I was at the SIBA conference this weekend in New Orleans, but the only evidence I have is this one blurry photo of me and Gail Karwoski, an author of disaster books for children. We were on a panel together, with the irrepressible Susan Larson.
Pat Conroy got a standing ovation after his talk at the Saturday night dinner. You should’ve been there.
Now you don’t even have to buy the book. You can listen to The Night of the Comet this month on National Public Radio.
The Radio Reader, Dick Estell, is reading The Night of the Comet on his syndicated show, hosted by public radio stations all around the country. It begins today with the first of 23 episodes. Dick does a great job with the books he chooses, so you can be sure it’ll be a good read.
Check listings for your area at The Radio Reader’s station schedule, here.
You can also listen online; check The Radio Reader’s internet schedule, here.
With Tom Lowenburg of Octavia Books, New Orleans, where I read and signed books last night. My own book, that is.
This photo, I’ll confess, is staged. We forgot to take photos last night, and so when I visited the shop again today to sign more books, we took this one.
At Square Books in Oxford with Richard Howorth and team. Besides operating the three bookshops on the square, the store also hosts the live broadcasts of Thacker Mountain Radio once a week. Lisa Howarth, on the right, has her first novel coming out in May 2014 with Bloomsbury. And here’s another picture of Mr. Faulkner, … Read more
Here’s a selfie with Jamie Kornegay, owner of TurnRow Books in Greenwood, MS. I was there to sign books yesterday. Jamie’s first novel, “Soil,” is coming out in Fall 2014. It sounds awfully good. Look for it. Greenwood, by the way, was the stand-in for Jackson, MS, in the movie The Help. Jamie and family … Read more
At the New Orleans Cabildo Museum, with Faulkner House Books owner Joe DiSalvo, me, authors Rick Barton and Lolis Elie, and event organizer and socialite extraordinaire Rosemary James.
I’ll be talking about the Vietnam War episodes in Letter to My Daughter on November 30 at the William Faulkner Words & Music Festival. The panel’s titled “Mining Wars of the Past to Create Contemporary Literature.”
Here’s a picture of Mr. Faulkner:
