events at Southern Indie Bookstores

authors all around the south!

Garden District Book Shop Book Club (book club)
Nell Zink | 04/13/2016, 06:00 pm | Garden District Book Shop | New Orleans, LA

okra M.O. Walsh discusses his New York Times bestselling debut novel, My Sunshine Away (author appearance)
M.O. Walsh | 04/13/2016, 07:00 pm | Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC

okra Kristy Woodson Harvey Book Talk and Signing (author appearance)
Kristy Woodson Harvey | 04/13/2016, 06:00 pm | Fiction Addiction | Greenville, SC

Author event with Steve Berry author of The 14th Colony (author appearance)
Steve Berry | 04/13/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Dedo: The Faces of Punta Gorda (author appearance)
04/14/2016, 05:00 pm | Copperfish Books, LLC | Punta Gorda, FL

Local Author Frances Kwiatkowski Launch Party: KINGDOM OF LONGLEAF (author appearance)
Frances Kwiatkowski | 04/14/2016, 06:30 pm | Avid Bookshop | Athens, GA

Kathleen Grissom (author appearance)
Kathleen Grissom | 04/14/2016, 07:00 pm | Bookmiser | Roswell, GA

Katie Parla: Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City (author appearance)
Katie Parla | 04/14/2016, 06:00 pm | Garden District Book Shop | New Orleans, LA

okra Lee Smith - Dimestore: A Writer's Life (author appearance)
Lee Smith | 04/14/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Dan Santat Book Talk & Signing (author appearance)
Dan Santat | 04/14/2016, 06:00 pm | Fiction Addiction | Greenville, SC

The Writing Show: Writing the Mystery (author appearance)
Carla Damron | 04/14/2016, 07:00 pm | Hub City Bookshop | Spartanburg, SC

It’s Waining Whites: Wine Tasting (other event)
04/14/2016 | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Author event with Tom Bissell author of Apostle (author appearance)
Tom Bissell | 04/14/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

JABBIES: Judge-A-Book-By-Its-Spine with Craig Popelars and Michael Reynolds (other event)
Shari Smith | 04/14/2016, 06:30 pm | Fountain Bookstore | Richmond, VA

Charlie Price (author appearance)
Charlie Price | 04/15/2016, 04:00 pm | Page & Palette | Fairhope, AL

AMBER TAMBLYN discusses and signs DARK SPARKLER (author appearance)
Amber Tamblyn | 04/15/2016, 06:00 pm | Inkwood Books | Tampa, FL

okra Signing with Author Kristy Woodson Harvey (author appearance)
Kristy Woodson Harvey | 04/15/2016, 06:00 pm | Literary BookPost | Salisbury, NC

okra Book Signing: Mo Walsh - My Sunshine Away (author appearance)
Mo Walsh | 04/15/2016, 07:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

South Carolina Academy of Authors 30th Anniversary (other event)
Shari Smith | 04/15/2016, 10:00 am | Fiction Addiction | Greenville, SC

Singer Ashley Hale & her ukelele (other event)
04/15/2016, 07:00 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Bo Petersen - Author of Washing Our Hands in the Clouds (author appearance)
Bo Petersen | 04/15/2016, 11:00 am | Litchfield Books | Pawleys Island, SC

Author event with Alicia Ybarbo and Mary Ann Zoellner (author appearance)
Alicia Ybarbo | 04/15/2016, 05:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Kathleen Grisson, Glory Over Everything (author appearance)
Kathleen Grisson | 04/16/2016, 01:00 pm | FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA

Ann B. Ross Presents New Miss Julia Novel (author appearance)
Ann B. Ross | 04/16/2016, 03:00 pm | City Lights Bookstore | Sylva, NC

Jennifer L. Collins (author appearance)
Jennifer L. | 04/16/2016, 01:00 pm | Hub City Bookshop | Spartanburg, SC

Saluda River Strings: Live Band (other event)
04/16/2016, 06:00 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Author event with Brooks Benjamin author of My Seventh Grade Life in Tights (author appearance)
Brooks Benjamin | 04/16/2016, 02:00 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Poetry from the Inside Out: A Poetry Workshop with Alice Osborn (writers group)
Alice Osborn | 04/17/2016, 02:00 pm | Page 158 Books | Wake Forest, NC

