Hawthorne Books

The Augusta Literary Festival takes pride in presenting a diverse group of authors.  We have hand selected authors from several genres to include the traditionally published best selling author to the best selling indie author with a story to tell.  We honor the hardwork of authors just starting as well as presenting authors who are award winners.

The Augusta Literary Festival (ALF) was designed with the community in mind. It doesn’t matter if you are involved with the community of the Arts, community of book lovers, community of aspiring writers, or the community at large; this is your event.

As Augusta grows, so will the ALF. Above all, we should remember that the primary purpose of both the ALF and the Augusta Public Library System, is to promote literacy and education.

locationAugusta Public Library

823 Telfair Street, Augusta, GA 30901

706 821-2600

We are thrilled that Megan Kruse has been selected as one of the six winners of this year’s award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, for her debut novel Call Me Home, published by Hawthorne Books. Please join us for the award ceremony on Tuesday, March 8th from 6 pm to 7 pm at the store. We’ll have cake and a toast to Megan, as we celebrate this terrific honor.

Call Me Home has an epic scope and braids the stories of a family in three distinct voices. At its heart, this is a novel about family, our choices and how we come to live with them, what it means to be queer in the rural West, and the changing idea of home. Megan was also honored as one of this year’s “5 under 35” by the National Book Foundation. The 5 Under 35 program honors five young fiction writers selected by past National Book Award Winners and Finalists, or previous 5 Under 35 Honorees.

The annual PNBA book award is presented to authors who reside in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, or British Columbia. The award winners are selected by owners and staff of independent bookstore members of PNBA through the Pacific Northwest. Joining Megan as winners this year are Martha Brockenbrough (Seattle) for The Game of Love and Death, Patrick deWitt (Portland) for Undermajordomo Minor, Brian Doyle (Portland) for Children & Other Wild Animals, Thor Hanson (San Juan Island) for The Triumph of Seeds, and Dana Simpson (Auburn) for Unicorn On a Roll.

locationBroadway Books

1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232

503 284-1726

This event is a conversation between Meghan Daum and Sallie Tisdale facilitated by Laura Miller, about the changes in publishing in the last decade, women writers of nonfiction, the essay form, and other topics.

locationBook Court

163 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

718 875-3677

Acclaimed author and essayist Sallie Tisdale discusses her new book Violation: Collected Essays with Meghan Daum.

locationBook Court

163 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11201

718 875-3677

The AWP Conference & Bookfair is an essential annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Each year more than 12,000 attendees join our community for four days of insightful dialogue, networking, and unrivaled access to the organizations and opinion-makers that matter most in contemporary literature. The 2015 conference featured over 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures. The bookfair hosted over 800 presses, journals, and literary organizations from around the world. AWP’s is now the largest literary conference in North America. Join us in Los Angeles in 2016 to celebrate the best of what contemporary literature has to offer.

locationLos Angeles Convention Center

1201 S Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90015

213 741-1151