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Of Saints, Garage Sales, and Astronauts--3 Indie Next-List Debut Southern Novelists

Amy Franklin-Willis
Lynda Rutledge
Lydia Netzer
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:30
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany

Jay Jennings
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Why Do Today What You Can Artfully Postpone: The Art of Waiting

Frank Partnoy
John R. Perry
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

The Expats

Chris Pavone
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context and Memory

Harold Holzer
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

You & Me: A Novel

Padgett Powell
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

The Lonely Road: Ultimate Sacrifices

Harry L. Moore
Alice Ann Moore
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Lisa Oliver Gray

Lisa Oliver Gray
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Cafe Stage

Growing Rich

Randall Baskin
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Witness to History: The Titanic and the GI Bill

June McCash
Stella Suberman
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise that Preserved the Union

Fergus Bordewich
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama

Rachel Swarns
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking

Kevin Gillespie
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

In Spite of Violence: Novels of Turmoil and Tenacity

Naomi Benaron
Christopher Hebert
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Heroes of the Stage/Country Serving Country

Travis McVey
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Life of Dreams: The Good Times of Sportswriter Fred Russell

Andrew Derr
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Bone Fires: Poems

Mark Jarman
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Irene Kelley

Irene Kelley
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Cafe Stage

WILDSAM Field Guides: Nashville

Taylor Bruce
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

The Ambiguity of Memory: Memoirs of Families in Turmoil

Angela Fordice Jordan
Judy Goldman
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

In the Realm of Mrs. Polk and Adelicia Acklen--Novels of Occupied Nashville in the Civil War

Tamera Alexander
Don Cusic
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves

Henry Wiencek
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Seen & Unseen - Novels of Experiencing Womanhood

Jeanne Ray
Charity Shumway
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Arcadia

Lauren Groff
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

The Killer Beside You: Murder Mysteries with Deep Roots

Julia Keller
Attica Locke
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Tasia's Table: Cooking with the Artisan Cheesemaker at Belle Chevre

Tasia Malakasis
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Forgotten Raids and Historical Campaigns of the American Civil War: Two Biographical Studies

Marvin Byrd
Jack Hurst
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

A Road Diverged: Stories of Seeking Renewal

Amy Franklin-Willis
Susan Woodring
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Ties that Bind: Slavery, Identity and Family

John F. Baker, Jr.
Heather Andrea Williams
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

The Flight of Gemma Hardy

Margot Livesey
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

BookPage Interviews Naomi Benaron

Naomi Benaron
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Chapter 16 Stage

An Affront to the Gospel of Jesus Christ -- America's Prisons and Executions

Richard Goode
Joseph B. Ingle
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

The Books That Mattered: A Reader's Memoir

Frye Gaillard
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music

Jason Howard
Naomi Judd
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

The Myth of Choice: Personal Responsibility in a World of Limits

Kent Greenfield
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Darkness and Revelation: Poetry and Music from Appalachia

Ted Olson
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Renee Wahl

Renee Wahl
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Cafe Stage

Secrets & Lies - Debut Mysteries

Daniel Friedman
Sara J. Henry
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:30 - 16:30
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Origin

Jessica Khoury
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 15:30 - 16:30
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Heroines in Pursuit: Novels of Discovery and Faith

Julie Cannon
Krista Phillips
Julie Cantrell
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:30
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

The Writing Life and the Craft of Short Stories

Chesya Burke
George Singleton
Stephanie Powell Watts
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:30
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Belly: A Visual Appreciation

Robert McCurley
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Voices from the Farm: Adventures in Community Living

Rupert Fike
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

The Emancipation Proclamation and James Baldwin: A Twentieth Century Disquisition on Equality

Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:30 - 17:30
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Observation, Meditation, and Memory: Two Poets

Clifford Brooks
Daniel Nathan Terry
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:30 - 17:30
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Southern Word

Friday, October 12, 2012 - 16:30 - 17:30
Chapter 16 Stage

Women's National Book Association Breakfast

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 08:30 - 12:00

Nighttime Ninja

Ed Young
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:00 - 10:00
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

BrainQuest Challenge

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:00 - 10:00
Youth Stage

Rebel Soldiers and Citizens: Examining the Personal Motives of Confederates

Brian McKnight
Gordon Belt
Traci Nichols-Belt
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:00 - 10:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Jesus Take The Wheel - Novels of Family & Faith

