Capitol Book & News

Capitol Book & News

1140 E. Fairview Avenue

Montgomery, Alabama 36106

Upcoming Events:

March 24

4:00-5:30

Howard Frank Mosher

A stunning and lyrical Civil War thriller, "Walking to Gatlinburg" is a spellbinding story of survival, wilderness adventure, mystery, and love in the time of war. Morgan Kinneson is both hunter and hunted. The sharp-shooting 17-year-old from Kingdom County, Vermont, is determined to track down his brother Pilgrim, a doctor who has gone missing. But first he must elude a group of murderous escaped convicts in pursuit of a mysterious stone that has fallen into his possession. It's 1864, and the country is in the grip of the bloodiest war in American history. Meanwhile, the Kinneson family has been quietly conducting passengers on the Underground Railroad from Vermont to the Canadian border. Along the way, Morgan encounters a fantastical array of characters, including a weeping elephant, a pacifist gunsmith, a woman who lives in a tree, a blind cobbler, and a beautiful and intriguing slave girl named Slidell who is the key to unlocking the mystery. At the same time, he wrestles with the choices that will ultimately define him - how to reconcile the laws of nature with religious faith, how to temper justice with mercy. Magical and wonderfully strange,

"Walking to Gatlinburg" is both a thriller of the highest order and a heartbreaking odyssey into the heart of American darkness

Saturday

March 27

2:00-4:00

River Jordan &

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

River Jordan is first and foremost, a storyteller. Whether the stories that unfold reflect her faith, her love of literature, or the humor with which she unrolls her southern heritage. River's writing showcases her deep, abiding awareness of the spiritual significance of life, the importance of the human connection, and the fact that prayer along with good dose of laughter can carry us through many of the trials and tribulations of life. Her third novel, Saints In Limbo has been painted by some of the finest voices of today as "a lyrical and relentlessly beautiful book," and "a wise, funny, joyful and deadly serious book, written with a poet's multilayered sense of metaphor and meter and a page-turning sense of urgency," and reviewed by Paste Magazine as “A Southern Gothic Masterpiece.”

Both on the air and off, River weaves stories together with a dry wit, a bit of irony and a dead-eye aim for finding the truth. As a radio producer and host, River integrates of interviews featuring people from all walks of life but primarily showcases authors of all genres, people promoting literacy, and the importance of preserving story in a variety of creative ways. As a loved and much sought after speaker, Ms. Jordan invites audiences, readers and listeners to tune-in to their own stories and to treasure the unfolding moments of their lives.

As an infant, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson had one of the earliest cases of appendicitis ever documented. Fifty-four doctors came to Natchez, MS to study her case. In retrospect, Shellie believes it may have been better had they studied her brain for she admits to hearing voices. After briefly considering medication Shellie chose a career in storytelling to give them all a chance to be heard. It's working out pretty well. Today this author, speaker, newspaper/magazine columnist, and Belle of All Things Southern entertains audiences on the radio, TV, and web, in a full out celebration of the South with a heavy emphasis on faith, friends, and family. Shellie’s gift is mining the exquisite from the ordinary. A list of the radio affiliates airing Shellie’s daily segments can be found at All Things Southern.com along with her weekly video porch chat. Shellie also produces and hosts All Things Southern LIVE each Fri. morning from 8:00 to 9:00 A.M. CST on FOXFM 92.7 out of northeast LA. The show streams live and podcasts are archived so everyone can join Shellie’s southern celebration. Whether sharing her love of story, interviewing radio guests, or interacting with readers thru Facebook and Twitter, Shellie’s passion for life has proven to be highly contagious. Shellie’s first Penguin Group USA release, “Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On” was chosen as a SIBA Nonfiction Book of the Year 2009 finalist

2010 Events

Brad Watson | Melinda Rainey Thompson | Martha Hawkins

2009 Events

Chris Hastings | John Besh | Kirk Curnutt | Anne Byrn

Justin Allen | Brooke & Keith Desserich | Charlie Lucas, Chip Cooper, & Ben Windham

