Apr
22
Sat
2017
Alabama Book Festival @ Old Alabama Town
Apr 22 all-day

With author readings, workshops, vendors and exhibitors, author signings, and a lively activity area for children, this free public event is Alabama’s premier literary event. Thousands of people from around the state and the Southeast gather at the festival each year to meet their favorite authors and scholars. It’s a day of fun for book lovers of all ages! This year the Alabama Book Festival will continue our tradition of promoting reading and literacy to Alabamians of all ages and backgrounds at Old Alabama Town in Montgomery on Saturday, April 22, 2017.

Apr
29
Sat
2017
Letters About Literature Award Ceremony @ Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama
Apr 29 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Students, parents and teachers are invited to attend the Letters About Literature Award Ceremony.

To learn more about the event click on this link The Alabama Center for the Book Save the Date 2016-2017

Sep
2
Sat
2017
National Book Festival
Sep 2 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Oct
25
Wed
2017
Letters About Literature Webinar for Educators
Oct 25 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join the Center for the Book on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. CDT for a one-hour webinar exploring 25 years of best practices of the Letters About Literature program. Certificates for CEUs will be available upon completion of the live program. Register here

The webinar will be recorded and available through the http://read.gov/letters site a few days after the live event.

 

Apr
28
Sat
2018
Letters About Literature Award Ceremony @ Gorgas Library, room 205
Apr 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Students from across the state will attend the Alabama Letters About Literature Awards ceremony. Certificates will be awarded to the 52 semi-finalists; prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners in each of the three levels of competition.

Guest speaker will be Adam Davis from Dothan.  Davis is a former police officer with multiple years of experience.  In 2015, shortly after releasing his first book, Spirit & Truth:  52 Encouraging Messages for American’s Law Enforcement, Davis shifted his focus from serving in active law enforcement to service in ministry, writing and business.

May
24
Thu
2018
2017-2018 Alabama Writers Hall of Fame Ceremony @ Bryant Conference Center
May 24 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sep
1
Sat
2018
2018 National Book Festival @ Washington Convention Center
Sep 1 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Mark your calendars for the 18th Library of Congress National Book Festival, Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Washington Convention Center. Follow the excitement via our hashtag, #NatBookFest.

Visit the Alabama Center for the Book, booth 509, at the Parade of States.  Children’s author, Charles Ghigna, will be on hand to greet visitors and to share information about his book Alabama, My Home Sweet Home! , celebrating Alabama’s bicentennial.

 

Nov
1
Thu
2018
Letter About Literature – Entries Accepted
Nov 1 2018 – Jan 11 2019 all-day

Letters About Literature entries for Alabama will be accepted until Jan. 11, 2019.

Apr
13
Sat
2019
Alabama Book Festival @ Old Alabama Town
Apr 13 all-day
The Alabama Book Festival has exciting plans for April 2019.  We’re expanding to a three-day event with the book festival on Saturday, April 13 in Old Alabama Town!  Workshops, special events and more are on the way. You can view the schedule of author panels by CLICKING HERE!
 
Visit the website for additional information.
Apr
25
Thu
2019
22nd Annual Alabama Writers Symposium @ Coastal Alabama Community College, Monroeville Community House and the Monroe County Museum
Apr 25 – Apr 26 all-day

Every spring Alabama’s literary community gathers in Monroeville, Alabama to celebrate the state’s rich literary heritage at the Alabama Writers Symposium. Some of Alabama’s most celebrated writers and scholars lead discussion sessions, readings and workshops on themes ranging from Literary Gumbo to Murder, Mystery and Mayhem and everything in between. Since the inaugural event in 1998, writers and scholars participating in the event have included Fannie Flagg, Rick Bragg, Kathryn Tucker Windham, Mark Childress, Cynthia Tucker, Carolyn Haines, Winston Groom, Sena Jeter Naslund, Brad Watson, Wayne Flynt, Trudier Harris, Mike Stewart, Daniel Wallace, JeanieThompson, Kirk Curnutt, Don Noble, Mary Ward Brown, Warren St. John, Sue Brannan Walker, Wayne Greenhaw, George Plimpton, Sonia Sanchez, Tom Franklin, Sonny Brewer, Gin Phillips, Michelle Richmond, John Hafner, Watt Key and Ace Atkins and dozens more.
    Annual event highlights include the presentation of the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer and the Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Literary Scholar, both made possible through a generous grant from George F. Landegger. Delicious food, art exhibits, music, booksellers and author signings round out the event’s entertainment.
    All events take place in Monroeville on the campus of Coastal Alabama Community College, at the Monroeville Community House and the Monroe County Museum downtown. In 1997, the Alabama legislature designated Monroeville and Monroe County as the Literary Capital of Alabama in recognition of the region’s remarkable literary heritage, making Monroeville the perfect setting for the annual celebration of Alabama writers. Among the writers who at one time or another have called Monroeville and Monroe County home are Truman Capote, Harper Lee, Mark Childress, Rheta Grimsley Johnson and Cynthia Tucker.