Christa Allan
Kellie Coates Gilbert
Kathy Harris
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:30 - 11:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Women's National Book Association Breakfast

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:30 - 12:00

Getting Fresh - Cook Your Best Southern Food

Tammy Algood
Debbie Moose
Kathleen Purvis
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:30 - 11:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Body and Spirit: New Voices in Women's Fiction

Kimberly Babb Brock
Pamela King Cable
Ginger Moran
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:30 - 11:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Women's National Book Association presents "Coffee with Authors"

Ben Fountain
Christopher Tilghman
Gail Tsukiyama
Karen Thompson Walker
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 09:30 - 11:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

Costume Wearer and Escort

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00

The Cove

Ron Rash
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era

David Blight
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Profiles in History: Leaders of the Confederate South

Larry Hewitt
Rodney Steward
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

The Flint Heart

Katherine Paterson
John Paterson
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00
War Memorial Auditorium

Tween Life - Writing Characters With a Sense of Self

Gitty Daneshvari
Tami Lewis Brown
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

BrainQuest Physical Challenge

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00
Youth Stage

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:00
Cafe Stage

The Hero, The Heroine, and the Assassin - YA Fantasy Novels

Karyn Henley
Sarah Maas
CJ Redwine
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00 - 11:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Barack Obama: The Story

David Maraniss
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:30 - 11:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Danger in our Midst: Reporting on Nuclear Waste and Gun Laws

Kristen Iversen
Adam Winkler
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Leave it on the Field: Culture, Politics, and SEC Football

Inman Majors
Chuck Thompson
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Tradition and Evolution in Today's Southern Kitchens

Chris Chamberlain
Angela Knipple
Paul Knipple
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Beautiful Ruins

Jess Walter
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

Home to Us: Six Stories of Saving the Land

John Egerton
Nancy Rhoda
Varina Willse
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Region, Race and Memory: Inheriting the Civil War

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
War Memorial Auditorium

BrainQuest Challenge

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Youth Stage

The Pulpwood Queens Presents Authors that are Royal Southern READS!

Kathy Patrick
Amy Hill Hearth
Robert Leleux
Lynda Rutledge
Jenny Wingfield
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:30
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Stay Awake: Stories

Dan Chaon
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00 - 12:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Lulu Walks the Dog

Judith Viorst
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:30 - 12:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Burn For Burn

Jenny Han
Siobhan Vivian
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:30 - 12:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:30 - 12:30
Cafe Stage

Everything but the Main: Sides and Desserts for All Occasions

Patsy Caldwell
Fred Thompson
Amy Lyles Wilson
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

House Upon the Sand: Novels of Secrets and Reconciliations

John Neely Davis
AJ Scudiere
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Bowling Avenue to Beale Street: Tennessee novels

Blake Fontenay
Ann Shayne
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

Ada's Rules: A Sexy, Skinny Novel

Alice Randall
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Speaking for the Trees: Old-Growth Forests in North Carolina and Tennessee

Bill Finch
David Haskell
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Our Feet May Leave, But Not Our Hearts - Stories of Home & Place

Silas House
Meg Medina
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

Zooming In: Poems of Seeing the Eternal in the Everday

Kate Buckley
Charlotte Pence
Adam Vines
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:30
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Grit Lit: A Rough South Reader

Brian Carpenter
Tom Franklin
Chris Offutt
George Singleton
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:30
War Memorial Auditorium

Crocodile's Tears

Alex Beard
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:30 - 13:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Beneath the Polite Mask: Two Mysteries, Vividly Rendered

Daniel Black
Marlin Barton
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:30 - 13:30
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

In Sunlight and in Shadow

Mark Helprin
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:30 - 13:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

To Fight and To Live - Paranormal and Steampunk Novels

Bethany Griffin
Amanda Havard
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Future Imperfect: Dystopian Novels

M.M. Buckner
Moira Crone
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

A Hundred Flowers

Gail Tsukiyama
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Sutton

J.R. Moehringer
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

Eat What You Sow: Two Paths to Culinary Consciousness

Jeremy Barlow
Janisse Ray
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Jilli, That's Silly!

