The Southern Festival of Books (in Nashville again this year) has posted the confirmed author list for the October 9-11 2009 event. As a mystery thriller lover I could always wish for more of my favorite authors, but as a free Literary Festival the list of authors is always impressive.
http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/festi...
I look forward to seeing Charlie Huston, Jan Burke, Elizabeth Berg, Buzz Aldrin and Robert Hicks among others. I hope to anyway. I am often frustrated by scheduling conflicts that will put two favorites on a panel or event at the same time.

Karen White is going to be there too. She wrote The House on Tradd Street along with The Lost Hours.





I haven't read the last one, only the Tradd Street, but enjoyed it a lot.

Gail:
Ahhh, those do look good! Thanks!

Gail/Ladyvolz wrote: "Karen White is going to be there too. She wrote The House on Tradd Street along with The Lost Hours.
The House on Tradd Street and The Lost Hours .."

Today is the day we'll attend the Southern Festival of Books - DD and I are leaving for the event now.
I am eager to have a book filled day! We aren't going to a specific sessions except for our current plans to see Robert Hicks: The Widow of the South and Buzz Aldrin

Ann wrote: "Today is the day we'll attend the Southern Festival of Books - DD and I are leaving for the event now.
I am eager to have a book filled day! We aren't going to a specific sessions except for our ..."

oh have fun ann! will be waiting for your report!

Sherry wrote: "Ann wrote: "Today is the day we'll attend the Southern Festival of Books - DD and I are leaving for the event now.
I am eager to have a book filled day! We aren't going to a specific sessions exce..."

Have fun Ann!!

I can't wait to hear it about it have fun.

We had a good time! The weather wasn't perfect with puddles all around the plaza from morning rain and a chilly breeze with overcast skies - but we had books and authors and my favorite fall event was back in Nashville.
It seems we always have a home Preds game on the Saturday preventing me from some later afternoon events I wanted to see (Charlie Huston), and I missed the Friday headliners since I don't work in the downtown area anymore (Jan Burke) but it was great to squeeze in the authors we saw. This sort of festival is not a big draw for major MT authors, but there were several there for Sisters in Crime and I missed that session too unfortunately.
I enjoyed seeing Robert Hicks and got him to sign my copy of A Separate Country and we saw Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread and we saw Buzz Aldrin, a bit of a disappointment. I'll just say he made an entrance 15 minutes late and we had secured seats rather early, his talk got a little political and off on a tangent, and I was not as impressed as I expected to be. I'll read the book. I had already bought it to be ready for the signing line.