Thursday, September 1, 2016

Rick Bragg, Terry Kay, and I


Why am I excited about #DBF2016? Because I am presenting on Sunday at noon, of course! But that’s not the only reason. The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and  is always an exciting event. I have attended the festival for several years, and it’s always fun. This year I am particularly excited to see that two well-known Southern authors are presenting their new books. Rick Bragg will talk about his newest book, My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South, and Rick is always an entertaining speaker. Terry Kay will talk about The King Who Made Paper Flowers. I have read this latest novel, and I am particularly interested in hearing the author talk about it on Sunday, since it deals with people who are homeless as my own book, Our Pebble in the Pond does. In addition to these two examples, the DBF offers hundreds of author talks by both well-known and virtually unknown authors (like me). You can go on-line (https://www.decaturbookfestival.com/presenters) and look up presentations by author, subject, literary genre, or day. Just go online and look up the Decatur Book Festival, and then come on down!

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