Mark Wayne Adams
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Youth Stage

BookPage Interviews Inman Majors

Inman Majors
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Chapter 16 Stage

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Cafe Stage

The Silence of Collective Memory: Stories of Racism in the South

Pam Durban
Lila Weaver
Molly Walling
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:30
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Faraway Times, Faraway Places: Bringing the Past -- and the Future -- to Life

Jennie Bentley
Dewey Lambdin
Jane Sevier
Alana White
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:30
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

Histories of Freedom: People and Politics in the Atlantic World

Madison Smartt Bell
Laurent Dubois
Jane Landers
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:30 - 15:00
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Father's Day: A Journey Into the Heart and Mind of My Extraordinary Son

Buzz Bissinger
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
War Memorial Auditorium

My American Revolution

Robert Sullivan
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Common Miracles and Everyday Revelations: Two Poets

Sandy Coomer
Clay Matthews
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Wacky Hotels & Wily Heists - Middle Grade Adventure Series

Roland Smith
Patrick Carman
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

The Great Unexpected

Sharon Creech
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

The Fashion Designer's Handbook

Marjorie Galen
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Youth Stage

Boom Goes The Dynamite - Debut Novels of Modern Families

Tupelo Hassman
Lydia Netzer
Adam Wilson
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:30
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Cottonwood Summer '45

Gary Slaughter
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Two Foot Fred: How My Life Has Come Full Circle

Fred Gill
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Costume Wearers and Escorts Sat. Second Shift

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30

Desperate and Darkly Beautiful: Two Master Storytellers

Ron Rash
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Daring Dames - Women Who Make a Difference

Carolyn J. Brown
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Decent Pan of Cornbread: CD Launch Party

Kelsey Wells
Kory Wells
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Cafe Stage

Southern Word

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Chapter 16 Stage

Agents of Liberty and Equality

Nicholas Buccola
David Cecelski
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 16:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

A Storied Past: Riveting Historical Fiction

Da Chen
Jennie Fields
David Madden
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

Soldier Home: Stories of War and Homecoming

Ron Rash
Ben Fountain
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Ladies, Gentlemen, Losers and Loners: Three Story Collections

Adam Prince
Adam Ross
Claire Vaye Watkins
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:30
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

By the Sweat of Her Brow: Modern Women Poets

Eva Salzman
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Answering the Apocalypse: Stories of Families in the Aftermath

Ben Marcus
Karen Thompson Walker
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Our Jaded Optimism: Comedic Takes on the American Character

Rosecrans Baldwin
Jack Hitt
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Me-Oh My-Oh From K-Doe to Bayou: People and Place in Louisiana Music

Alex Cook
Ben Sandmel
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Sanctuary: Portraits of Rescued Farm Animals

Sharon Lee Hart
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Curious George's 71st Birthday Party

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Youth Stage

The Dark Unwinding

Sharon Cameron
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:30 - 16:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Honey, That's Just How It Is: Stories of Appalachian Realism

Lisa Alther
Mark Powell
Charles Dodd White
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 15:30 - 17:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Independent Princesses - Enchanting Novels for Tweens

E.D. Baker
Alice Randall
Caroline Randall Williams
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Tina Tickle-ini Gets Giggles & Goosebumples

Kirsti Manna
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Youth Stage

Riots and Their Cause: A Soldier's Story of the Ole Miss Riot and Strom Thurmond's America

Joseph Crespino
Henry Gallagher
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865

James McPherson
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Nobody's Hands Are Clean: Two Mysteries

Sandra Brannan
J.T. Ellison
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Magdalene House: A Place About Mercy

Sarah VanHooser Suiter
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son

Charlotte Pierce-Baker
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

This is How You Lose Her: Stories

Junot Díaz
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
War Memorial Auditorium

Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation

Rebecca Scott
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

For Land & Family - Novels of Place and Perseverance

Courtney Miller Santo
Tatjana Soli
Gerald Duff
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:30
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Poetry Sucks!

