6:30 pm, Oct 18
 Parnassus Books

An evening with Erica Waters at Parnassus Books

Young Adult

For more information and to register (free!), please visit: https://www.parnassusbooks.net/event/store-erica-waters-ya-author-all-consumes-us

 7:00 pm, Oct 18
 Forum Auditorium - Otis Floyd Campus Center at Tennessee State University

An evening with Terrance Hayes at TSU

Poetry

LOCATION: Forum Auditorium - Otis Floyd Campus Center
Tennessee State University 3500 John Merritt Blvd.

Book sales will be available, and Hayes will sign books following the event.

Event is free with no registration required.

Terrance Hayes is a 2014 MacArthur Fellow and a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry. He is the author of American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin and To Float In The Space Between: Drawings and Essays in Conversation with Etheridge Knight. To Float In The Space Between was winner of the Poetry Foundation’s 2019 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism and a finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin won the Hurston/Wright 2019 Award for Poetry and was a finalist the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry, the 2018 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry, and the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. New works for fall 2023 are a collection of poems, So To Speak, and collection of essays, Watch Your Language. Hayes is a Silver Professor of English at New York University.

 6:30 pm, Oct 19
 Parnassus Books

An evening with John Scalzi at Parnassus Books

Fiction

For more information and to register, please visit https://www.parnassusbooks.net/event/store-john-scalzi-author-starter-villain .

 9:30 am, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

WNBA Coffee with Authors: Jennifer Lyn Alvarez, David Arnold, Sharon Cameron, Patti Callahan Henry: Fiction, Young Adult

Young Adult

Join the Women's National Book Association-Nashville Chapter for its annual Coffee with Authors. The event includes coffee and refreshments and features four historical fiction writers.

 10:00 am, Oct 21
 Wolf Room: Museum

Camryn Garrett: Young Adult

Young Adult

It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A love letter to romantic comedies, sweet sixteen blowouts, Black joy, and queer pride.

 10:00 am, Oct 21
 Cumberland Tent

Carl Hiaasen: Middle Grade

Middle Grade

Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas--just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Welcome to another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida!

 10:00 am, Oct 21
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Cheryl A. Head, Sadeqa Johnson, Etaf Rum: Fiction

Fiction

What does it mean to be a woman and a mother? How do our unsolved pasts affect our present? What is the meaning of a fulfilling life? Bestselling novelists Cheryl A. Head (Time’s Undoing: A Novel), Sadeqa Johnson (A Reese Book Club Pick), and Etaf Rum (New York Times bestselling author of A Woman is No Man) explore these questions in new novels

 10:00 am, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

Joel Ebert, Erik Schelzig: Non-fiction; Tennessee Political History

History

Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals dating back to the founding of the state, the last fifty years have been a confusing, confounding, and sometimes ludicrous period of ne'er-do-welling. Welcome to Capitol Hill is a guide to the state's modern history of corruption.

 10:00 am, Oct 21
 Piney Room: Museum

Maggie Bunn, Rosalind Bunn: Children's

Children's

A young boy rides the train through Tennessee's beautiful, historic, and interesting landscapes. From the Blue Ridge to the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, the Cumberland Plateau, the Highland Rim, and the Nashville Basin, the narrator experiences the marvels of his home state. He hikes, fishes, and even tours Graceland! This is Maggie Bunn's fifth project, and she is looking forward to sharing and creating more stories.

 10:00 am, Oct 21
 Conasauga Room: Library

Steve Stern: Fiction

Fiction

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2022. "A frothy picaresque that ... 'vibrates to the sweet celestial confusion' of Soutine's painting: delirious and earthy, reverent and irreligious."-- The New York Times Book Review. A wild, effervescent, absinthe-soaked novel that tells of the life of the extraordinary artist Chaim Soutine.

 10:00 am, Oct 21
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Tim Johnston, Lauren Nossett: Mystery, Thriller

Fiction

Campus thrills and unsolved disappearances are the heart of these two atmospheric crime novels.

 11:00 am, Oct 21
 Wolf Room: Museum

Amanda Linsmeier, Jennifer Moorman: Young Adult, Fantasy

Fantasy

These Young Adult novels incorporate fantasy via lavender tea, ancient bargains, and rock 'n' roll.