Lisa Patton | Rick Bragg & Sonny Brewer | Toni & Hillary from Random House Recommend Books

James Braziel | Gin Phillips | Margaret Fenton | Chris Lilly (Big Bob Gibson’s BBQ)

George McGovern | Jeanie Thompson | Phyllis Hoffman | 54 Writers at the Alabama Book Festival

2008 Events

Frank Stitt | Governor John Patterson & Warren Trest | Judy Oliver | Bobby Cole | The Church Ladies

Mary Anna Evans | Carolyn Jourdan |Bobby Cole | Carolyn Haines | Karren Pell and William Goss

Rick Bragg | Jonathan Harrington | Gin Phillips | Sara Dubose | The Alabama Book Festival

Joe Formichella & Suzanne Hudson | Barbara Wiedemann | Kerry Madden | Mark Childress | Kirk Curnutt

Tim Dorsey | Jill Conner Browne (The Sweet Potato Queen)

2007

Michael Knight | Kathryn Tucker Windham | Mary Ann Neeley & Robert Fouts | Karl Stegall

Donald McCaig | Melinda Rainey Thompson |Wayne Greenhaw

Jennifer Davis | Sonny Brewer | Phyllis Hoffman | Elizabeth Spencer

Louise Shaffer | Justin Allen | Homer Hickam | Jack Deloney | Brad Vice

David Rose | Cassandra King | David Margolick | Doug Marlette

Carl T. Smith | Denise Hamilton | Julia Spencer-Fleming

Mary Anna Evans | Frank Turner Hollon | Mary Palmer Dargan | Jill Conner Browne

2006

Tom Bailey |Robert Inman

John Sledge | Judy Oliver | Melinda Rainey Thompson | Joey Brackner|

Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly | Joshilyn Jackson

Mark Childress | Sonny Brewer | Mills Thornton | Ace Atkins

Ron Rash | Tom Chaffin | Rhys Bowen & Mary Anna Evans | Clea Koff

Robert Barmettler & Jean Shaffer | Carlos Eire | Taylor Branch |

C-SPAN2 Book-TV

2005

Allen Barra | Alabama Chief Justice Drayton Nabers, Jr. | Bruce Feiler

Steve Roberts | Wayne Greenhaw & Donnie Williams

Mary Anna Evans | Helen Scully | Nan Graham | Louise Shaffer

Bart Barton | Suzanne Hudson & Joe Formichella | Susan Waggoner | Ronda Rich

Don Noble & the Cheaha Writers: Kathleen Thompson, Laura Hunter, Mike Burrell,
Loretta Cobb, Ben Erickson, Bart Barton, Jim Gilbert, Kirk Curnutt,
John Cottle, Suzanne Hudson, Joe Formichella, Janet Nodar and Janet Mauney

Kerry Madden | Sonny Brewer | Joshilyn Jackson| Kathryn Tucker Windham | Monte Burke

Julia Spencer-Fleming | Cassandra King and Pat Conroy | Tim Dorsey | Minnie Lamberth

Con Lehane | Mike Stewart

2004

Fannie Flagg | Wayne Flynt | Kathryn Tucker Windham | Landon Thomas

Cassandra King | Patricia Sullivan |Tim Dorsey | Ace Atkins | Lawrence Block

2003

Marlin “Bart” Barton | Kirk Curnutt | Alan Grady | Wayne Greenhaw | Valerie Gribben

Jennifer Horne | Suzanne Hudson | Karren Pell | Elizabeth Schafer | Jeanie Thompson & Jay Lamar

Stephen Marion | Melinda Haynes | Carolyn Haines | Louise Shaffer |

Tim Dorsey | Daniel Wallace | Jack Johnson | Julia Spencer-Fleming | Robert Guillaume

2002

Whitney J. LeBlanc | Norman McMillan | Jim Carrier Nanci Kincaid | Mary Kay Andrews

2001

Dot Moore | Wayne Greenhaw | Judy Oliver | Cecil McMillan | George Singleton

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