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Taking After Mudear, by Tina M. Ansa,
continues the story of the three Lovejoy
sisters and their late mother Mudear in the
small Georgia town of Mulberry. • Roy
Blount’S new book tells the story
behind, and the making of, the iconic Marx
Brothers 1933 film, Duck Soup. • David
Bottoms’ collection Waltzing through
the Endtime is based on mental associations
evoked by events in the poet’s younger years.
• The title of Cathy Smith Bowers’
new collection comes from a line in God’s
Grandeur, the 1877 sonnet by Gerard Manly
Hopkins. • Ryan Brown is the son
of Sandra Brown and star of the Young and
the Restless with a new novel, Play Dead,
a riveting novel featuring zombies bent on
revenge in a football-obsessed Texas town.
• Sandra Brown, the recipient of the
2008 Thriller Master Award, is the author
of 58 New York Times bestsellers, including
her latest Tough Customer with the return
of Dodge Hanley the scoundrel women love
to hate. • Tina A. Brown’S Crooked
Road Straight is a phenomenal journal of
aids activist, Linda Jordan. • In Gather at the
River, Hal Crowther cuts to the heart
of political, religious and cultural issues but
pauses to appreciate the sweet things in the
South like music, baseball, great writers and
strong women. • Randi Davenport’S
The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes is a powerful
story of love, courage, and hope. When her
son’s atypical autism becomes a relentless
psychosis, Davenport is faced with a
profoundly broken health care system that
cannot care for him. • Adam Davies,
author and screen play writer of Goodbye
Lemon will discuss the film industry from the
point of view writer, teacher of writing, and an
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editor from his experience at Random House
in New York City. • In his fifth collection of
poetry, Gregory Djanikian confronts
the horrors of the Armenian genocide of 1915
and the diaspora that ensued. • Looking for
Mary is the candid and entertaining sequel to
Beverly Donofrio’s memoir, Riding
in Cars with Boys. That book about being
• Vince Dooley, former UGA football
coach, has penned a book about his other
passion: horticulture and gardens. • Chad
Faries’ Drive Me Out Of My Mind is a
coming-of-age story of wildness and wandering
set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—its
abandoned coal mines, desperate small
towns, and heart-breaking bars. • Still Alice
is the powerful and compelling debut novel
from Harvard Ph.D., Lisa Genova, and
an undeniably heartbreaking and painful
story about early on-set Alzheimer’s disease.
• Vaughnette Goode-Walker
and Barry Sheehy co-authored
Savannah, Immortal City, the first of a
four-part series titled Civil War Savannah, that
covers important antebellum and Civil War
sites in the city of Savannah. • Robert
Goolrick’S, A Reliable Wife is a riveting
historical story of love, madness, and
obsession that tells the story of Ralph Truitt.
• George D. Green and friends discuss
the influence of Flannery O’Connor on their
writing. • Lauretta Hannon With an
unflinching voice reminiscent of Mary Karr, The
Cracker Queen takes readers from backwater
Warner Robins, Georgia to Savannah’s most
eccentric neighborhoods. • The Raven’s Bride
by Lenore Hart explores the question,
“Does love end at death, or does it live
on – somehow, somewhere?” • Beth
Hoffman’S debut novel, Saving CeeCee
S P O N S O R S
Carolyn Luck
Alice and Bob Jepson
Helen and Jerry Stephens
Georgia Power
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Judy and Dick Eckburg
Georgia Humanities Council
Georgia Ports Authority
Kaki and Tom Lyons
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Honeycutt is a coming of age Southern tale
about a recently orphaned 12 year old girl who
finds a new home with an eccentric elderly
aunt in 1960’s Savannah. • Jacqueline
Jones writes a masterful portrait of life in
Saving Savannah before, during, and after the
Civil War, transporting readers to the balmy,
raucous streets of that fabled Southern port
city. • Waqas Khwaja writes the first
anthology of its kind to appear in English,
Modern Poetry of Pakistan bringing poetic
traditions indigenous to Pakistan translated
from seven major languages. • Common
sense environmentalist Chuck Leavell
helps us understand how we can repair some
of the damage we’ve done in Growing a Better
America. • Save as Draft by Cavanaugh
LeE, illustrates all that can go wrong
(and right) by the latest forms of (mis)
communication in her new epistolary novel. •
In The Four Corners of the Sky, Michael
Malone brings his rich characters to life,
evoking the unspoken motivations that drive
people to define who they are and break
out of those bonds when the call of love
comes. • The New York Times called Karl
Marlantes’ debut novel, Matterhorn,
“a final exorcism for one of the most painful
passages in American history.” • Martha
Nesbit presents a classy and contemporary,
simple yet sophisticated, collection of recipes
called Savannah Celebrations. • A powerful
narrative by Scott Patterson examines
the global economic collapse on a panoramic
level. The Quants explores the rise of electronic
trading, markets and the use of artificial
intelligence on Wall Street. • Jonathan
Rabb is the author of the critically acclaimed
trilogy of historical novels that ends with The
Second Son. • Karl Rove, the architect
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of George W. Bush’s presidency, recounts his
life’s controversial journey through Republican
politics and into the White House. • Marc
Smirnoff is the founder and editor of
The Oxford American presenting his new
book which aims to prove that great music
writing is not only possible but, in this book,
alive and thriving. • O. Henry Award-winning
author, Lee SmitH presents her latest book
a 14-story collection, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue
Eyed Stranger. • Tarshia L. Stanley
talks with Tina M. Ansa about how their lives
and experiences shaped their amazing love
for the written word. • Bill Starr’S
travelogue, Whiskey, Kilts and the Loch Ness
Monster is a light-hearted look at the Scotland
Boswell and Johnson saw in their 1773
journey with contemporary observations from
2007. • Renowned historian, Harlow
Giles Unger brings Patrick Henry’s roars
of revolution to life in Lion of Liberty: Patrick
Henry and the Call to a New Nation. • Perfect
Porches by Paula Wallace celebrates
outdoor living, and features the personal and
unique porches of 40 homes including her
1890 row house in downtown Savannah.