 11:00 am, Oct 21
 Caney Fork Room: Library

RS Deeren, Brooks Lamb: Fiction, Non-Fiction

Fiction

Through sharing lessons from determined Tennessee farmers and stories from rural Michigan, writers explore how where we come from shapes who we are.

 11:00 am, Oct 21
 Conasauga Room: Library

Stephen Buoro, Jeffrey Dale Lofton, A.D. Nauman: Fiction

Fiction

Coming of age is never easy. Three novels explore the stories of a young man in Africa, a young gay boy in Georgia, and a girl whose discovery of family secrets forces her to grow up too early.

 11:00 am, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

Timothy Egan: Non-Fiction, American History

History

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them.

 11:30 am, Oct 21
 Cumberland Tent

Lindsay Lynch, Ann Patchett: Fiction

Fiction

Acclaimed author Ann Patchett and debut novelist Lindsay Lynch discuss their new works.

 11:30 am, Oct 21
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Rob Curran, Saket Soni: Non-Fiction, Immigration

Non-Fiction

Failed immigration policies, forced labor, and changing migration are explored through stories of people who have lived the experiences. Journalists steeped in years of reporting share their knowledge, and signs of hope.

 12:00 pm, Oct 21
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Christine Coulson, Hilary Leichter: Fiction

Fiction

These two innovative and daring novels experiment with narrative structure, leaving us with heartbreaking stories, questions about our place in the universe, and beautiful prose.

 12:00 pm, Oct 21
 Conasauga Room: Library

Frye Gaillard: Non-Fiction, Nashville

Non-Fiction

For years, the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted A Word on Words on Nashville's public television station, WNPT. During the show's four-decade run (1972 to 2013), he interviewed some of the most interesting and most impor­tant writers of our time. These in-depth exchanges revealed much about the writers who appeared on his show and gave a glimpse into their creative pro­cesses. Seigenthaler was a deeply engaged reader and a generous interviewer, a true craftsman. Frye Gaillard and Pat Toomay have collected and transcribed some of the iconic interactions from the show.

 12:00 pm, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

Kat Calvin: Non-Fiction, Activism

Non-Fiction

A trailblazing activist's passionate and incisive look at why she started a movement to ensure that 26 million Americans have access to the IDs they need to escape poverty and live healthy and productive lives

 12:00 pm, Oct 21
 Wolf Room: Museum

Kelsey Norris, Janelle M. Williams: Fiction

Fiction

Magical realism has become a powerful genre in interpreting the Black experience in America. These two new books are the top of the form, displaying literary prowess and opening up the past for readers in a new way.

 12:00 pm, Oct 21
 Nolichucky Room: Library

Robert Appleby, Lucy Caldwell, Joe Haley, Connie Potter: Short Stories, Essays

Essays

As part of a unique collaboration, this book pairs a team of award-winning authors with CERN physicists to explore some of the consequences of what the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is learning, through fiction. This panel is supported in part by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Humanities Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

 12:00 pm, Oct 21
 Piney Room: Museum

Savannah Allen, Derrick Barnes, Tanisia Moore: Children's, Picture Books

Children's

Superheroes come in many forms! These charming picture books are made to be read aloud. Through these stories we take a nature walk, meet Black heroes, and find our own superpowers.

 12:30 pm, Oct 21
 Harpeth Room: Library

Bryan Giemza, Dennis McCarthy: Fiction, Non-Fiction

Fiction

Join the brother of the late Cormac McCarthy and scholar Bryan Giemza to discuss the acclaimed novelist's work and legacy and the bond between two brothers and writers.

 12:30 pm, Oct 21
 Cumberland Tent

Tracy Kidder: Non-Fiction, Social Justice

Non-Fiction

The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference by helping to create a program to care for Boston's homeless community, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains.

 1:00 pm, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

Alice Carrière, Lynn Melnick: Essays, Memoir

Essays

These two essay collections explore the artist's life, a bohemian upbringing, and the challenges of finding your voice as an artist.

 1:00 pm, Oct 21
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Charles Father Goose Ghigna: Children's Picture Books, Poetry

Children's

In this stunningly illustrated treasury, Charles Ghigna, Father Goose®, has compiled 101 of his best, most-beloved children's poems to share with young readers as a first introduction to the joy of language and to the enchanted world of books.

