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Alabama Related Books April 20, 2009

I have had the pleasure of attending two great book-related events in as many weeks this month, and have many new books to add to the library as a result. First was the Alabama Library Convention during which I had the chance to listen to more than a few Alabama authors. Last Saturday was the Festival of the Book held in nearby Montgomery at Landmarks Foundation near downtown which featured nearly fifty authors.  Come by the library and look for our “Alabama Authors” display near the new releases to check out these items out for yourself.

Poetry:

I Don’t Want to be Rich, Just Able by Carol Prejean Zippert

The Highwayman’s Wife by Lynnell Edwards (from Kentucky, not Alabama, but we won’t quibble).

Fiction:

Little Lamb Lost by Margaret Fenton ( Birmingham resident and Murder on the Menu/Murder in the Magic City co-organizer)

Blood Brothers by H. A. Harazin (2009 Alabama Library Association  Award Winner for Young Adult Literature).

The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips (2009 Alabama Library Association Award Winner for Adult Fiction).

The Chicken-chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice Harrington (2009 Alabama Library Association  Award Winner for Children’s Literature).

Non-fiction:

State of Laughter by Don Noble (comic fiction from Alabama)

Family Bible by Melissa J. Delbridge (memoir of a Tuscaloosa resident)

Spit, Scarey Ann, & Sweat Bees by Kathryn Tucker Windham (newest book by this Alabama favorite)

Headwaters: A Journey on Alabama Rivers by Beth Young Maynor and John C. Hall (breath-taking collection of photographs highlighting some of Alabama’s most beautiful locations).