Poetry Reading & Book Signing: Jonathan Rice - Killing Time (author appearance)
Jonathan K. Rice | 04/17/2016, 02:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Singer/Songwriter Michael Buffalo Smith (other event)
04/17/2016, 02:00 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Author event with Jessica Knoll author of Luckiest Girl Alive (author appearance)
Jessica Knoll | 04/17/2016, 02:00 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Author Event - Carolyn Zahnow Save the Teens (author appearance)
Carolyn Zahnow | 04/18/2016, 06:30 pm | Page 158 Books | Wake Forest, NC

Book Signing: Robert Morgan - Chasing the North Star (author appearance)
Robert Morgan | 04/18/2016, 07:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Parnassus Book Club - The Color of Water (book club)
Shari Smith | 04/18/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

DAVID SEDARIS!!!!!!! (author appearance)
David Sedaris | 04/18/2016, 07:00 pm | Fountain Bookstore | Richmond, VA

okra Ross Howell (author appearance)
Ross Howell | 04/19/2016, 06:00 pm | Page & Palette | Fairhope, AL

Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science with Jennifer Singh (author appearance)
Jennifer Singh | 04/19/2016, 07:30 pm | Charis Books & More | Atlanta, GA

William Barnwell: Called to Heal the Brokenhearted: Stories from Kairos Prison Ministry International (author appearance)
William Barnwell | 04/19/2016, 06:00 pm | Garden District Book Shop | New Orleans, LA

Ernest Cline discusses his sci-fi novel Armada (author appearance)
Ernest Cline | 04/19/2016, 07:00 pm | Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC

Meet the Author John Claude Bemis Out of Abaton: The Wooden Prince (author appearance)
John Claude | 04/19/2016, 08:30 pm | Page 158 Books | Wake Forest, NC

Fred Chappell - A Shadow All of Light (author appearance)
Fred Chappell | 04/19/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Terry Barr (author appearance)
Terry Barr | 04/19/2016, 07:00 pm | Hub City Bookshop | Spartanburg, SC

Books & Beyond: Book Club (book club)
Liane Moriarty | 04/19/2016, 06:30 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Sam Trull discusses her photo book Slothlove (author appearance)
Sam Trull | 04/20/2016, 07:00 pm | Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC

Author Event: Jennifer Harris - War By Other Means (author appearance)
Jennifer Harris | 04/20/2016, 07:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Story Time at Joe's Place (other event)
04/20/2016, 10:30 am | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Story Time at Joe’s Place (other event)
04/20/2016, 03:30 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Book Signing with NOFX - TICKETED (author appearance)
NOFX Authors | 04/21/2016, 05:30 pm | Inkwood Books | Tampa, FL

Mandala Launch Party (other event)
various authors | 04/21/2016, 06:30 pm | Avid Bookshop | Athens, GA

Melissa Ginsburg: Sunset City (author appearance)
Melissa Ginsburg | 04/21/2016, 06:00 pm | Garden District Book Shop | New Orleans, LA

Coffee with the Poet Featuring Jonathan K. Rice (author appearance)
Jonathan K. Rice | 04/21/2016, 10:30 am | City Lights Bookstore | Sylva, NC

okra Award-winning novelist Robert Morgan reads from his new novel, Chasing the North Star (author appearance)
Robert Morgan | 04/21/2016, 07:00 pm | Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC

Book Signing: Jason Miller - Origins of the Dream: Hughes's Poetry and Kings Rhetoric (author appearance)
Jason Miller | 04/21/2016, 07:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Ken Ilgunas - Trespassing Across America (author appearance)
Ken Ilgunas | 04/21/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Author event with Robyn Carr author of What We Find (author appearance)
Robyn Carr | 04/21/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

National Poetry Month Event - John Guzlowski Reads from Echoes of Tattered Tongues: Memory Unfolded (author appearance)
John Guzlowski | 04/21/2016, 06:30 pm | Fountain Bookstore | Richmond, VA

David Sedaris at the Straz! (author appearance)
David Sedaris | 04/22/2016, 08:00 pm | Inkwood Books | Tampa, FL

Local Author Book Launch for Melia Keeton-Digby's THE HEROINES CLUB (author appearance)
Melia Keeton-Digby | 04/22/2016, 06:30 pm | Avid Bookshop | Athens, GA

Kim Michele Richardson, GodPretty in the Tobacco Field Book Launch (author appearance)
Kim Michele | 04/22/2016, 06:30 pm | FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA

Cookbook Club/Author Event with Fanny Slater (book club)
Fanny Slater | 04/22/2016, 07:00 pm | Page 158 Books | Wake Forest, NC

Author Event: Victor Carrington - Just When You Thought You Knew Me (author appearance)
Victor Carrington | 04/22/2016, 07:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Launch Party for Hub City's Spring Titles (other event)
Julia Franks | 04/22/2016, 07:00 pm | Hub City Bookshop | Spartanburg, SC

Facts and Fiction: Literary Trivia at Joe’s Place (other event)
Shari Smith | 04/22/2016, 07:00 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

okra Kristy Woodson Harvey - Author of Lies and Other Acts of Love (author appearance)
Kristy Woodson Harvey | 04/22/2016 | Litchfield Books | Pawleys Island, SC

Belmont University's Spring Leadership Luncheon with Arianna Huffington (author appearance)
Arianna Huffington | 04/22/2016, 11:00 am | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

okra Kristy Woodson Harvey, Lies and Other Acts of Love (author appearance)
Kristy Woodson Harvey | 04/23/2016, 01:00 pm | FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA

Josh Franks Discusses Paranormal Events (author appearance)
Josh Franks | 04/23/2016, 03:00 pm | City Lights Bookstore | Sylva, NC

Kim Michele Richardson Presents Her New Novel (author appearance)
Kim Michele | 04/23/2016, 06:00 pm | City Lights Bookstore | Sylva, NC

Book Signing: Paul Ray - Pink is a Superpower/ Boogers are Brain Food (author appearance)
Paul Ray | 04/23/2016, 11:00 am | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Author Signing: Alexander Stick - Her Little Angel (author appearance)
Alexander Stick | 04/23/2016, 02:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Reflexology Session with Carlos O’Neal (other event)
04/23/2016, 11:00 am | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

okra Author Kristy Woodson Harvey: LIES AND OTHER ACTS OF LOVE (author appearance)
Kristy Woodson Harvey | 04/24/2016, 06:30 pm | Avid Bookshop | Athens, GA

Author Event: Nick Knardirell - Minnesota (author appearance)
Nick Knardirell | 04/24/2016, 03:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Author event with middle grade authors Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, Gail Nall and Lois Stephban (author appearance)
Gail Nall | 04/24/2016, 02:00 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

KIDS' Book Club - Special VIP Q&A with author Shannon Hitchcock! Book signing to follow (author appearance)
Shannon Hitchcock | 04/25/2016, 06:30 pm | Inkwood Books | Tampa, FL

Author Event: Adrienne and Stephanie Vendetti - How to Be a Red Head (author appearance)
Adrienne and | 04/25/2016, 06:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Author event with J.A. Jance author of Clawback (author appearance)
J.A. Jance | 04/25/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Kidliterate Book Club Reads Modern Classic The Great Gilly Hopkins (book club)
Katherine Paterson | 04/26/2016, 07:00 pm | Charis Books & More | Atlanta, GA

An Evening with Stephen Corey and The Georgia Review (author appearance)
Stephen Corey | 04/26/2016, 07:00 pm | Hub City Bookshop | Spartanburg, SC

Author event with NOFX authors of The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories (author appearance)
NOFX Authors | 04/26/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Black Feminist Book Club Facilitated by Susana Morris (book club)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 04/27/2016, 07:00 pm | Charis Books & More | Atlanta, GA

Darlyn Finch Kuhn - Sewing Holes (author appearance)
Darlyn Finch | 04/27/2016, 06:00 pm | Garden District Book Shop | New Orleans, LA

Felicia Day signs her memoir YOU'RE NEVER WEIRD ON THE INTERNET (ALMOST) at the Cat's Cradle (author appearance)
04/27/2016, 06:00 pm | Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC

Adam Skolnick discusses his book One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits (author appearance)
Adam Skolnick | 04/27/2016, 07:00 pm | Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC

Kathleen Grissom - Glory Over Everything (author appearance)
Kathleen Grissom | 04/27/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Author event with Richard Zacks author of Chasing the Last Laugh (author appearance)
Richard Zacks | 04/27/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Author Jason Reynolds Meet & Greet (author appearance)
Jason Reynolds | 04/28/2016, 05:00 pm | Avid Bookshop | Athens, GA

Author J. Aaron Sanders: SPEAKERS OF THE DEAD: A WALT WHITMAN MYSTERY (author appearance)
Aaron Sander | 04/28/2016, 06:30 pm | Avid Bookshop | Athens, GA

Author Event: Timothy Boyce - From Day to Day (author appearance)
Timothy Boyce | 04/28/2016, 07:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Robin Kirk - Peculiar Motion (author appearance)
Robin Kirk | 04/28/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Author event with Roy Neel author of The Electors (author appearance)
Roy Neel | 04/28/2016, 06:30 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

William Geroux (author appearance)
William Geroux | 04/29/2016, 04:00 pm | Page & Palette | Fairhope, AL

Avid Poetry Series: Lindsay Tigue, Jacob Sunderlin & Kameel Mir (author appearance)
Lindsay Tigue, | 04/29/2016, 06:30 pm | Avid Bookshop | Athens, GA

Author Event: Lucy Daniels - Maritime Mystery (author appearance)
Lucy Daniels | 04/29/2016, 07:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Sit. Sip. Color. (other event)
04/29/2016, 07:00 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Independent Bookstore Day (other event)
04/30/2016, 10:00 am | Copperfish Books, LLC | Punta Gorda, FL

Join the Party: Independent Bookstore Day is Back! (other event)
Chris Riddell | 04/30/2016, 11:00 am | Charis Books & More | Atlanta, GA

John Shelton Reed discusses his Savor the South book Barbecue (author appearance)
John Shelton Reed | 04/30/2016, 01:00 pm | Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC

Author Event: Tracy Curtis - Trophy Mom: Hope Springs Maternal (author appearance)
Tracy Curtis | 04/30/2016, 02:00 pm | Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC

Independent Bookstore Day featuring Kathleen Grissom and Gil Allen (author appearance)
Kathleen Grissom | 04/30/2016, 09:00 am | Fiction Addiction | Greenville, SC

Singer/Songwriter Al Watson (other event)
04/30/2016, 06:30 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Indie Bookstore Day (other event)
04/30/2016, 10:00 am | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Independent Bookstore Day (author appearance)
Lee Brockington | 04/30/2016, 11:00 am | My Sister's Books, Inc. | Pawleys Island, SC

Author event with S. Teague and Shana Thornton authors of Seasons of Balance (author appearance)
Shana Thornton | 04/30/2016, 02:00 pm | Parnassus Books | Nashville, TN

Independent Bookstore Day 2016! (other event)
Shari Smith | 04/30/2016, 10:00 am | Fountain Bookstore | Richmond, VA

Singer/Songwriter Robert Bertinelli (other event)
05/01/2016, 02:00 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Francine Bryson- Country Cooking From A Redneck Kitchen (author appearance)
Francine Bryson | 05/02/2016, 06:30 pm | FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA

Book Club -- The Danish Girl (book club)
05/03/2016, 06:00 pm | Copperfish Books, LLC | Punta Gorda, FL

Stuart Albright - A World Beyond Home (author appearance)
Stuart Albright | 05/03/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Lucia Peel Powe: The Osprey's View (author appearance)
Lucia Peel | 05/04/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

YA Book Club (book club)
E. Lockhart | 05/04/2016, 06:30 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

Katarina Bivald- The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend (author appearance)
Katarina Bivald | 05/05/2016, 06:30 pm | FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA

Brian Lies-- Gator Dad (author appearance)
Brian Lies | 05/09/2016, 04:30 pm | FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA

Crystal R. Sanders - A Chance for Change: Head Start and Mississippi's Black Freedom Struggle (author appearance)
Crystal R. | 05/10/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Willie Drye - For Sale: American Paradise: How Our Nation was Sold an Impossible Dream in Florida (author appearance)
Willie Drye | 05/11/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Mary Kay Andrews (author appearance)
Mary Kay Andrews | 05/19/2016, 06:00 pm | Page & Palette | Fairhope, AL

Michael Perry - The Jesus Cow (author appearance)
Michael Perry | 05/19/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Gregg E. Brickman Booksigning (author appearance)
Gregg E. Brickman | 05/20/2016, 07:00 pm | Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore | Delray Beach, FL

Ashton Applewhite - This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism (author appearance)
Ashton Applewhite | 05/20/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Mary Kubica- Don’t You Cry (author appearance)
Mary Kubica | 05/25/2016, 06:30 pm | FoxTale Book Shoppe | Woodstock, GA

Luncheon with Mary Alice Monroe (author appearance)
Mary Alice Monroe | 05/26/2016, 11:30 am | Bookmiser | Roswell, GA

WORKS IN TRANSLATION BOOK CLUB discusses OUR LADY OF THE NILE (book club)
Mukasonga, Scholastique | 05/26/2016, 07:00 pm | Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe | Asheville, NC

Rien Fertel - The One True Barbecue (author appearance)
Rien Fertel | 05/27/2016, 07:00 pm | Regulator Bookshop | Durham, NC

Singer/Songwriter Robert Bertinelli (other event)
05/29/2016, 02:00 pm | Joe's Place | Greenville, SC

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