 1:00 pm, Oct 21
 Wolf Room: Museum

David Levithan: Young Adult, Graphic Novel

Fiction

Celebrate all the ways love makes us who we are with the romance that Entertainment Weekly calls "wise, wildly unique"--from the bestselling co-author of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist--about a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life.

 1:00 pm, Oct 21
 Conasauga Room: Library

Julia Franks, Cat Shook, Susan Beckham Zurenda: Fiction

Fiction

No one can break your heart like your family can. In these three Southern novels, women face life events with humor, grief, and courage.

 1:00 pm, Oct 21
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Karren Pell, Randy Rayburn: Non-Fiction, Nashville

Food culture

Celebrate 35 years of Midtown Cafe with proprietor Randy Rayburn. This memoir includes stories and recipes from legendary restaurants Rayburn's Sunset Grill and Midtown Cafe (recently awarded by USA Today as one of the Top 100 Places to Brunch.)

 1:00 pm, Oct 21
 Piney Room: Museum

Mary Jo Bang, Mark Jarman: Poetry

Poetry

Inspired by time, the cosmos, and David Bowie, these two master poets share new collections.

 1:00 pm, Oct 21
 Nolichucky Room: Library

Tan Twan Eng, Jamila Minnicks, Julia Watts: Fiction

Fiction

From traveling with acclaimed writer Somerset Maugham in Asia to experiencing rural Appalachia when it was culturally and geographically isolated, these historical novels transport the reader to different times and places.

 1:30 pm, Oct 21
 Harpeth Room: Library

Ben Fountain, Stephen Kearse: Fiction

Fiction

Power corrupts absolutely. In these masterful novels set in Haiti and Atlanta, ordinary people confront powerful forces.

 1:30 pm, Oct 21
 Cumberland Tent

Margaret Renkl: Essays

Essays

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a "howling love letter to the world" (Ann Patchett); a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural.

 2:00 pm, Oct 21
 Piney Room: Museum

Donna Barba Higuera: Middle Grade

Middle Grade

The new stunning novel from Donna Barba Higuera, author of Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista.

 2:00 pm, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

Fitz Brundage, James Rice, Natalie Ring, Charles Reagan Wilson: Non-Fiction, American History

History

Through new works, Southern scholars re-evaluate the history, myth, and culture of the region.

 2:00 pm, Oct 21
 Wolf Room: Museum

Kathleen Rooney: Fiction

Fiction

From the bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes a novel about Hollywood, the cost of stardom, and selfless second acts, inspired by an extraordinary true story.

 2:00 pm, Oct 21
 Conasauga Room: Library

KB Ballentine, Bill Brown: Poetry

Poetry

Old friends and Tennessee poets come home to share new work.

 2:00 pm, Oct 21
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Peter Cozzens: Non-Fiction, American History

History

The story of the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable, young United States for control over the Deep South, from the acclaimed historian and prize-winning author of The Earth is Weeping.

 2:30 pm, Oct 21
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Drew Gilpin Faust: Memoir

Memoir

A memoir of coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America. Faust will be in conversation with Ann Patchett.

 2:30 pm, Oct 21
 Nolichucky Room: Library

Megan Miranda: Mystery

Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and "master of suspense, Megan Miranda" (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl), a thrilling mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident, only to have one of the survivors disappear, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy.

 2:30 pm, Oct 21
 Harpeth Room: Library

Patti Callahan Henry: Fiction

Fiction

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed.

 3:00 pm, Oct 21
 Piney Room: Museum

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, Amanda McCrina: Young Adult, Thriller

Mystery-Thriller

What is the truth and what is a lie? Two Young Adult novels take us on thrill rides.

 3:00 pm, Oct 21
 Conasauga Room: Library

KJ Dell'Antonia: Fiction

Fiction

What makes the relationships between mothers and daughters even more complicated? Hereditary magic. KJ Dell'Antonia, New York Times best-selling author of The Chicken Sisters (a Reese's book club pick) discusses her latest book, Playing the Witch Card, why fictional witches are having a moment and why literary magic has to cause problems rather than solve them—and suggests more witchy reads to add to your #tbr.

 3:00 pm, Oct 21
 Cumberland Tent

Mark Greaney: Thriller

Fiction

Court Gentry is caught between the Russian mafia and the CIA in this latest electrifying thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Gray Man series.

