Who will you meet during March Madness?
The bookstore events happening next month during March Madness all have three things in common: a bookstore -inspired session in the morning about something the store does exceptionally well, a bookseller idea share in the afternoon where people can trade success stories, and for lunch, a meal spent with several authors.
Lunch speakers are still being added to some of the nine different events, but here are some of the writers you can meet.
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Jay Nailah Avery will by at RVA Book Bar in Richmond on March 6
Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories told by Black people who grew up in the South during the time of Jim Crow. Jaha Nailah Avery is a lawyer, scholar, and reporter whose family has roots in North Carolina stretching back over 300 years. These interviews have been a personal passion project for years as she’s traveled across the South meeting with elders and hearing their stories. One of the most important things a culture can do is preserve history, truthfully.
Alix E. Harrow will be at Square Books in Oxford, MS on March 14
A new novel from New York Times Bestselling author Alix Harrow, Starling House is a contemporary Kentucky Gothic about a small town haunted by the history it can't quite seem to bury, and the canny, mean, clever young woman who finds herself drawn to the house that sits at the crossroads of it all.
Daniel Nayeri will be at Little Shop of Stories in Atlanta on March 13
For fans of The Little Prince and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories!
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called “Seller of Dreams”.
Lester L. Laminack will be at Hub City Books in Spartanburg, SC on March 21
Lester Laminack returns with a delightfully funny sequel to his barnyard story of three hens and a peacock: Farm animals rescue an enormous egg from the road and then must figure out how to care for the mysterious creature. What could possibly be inside this egg and why is it taking so long to hatch?
...and more to come!