• In Losing My Cool, Thomas C.
Williams recounts how he juggled these
two disparate lifestyles—“keeping it real” in
his friends’ eyes while honing an appreciation
for literature under his father’s strict tutelage.
• In The Hard Around Geoffrey Wolff
writes of Joshua Slocum the first man to
circumnavigate the globe solo, a feat that
wouldn’t be replicated for another quarter
century. • Tobias WolfF’S latest book of
short stories, Our Story Begins: New
and Selected Stories, explores the lives of
ordinary Americans in Wolff’s acclaimed,
pitch-perfect prose.
C o u rt n e y K n i g ht G a i n e s F o u n d at i o n
Chris and Charlie Johnson
Matt Prickett and Jane Griffin
Louise and Scott Lauretti
Stephanie and John Duttenhaver
Adventure Radio Group
Mary Ann and Frederic Beil Charles Hendrix and Sarah Meurer
Suzanne and Michael Ainslie
Marilyn Brady
Drs. Cori and Jay Howington
Dr. and Mrs. Steve Allen
Comcast
Francis and John Kane
Libba and Curt Anderson
Debbie and Dale Critz, Jr.
Dayle and Aaron Levy
Armstrong
Downtown Neighborhood Assoc.
Susan and Bill Lovett
Johnathan Barrett and Thomas White
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Edwards
Sally and Henry Minis
Beehive Press
Linda Heasley and Stephen Coady
Mark and Inge Moore
Mary and Jack Romanos
Kay and Don Gardner
Adrian and John Robinson
Preston and Barbara Russell
Mary and Howard Morrison
Jack Neises
One Stop Remodeling
Diane and Tom Oxnard
Poetry Society of Georgia
Norma and Mike Powers
Savannah State University
Southern Poetry Review
Southern Scribe
The Savannah Bank
John and Polly Tucker
UGA Libraries
Lisa and Mason White
Emmy Winburn
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Presented by The Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation
FEBRUARY 18-20, 2011 • Telfair Square | Savannah, GA | savannahbookfestival.org
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Trinity United Methodist Church, Telfair Square
This event has been graciously sponsored by: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jepson & Mrs. Carolyn Luck
Telfair Museum Rotunda
Telfair Museum Jepson Museum Telfair Square
Sculpture Gallery
BoardroomFree Speech Tent
10:00am Karl Marlantes Lauretta Hannon Jacqueline Jones Beverly Donofrio Tina Brown Armstrong
11:00am Robert Goolrick Hal Crowther Michael Malone Chad Faries Cavanaugh Lee SCAD
12:00pm Lee Smith Beth Hoffman George D. Green Randi Davenport Cathy Smith Bowers 1:30pm Lisa Genova Martha Nesbit Harlow Unger Jonathan Rabb Waqas Khwaja 3:30pm Tobias Wolff Marc Smirnoff Vaughnette Goode-WalkerLenore Hart & Barry Sheehy
4:30pm Chuck Leavell Roy Blount Tribute to
Mr. Clinton Powell
SSU
2:30pm Geoffrey Wolff Paula Wallace Thomas C. Williams Scott Patterson Gregory Djanikian Tina McElroy Ansa
& Tarshia Stanley
David Bottoms Bill Starr Adam Davies
Saturday Evening with Sandra and Ryan Brown
SCAD River Club, 3 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard This event has been graciously sponsored by: Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stephens & SCAD
All authors will present on the hour for 45 minutes followed by book signings in the Ex Libris Book Sales Tent located between Trinity Church
and the Telfair Museum. O ut of courtesy to the authors, please remember to turn off all cell phones and PDAs before entering the Festival venues.
11:00am
4:00pm
Sunday Brunch with Vince Dooley
Chatham Club, Desoto Hilton Hotel, 15 East Liberty Street This event has been graciously sponsored by:
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Trustees Theater, 32 Abercorn Street This event has been graciously sponsored by: Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Eckburg
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SCULPTURE GALLERY
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Trinity United
Methodist Church
THRIVE CAFE
WHITEMARSH WINE BAR
FREE SPEECH
Presidents’ Quarters Inn
Hyatt Regency Savannah
Hilton Garden Inn Sav. Historic Dist.
Doubletree Savannah
Holiday Inn Express Historic District
Spring Hill Suites
Hampton Inn Sav. Historic Dist.
Westin Savannah Harbor
Holiday Inn Historic District (Mulberry)
Ballastone Inn
Dresser Palmer House
Azalea Inn
Forsyth Park Inn
Jepson Museum
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Lodging
COMCAST V.I.P.
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Telfair Square
BOOK BAZAAR
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EX LIBRIS BOOK SALES
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Keynote Address by Lisa Genova
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