Thursday, January 29, 2009

Video: Southern Voices at Hoover Public Library


Tickets are now on sale for Hoover [Ala.] Public Library's Southern Voices: A Celebration of Writing, Music, and Art being held February 19-22.

The festival includes an exhibit of artwork by Pamela Watters, concerts by Louden Wainwright III, and presentations by Adriana Trigiani, Greg Iles, Tasha Alexander, Mary Kay Andrews, Daniel Omotosho Black, Patti Callahan Henry, Ronald M. Gauthier, and Alabama author Daniel Wallace.

See the Southern Voices Web site for more details.

Audios from the 2007 festival and videos from the 2008 festival are available for streaming at the Web site. These presentations are also available for download at the Hoover Library Live multimedia blog.

Frye Galliard, Southern Voices, 2008, video (large file, may have long download time; Google Video, QuickTime, Windows Mediaplayer versions)

Joshilyn Jackson, Southern Voices, 2007, audio (play in window, play in popup, or download to your computer)

Charles J. Shields (biographer of Harper Lee), Southern Voices, 2007, audio (play in window, play in popup, or download to your computer)

Charles J. Shields, Southern Voices, 2007, brief video (play in window, play in popup, or download to your computer)

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

March 2009: Southern Literary Trail Events


The Web site for the Southern Literary Trail has posted schedules for March 2009 events in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. Check the schedules for local activities, or plan a trip around your favorite Southern writer(s).

Events include tours, lectures, panel discussions, films, theatrical performances, storytelling, concerts, exhibits, and book signings. Some require admission fees, but many are free.

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Reminder: Lewis Nordan Symposium Coming Up on Friday, January 23

Just a reminder:

The CMDCAH Symposium on the life and work of Alabama writer Lewis "Buddy" Nordan will be held on Friday, January 23, at the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.

Nordan himself will deliver the keynote address, "Don't Cry for Me, Itta Bena," at 7 PM on Friday evening. He will be introduced by writer Clyde Edgerton, who will also sing his rendition of Nordan's "Sugar Among the Chickens."

This year, the Symposium will also be available as a live Webcast. Online attendees can see and hear the presentations in real time and ask questions of the speakers via a chat window. (This system is optimized for PC users; Mac users may experience difficulties.)

Log in to the Nordan Symposium "conference room" as a guest.

The Symposium is free and open to the public. For more information, see the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities' Symposium page.

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape