Author Appearance

Enjoy author Dean Poling @ the Moultrie Library, 204 5th St. SE, on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., as he reviews his latest book, “Redneck Night at the Chinese Restaurant.”

Multiple winner of the Georgia Press Association’s first-place award for his serious and humorous newspaper columns, Poling is assistant managing editor of The Valdosta Daily Times and an associate editor with Valdosta Scene magazine.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the library’s website mccls.org or call 229-985-6540.

As part of the library's Meet the Author Series, Karin Slaughter, bestselling author and library advocate, will have a booktalk and signing featuring her new book, Unseen, as a part of Barnes and Noble's Bookfair to benefit the Gwinnett County Public Library.

Customers who mention the library while checking out at the Peachtree Corners store, can benefit the library with their purchases on July 6th.

Books will be available for purchase at the event

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Known as the Armchair Birder, John Yow will provide the ins-and-outs of bird watching to patrons of the Cartersville Public Library Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Yow is author of "The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds."

For more information, visit www.bartowlibraryonline.org or call 770-382-4203.

Gwinnett County Public Library's "Meet the Author Series" presents
New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods

Gwinnett County Public Library Meet the Author event featuring New York Times Bestselling Author STUART WOODS. Fans are invited to attend a book discussion and signing of his newest novel "Unintended Consequences". Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at this event.

For more information, please visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770.978.5154.

Three New York Times Bestselling Authors, Cindy Woodsmall, Claire Cook, and Wendy Wax, will discuss their writing process, their works, and the future of the book. Free and open to the public at 7:30. Books will be available for sale and signing at this event.

This Meet the Author event is provided by the Gwinnett County Public Library. More info at the library website.

On Saturday, March 2, Bartow County Library patrons will have the opportunity to take home low-priced used books while supporting the library during the Friends of the Bartow County Library System's first quarterly used book sale of 2013, to be held at the Cartersville branch library.

The event will be open for organization members from 9 to 10 a.m., and to the general public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Books will range in price from 50 cents to a dollar and will include children's books, paperbacks and hardbacks.

Following the book sale will be the library's Third Annual Authors Festival from 2 to 4 p.m.

Featured authors include Bryan M. Powell, of Dallas, who will be signing copies of his new book, "Stranger in the White House."

For more information about upcoming events at the library and for information regarding Friends of the Library, visit www.bartowlibraryonline.org.

Dr. Jeff Newberry, author of two books of poetry, "Brackish" and "A Visible Sign," will hold a poetry workshop at the Moultrie Library on Saturday, March 23, from 1 to 3 p.m., 204 Fifth Street, SE. in Moultrie, Georgia.

"The Making of a Poem: Live and Uncensored" will be a short introduction to contemporary poetry. The workshop aims to give beginning poets encouragement and confidence in their work.

Dr. Newberry teaches writing and literature at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, where he serves as a faculty advisor for "Pegasus," ABAC's regional literary magazine.
The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library at 229-985-6540 or email mccls@mccls.org.

The Nancy Guinn presents An Evening with Award-winning novelist Terry Kay. The free program is sponsored by the Georgia Council of the Arts, the Georgia Writers Association, the Friends of the Nancy Guinn Library and the Rockdale Genealogical Society.

Sunday, January 27, 2:00PM McDonough Public Library, Author visit and book-signing

Tides of Fear author Anne B. Jones will talk about the writing process and answer questions. She'll also bring books to sell and sign after the reading and discussion.

For more information visit: http://annebjones.com

Now join award-winning author Patrick Ness for an exclusive webinar with Booklist, sponsored by Candlewick Press, as he talks to U.S. readers from his hometown in London. Listen in on this exclusive interview with Patrick and Booklist senior editor Dan Kraus, and even get a chance to ask Patrick questions live.

Librarians Robin Brenner of the Brookline Public Library (MA) and K.T. Horning of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI) will show viewers how they’ve used Patrick’s books in their libraries.