Chet Weise
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:00 - 18:00
Chapter 16 Stage

Matters of the Heart - Writing Romance Novels for Teens

Kathryn Williams
Melissa Walker
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:30 - 17:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Secret Commonwealth

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 16:30 - 17:30
Cafe Stage

Identity into Image: Photography of Place

Chip Cooper
Bruce Meisterman
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

Cadence and Rhythm: Two Poets

Wanda Fries
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Red Rain: A Novel

R.L. Stine
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
War Memorial Auditorium

Creator Behind the Creation: Writers Respond to Artist Walter Anderson and Poet James Weldon Johnson

Carole Brown Knuth
Maggi Vaughn
Kory Wells
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Conductor Jack & Coconuts the Kangaroo from the Zinghoppers

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Youth Stage

Leipers Fork Bluegrass

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Cafe Stage

Saving the World When Grown-Ups Can't - Fantasy Adventure for Middle Grade

Kelly Barnhill
A.J. Hartley
Catherynne M. Valente
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Authors and Social Media

Julianna Baggott
Ron Hogan
Michael Knight
Julie Schoerke
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:30
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Creating Our Own Realities - Young People Making Sense of Their World

Loretta Ellsworth
John Corey Whaley
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality

Susan Cushman
Jennifer Horne
Wendy Reed
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

An Artist and a Blue Beret: Young Heroines in War Zones

Bobbie Ann Mason
Ruta Sepetys
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War

Tony Horwitz
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit

Corey Olsen
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 12:00 - 13:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

Nashville Private Eyes

Stuart Dill
Mary Saums
Jaden Terrell
Steven Womack
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:30
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

The Haves and Have-Nots: Debut Novels Exploring Two Americas

Amber Dermont
Michel Stone
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Standing Up: The Southern Belle Rewritten

Taylor Polites
Kathy Hepinstall
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Sisters in Crime Panel - Authors TBD

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:30
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

America the Philosophical

Carlin Romano
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

Life After Death

Damien Echols
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
War Memorial Auditorium

The Art to Being and Having Been: Salient Voices in Modern Poetry

Rick Hilles
Ellen Watson
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

Celtic Memories: Novels of Historic Ireland

Jim Johnston
Kathleen Fearing
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

BrainQuest Physical Challenge

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Youth Stage

Beautiful Chaos

Margaret Stohl
Kami Garcia
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

1861: The Civil War Awakening

Adam Goodheart
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Southern Living Around the Southern Table

Rebecca Lang
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

AJ Jacobs
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30
Cafe Stage

BookPage Interviews J.T. Ellison

J.T. Ellison
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 14:30
Chapter 16 Stage

BrainQuest Challenge

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 14:30
Youth Stage

By Means of Matter: Capturing Community Through Art

Susan W. Knowles
Art Shiver
Celia Walker
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

Navigating the Past and Finding Forgiveness: Two Novels

Nancy Jensen
Sarah McCoy
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Reconciling Faith and the World: Biographies of Spiritual Journeys

Randal Maurice Jelks
Diane Sasson
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

Blood Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys

Lisa Alther
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room

A Never-Ending Groove: Johnny Sandlin's Musical Odyssey

Anathalee Sandlin
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Brainy, Brawny and Brilliantly Reviewed: Debut Novels

Jennifer DuBois
Ben Fountain
Peter Heller
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:00 - 15:30
Nashville Public Library Auditorium

American Folk Songbook

Suzy Bogguss
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Nashville Public Library, Grand Reading Room

Survival Stories of Different Stripes - Middle TN Authors Discuss Their Work

Donn Sierra
Kimberly Dana
Chris McCollum
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:30 - 16:00
Room 29, Legislative Plaza

Reconstructing Order - YA Dystopian Novels

Julianna Baggott
Jeff Hirsch
Kat Zhang
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:30 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IA

READ20 Family Book Club Event with First Lady Crissy Haslam

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:00
Youth Stage

Growing the Crescent City: The History of New Orleans

Lawrence Powell
John Shelton Reed
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal

William Chafe
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 14:30 - 15:30
Room 16, Legislative Plaza

Ten Years Later

Jane Lorenzini
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Room 30, Legislative Plaza

The Ukedelics

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Youth Stage

Tennessee Political Fireworks

Robert Patton
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room IB

The Circle Players present "The Color Purple"

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Chapter 16 Stage

The Civil War in Tennessee

Carroll Van West
Spurgeon King
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:30
Room 31, Legislative Plaza

Black Chokeberry

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:00
Nashville Public Library, Conference Room II

Bound to the Land: Two Novels

Leonard Pitts
Christopher Tilghman
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:30 - 16:30
Room 12, Legislative Plaza

Costume wearers and escorts Sunday First shift

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 15:30 - 16:30

Clifford's 50th Birthday Party

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 16:00 - 17:00
Youth Stage