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'''Alabama Bound''' is a yearly book festival held since [[1999]] at the [[Birmingham Public Library]] with invited Alabama authors giving readings and presentations from recent works. It is organized by [[Linda Wilson]] and featured 21 authors at the most recent festival, held on April 15, 2006.
'''Alabama Bound''' is a yearly book festival held since [[1999]] at the [[Birmingham Public Library]] with invited Alabama authors giving readings and presentations from recent works. It is organized by [[Linda Wilson]] and usually is scheduled for the same weekend as the [[Magic City Art Connection]] at [[Linn Park]].


==2006 participants==
==2008 festival==
The 10th annual Alabama Bound festival was programmed to complement [[The Big Read|The Big Read: Project Mockingbird]] with panelists discussing the influence of the novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird,'' along with food and entertainment. Participants include:
* [[Wayne Flynt]], historian
* [[Chris Metress]], [[Samford University]] Department of English
* [[Tondra Loder-Jackson]], [[UAB]] Assistant Professor
* [[Mary Badham]], actress (''To Kill a Mockingbird'', 1962)
* [[Sandy Jaffe]], film producer (''Our Mockingbird'', 2008)
* [[Red Mountain White Trash|Red Mountain]], string band
* [[Four Eagles]], gospel quartet
* [[Irondale Cafe]], lunch catering
 
==2007 festival==
1,439 visitors came to hear 19 authors who were part of the one day event on [[April 14]], 2007:
* [[Hester Bass]], ''So Many Houses''
* [[Mark Childress]], ''One Mississippi''
* [[William Cobb]], ''Hermit King''
* [[Ruth Cook]], ''Guests Behind the Barbed Wire''
* [[Sylviane Diouf]], ''Grantville Gazette III''
* [[Charles Ghigna]], ''Love Poems''
* [[Rubin Grant]], ''Tales from Alabama Prep Football''
* [[Tim Hollis]], ''Birmingham Broadcasting'', ''Glass Bottom Boats and Mermaid Tails: Florida's Tourist Springs'', ''Mouse Tracks: the Story of Walt Disney Records'', ''Six Flags Over Georgia''
* [[Randall Horton]], ''Definition of Place''
* [[Angela Johnson]], ''Wind Flyers''
* [[Watt Key]], ''Alabama Moon''
* [[Caitlín R. Kiernan]], ''Daughter of Hounds''
* [[Julia Oliver]], ''Devotion''
* [[Delia Ray]], ''Singing Hands''
* [[Gregory Reece]], ''Elvis Religion, the Cult of the King''
* [[John Sledge]], ''An Ornament to the City''
* [[Carolyn Quick Tillery]], ''Southern Homecoming''
* [[Ann Waldron]], ''Rare Murder in Princeton''
Alabama Bound also hosted two local publishers [[Birmingham Arts Journal]] and [[OnStage Publishing]], and several writers' groups including [[Alabama Media Professionals]], [[Alabama Writers Conclave]], [[Alabama Writers Forum]], [[Booker T. Washington Magnet School]] creative writing, [[Women Writing for Change]], and [[Writing Today]]. Funding for the event was provided by the [[Jefferson County Community Arts Fund]] and the [[Daniel Foundation of Alabama]].
 
==2006 festival==
21 authors participated in the one day event on April 15, 2006:
* [[Don Keith]], ''In the Course of Duty''
* [[Don Keith]], ''In the Course of Duty''
* [[Kieren Quinlan]], ''Strange Kin: Ireland and the American South''
* [[Kieran Quinlan]], ''Strange Kin: Ireland and the American South''
* [[Paul Hemphill]], ''Lovesick Blues''
* [[Paul Hemphill]], ''Lovesick Blues''
* [[Charles Ghigna]], ''Oh, My, Pumpkin Pie''
* [[Charles Ghigna]], ''Oh, My, Pumpkin Pie''
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* [[W. H. Watford]], ''Lethal Risk''
* [[W. H. Watford]], ''Lethal Risk''
* [[Billie Jean Young]], ''Fear Not The Fall''
* [[Billie Jean Young]], ''Fear Not The Fall''
==2001 participants==
More than 50 authors, including:
* [[Rick Bragg]], ''All Over But the Shoutin'''
* [[Vicki Covington]] and [[Dennis Covington]], ''Cleaving''
* [[Anne George]], The Southern Sisters Mysteries
* [[Charles Gaines]], ''The Next Valley Over''
* [[Charles Ghigna]] & [[Debra Ghigna]], ''Christmas Is Coming''
* [[Robert Inman]], ''Coming Home''
* [[Marvin Yeomans Whiting]], ''Vestavia Hills: A Place Apart''.


==External Link==
==External Link==
* [http://www.alabamabound.org Alabama Bound] website
* [http://www.alabamabound.org Alabama Bound] website with event schedule


[[Category:April events]]
[[Category:April events]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Literary events]]
[[Category:Birmingham Public Library]]
[[Category:Birmingham Public Library]]

Latest revision as of 16:06, 8 April 2008

Alabama Bound is a yearly book festival held since 1999 at the Birmingham Public Library with invited Alabama authors giving readings and presentations from recent works. It is organized by Linda Wilson and usually is scheduled for the same weekend as the Magic City Art Connection at Linn Park.

2008 festival

The 10th annual Alabama Bound festival was programmed to complement The Big Read: Project Mockingbird with panelists discussing the influence of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, along with food and entertainment. Participants include:

2007 festival

1,439 visitors came to hear 19 authors who were part of the one day event on April 14, 2007:

Alabama Bound also hosted two local publishers Birmingham Arts Journal and OnStage Publishing, and several writers' groups including Alabama Media Professionals, Alabama Writers Conclave, Alabama Writers Forum, Booker T. Washington Magnet School creative writing, Women Writing for Change, and Writing Today. Funding for the event was provided by the Jefferson County Community Arts Fund and the Daniel Foundation of Alabama.

2006 festival

21 authors participated in the one day event on April 15, 2006:

2005 participants

2001 participants

More than 50 authors, including:

External Link

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