Sponsored by:

The 2006 Celebration of Books
A celebration in every sense of the word!
Featuring Some of the Country's Finest Writers and Artists
Barbara Allen*Bob Asahina*Rilla Askew*David Averill*Jordan Barcus*Darleen Bailey Beard*Valerie Boyd*Cindi Broaddus*P.C. Cast*Jim Chastain*Gail Collins*Robert Conley*Pat Conroy*Connie Cronley*Jay Cronley*Minisa Crumbo*Lee Cullum*Sally Dennison*Kim Doner*John Drayton*Debbie Duvall*Dayna Dunbar*Ronnie Claire Edwards*Mary Evans*Rich Fisher*David Fitzgerald *Barry Friedman*Molly Griffis*Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey*David Halpern*Jim Halsey*Earl Hamner*Joy Harjo*S.E. Hinton*Murv Jacob*Hannibal Johnson*Joseph Kestner*Yousef Khanfar*Cassandra King*Scout Cloud Lee*Dennis Lehane*Billie Letts*Guy Logsdon*Wilma Mankiller*Doug Marlette*Suzanne Marrs*Louisa McCune*Anna Myers*Ken Neal*Linda Phillips*Marcia Preston*David Rakoff*Jonas Rivera*Dan Scanlon*Charles J. Shields*Gena Showalter*Glenda Silvey*Gail Small*Alexander McCall Smith*Clifton Taulbert*Will Thomas*Tim Tingle*Roderick Townley*Ayelet Waldman*Ed Walkiewicz*Judith Henry Wall*Michael Wallis*Suzanne Wallis*James Watts*John Wooley*Bill Young
CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS
• A featured reading with Homecoming Award winner Pat Conroy

• A keynote address by Ambassador Award winner
Alexander McCall Smith

• A book launch for Pulitzer winner Doug Marlette's Magic Time

• A one-on-one interview with Gail Collins, editor of the NY Times Opinion Page

• A special appearance by Dennis Lehane

• A celebration of words and ideas with Joy Harjo

• An all-star panel on CARS

• A publishing forum with New York editor Bob Asahina and literary agent Mary Evans

• A visit with literary biographers Suzanne Marrs (Eudora Welty), Valerie Boyd (Zora Neale Hurston), and Charles J. Shields (Harper Lee)

• A commentary on Brokeback Mountain with S.E. Hinton and Joseph Kestner

• A screening of Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart with the film's producer Earl Hamner, creator of The Waltons

• A Barnes and Noble BookSlam with best-selling humorist David Rakoff

• A Celebration art exhibit

For more information, contact Teresa.