 3:00 pm, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

Robert P. Jones: Non-fiction, American History

History

Taking the story of white supremacy in America back to 1493, and examining contemporary communities in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma for models of racial repair, The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy helps chart a new course toward a genuinely pluralistic democracy.

 3:00 pm, Oct 21
 Wolf Room: Museum

Teo DuVall, Sarah Sax, Jasmine Walls: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel

Graphic Novel

For graphic novel fans and middle school survivors, past and present! A "queer, witchy Fast and Furious" and a reinvention of oneself on school picture day are told in beautiful pictures and words.

 3:00 pm, Oct 21
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Varadajaran, Umrigar

Fiction

One Southern family has its secrets. An Indian family undergoes unexpected change. Through these two novels, we explore what makes families alike across the globe.

 3:30 pm, Oct 21
 Harpeth Room: Library

Lisa Dordal, Anya Liftig, Alison Mills Newman: Memoir, Fiction

Fiction

These collections of essays and letters explore mother-daughter relationships, artistic creativity, and forging identity in the chasm between culture and classes.

 3:30 pm, Oct 21
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Matthew Quick: Fiction

Fiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook--made into the Academy Award-winning movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper--a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower who takes in a grieving teenager and inspires a magical revival in their small town.

 3:30 pm, Oct 21
 Nolichucky Room: Library

Sarah Rose Etter, Ben Purkert: Fiction

Fiction

What are we willing to sacrifice for our work? When jobs let us go, can we let go of our jobs? These two funny, surreal novels offer a brilliantly incisive look at the absurdities of modern life.

 3:30 pm, Oct 21
 Duck Room: Museum

Tom Piazza: Fiction

Fiction

It is 1883, and America is at a crossroads. At a tiny college in Upstate New York, an idealistic young professor has managed to convince Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Confederate memoirist Forrest Taylor, and romance novelist Lucy Comstock to participate in the first (and last) Auburn Writers' Conference for a public discussion about the future of the nation.

 4:00 pm, Oct 21
 Wolf Room: Museum

Clifford Brooks, Stevie Edwards, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum: Poetry

Poetry

How do capitalism and patriarchy impact romantic relationships? These three poets reveal a vulnerable masculinity and what that means in today's world.

 4:00 pm, Oct 21
 Piney Room: Museum

David Arnold: Young Adult

Young Adult

New York Times bestseller David Arnold returns with a poignant love story about two teens whose souls come together time and again through the ages--for fans of Nina LaCour and Matt Haig.

 4:00 pm, Oct 21
 Obion Room: Library

Holly A. Gleason, Michael McCall and Dave Hoekstra: Music

Biography

Curated by a critic who knew John Prine across five decades, Prine on Prine distills the essence of an iconic American writer: unguarded, unfiltered and real. In his own words, in his own time--on the road, in the kitchen, the Library of Congress, radio shows, movie scripts, and beyond.

 4:00 pm, Oct 21
 Conasauga Room: Library

Marjorie Hudson: Fiction

Fiction

After an unjust murder trial, spirits of the dead rise from a field in the rural South, revealing “a mesmerizing story of loss, injustice, and revenge” (Sue Monk Kidd). Shortlisted for the Crooks Corner Prize. Hudson will be in conversation with Jennie Fields.

 4:00 pm, Oct 21
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Sharon Cameron: Young Adult

Fiction

A dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of World War II, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light in Hidden Places.

 4:30 pm, Oct 21
 Harpeth Room: Library

Anders Carlson-Wee, Edgar Kunz: Poetry

Poetry

Two acclaimed young poets explore friendship and loneliness in this late capitalist world. From a narrative series introducing the friendship of two young scammers, to a collection that faces the contemporary labor world head-on.

 10:00 am, Oct 22
 Nolichucky Room: Library

George Singleton, David Wesley Williams: Fiction

Fiction

The South is in the details. From the absurd to the comical, in short stories and a novel, these books show people doing the best they can with what they have.

 10:00 am, Oct 22
 Obion Room: Library

Kami Ahrens, Sarah Beth Childers: Non-Fiction, Appalachia

Non-Fiction

The threads connecting Appalachia are explored through the lives of women across generations.

 10:00 am, Oct 22
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Kem Hinton: Non-Fiction, Architecture

Non-Fiction

The architect of the Tennessee Bicentennial Mall and many other significant buildings in Nashville shares insights about his work and his legacy.

 10:00 am, Oct 22
 Piney Room: Museum

Kevin Cantwell, Denton Loving, Linda Parsons: Poetry

Poetry

These poets explore physical and psychological landscapes and familial relationships. The three collections show diverse approaches to the contemporary form.

 10:00 am, Oct 22
 Conasauga Room: Library

Ronda Rich: Mystery

Fiction

Stella Bankwell has suddenly found herself in a "heap of trouble," in the words of her mountain people. Possible federal indictments that lead to a murder leads to serious danger for Stella. It turns out to be the beginning of Stella Bankwell, former Atlanta socialite, becoming Stella Bankwell, amateur sleuth.

 10:30 am, Oct 22
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Lorrie Moore: Fiction

Fiction

From "one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation" (The New York Times), a ghost story set in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, an elegiac consideration of grief, devotion (filial and romantic), and the vanishing and persistence of all things--seen and unseen.

 10:30 am, Oct 22
 Harpeth Room: Library

Paula Blackman, Drew Bratcher, Tim Ghianni: Music

Music

Nashville is stories set to music. These three writers share tales of classic country stars, the overlooked R & B roots of the city, and personal observations about life in Music City.

 10:30 am, Oct 22
 Wolf Room: Museum

Terry J. Benton-Walker, Daniel Nayeri, Patricia Wrede: Middle Grade

Fantasy

Middle grade fantasy at its best! From epic adventures to fighting the forces of evil to dark thrones, these novels bring adventure and magic to the page.

 11:00 am, Oct 22
 Piney Room: Museum

Braden Cawthon, Ryan La Sala: Young Adult

Young Adult

A party becomes chaos. A siren blares. What do you do when the world is ending? These Young Adult protagonists face a world coming apart at the seams and find a way to survive.

 11:00 am, Oct 22
 Obion Room: Library

Fergus Bordewich: Non-Fiction, American History

History

A stunning history of the first national anti-terrorist campaign waged on American soil--when Ulysses S. Grant wielded the power of the federal government to dismantle the KKK.

 11:00 am, Oct 22
 Conasauga Room: Library

Gordon Johnston, Glenn Taylor: Fiction

Fiction

These story collections use the Ocmulgee River and the landscape of West Virginia to explore how place defines us over generations of staying. The characters live and die by the land that they know.

 11:00 am, Oct 22
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Jason Smith: Cooking

Food culture

"Honey, if cookin' is a chore, then you ain't been doin' it right."--author and Lord Honey chef Jason Smith. From Kentucky 'Nanners Foster Waffles to 'Lasses-Glazed Carrots to Sweet Tea and Bourbon Fried Chicken, celebrate the art of "Country Bling" cooking with recipes that will have you digging out the cast-iron skillet and running to the store for some butter.

 11:30 am, Oct 22
 Nolichucky Room: Library

Southern Foodways Alliance

Food culture

Join the Southern Foodways Alliance in honoring the 2023 recipient of the 2023 John Egerton Prize, Sadé Meeks. Meeks is a food activist, registered dietitian and director of GRITS (Growing Resilience in the South), a 501c3 organization with the mission to improve the health and well-being of communities through increased awareness of nutrition, food history, and culture.

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Wolf Room: Museum

Bill Carey, Keel Hunt: Non-Fiction, Tennessee

History

Talking Tennessee history with two experts. Carey and Hunt share stories of storied and lesser-known moments and people in Tennessee history.

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Cumberland Tent

J.A. Jance: Mystery

Fiction

From J. A. Jance's New York Times bestselling Brady and Walker novels, federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walker's son-in-law, crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady as he traces the bloody path of a merciless serial killer across the Southwest in this intense thriller.

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Obion Room: Library

Jefferson Cowie: Non-Fiction, American History

Non-Fiction

An "important, deeply affecting--and regrettably relevant" (New York Times) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way. Cowie won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction for this book.

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Mignon François, Memoir

Memoir

"All you have is all you need" is the life lesson entrepreneur Mignon François learned as she turned the $5 she had to feed her family dinner for the week into a multi-million-dollar bakery brand. With no experience and no recipe for success, or cake for that matter, her path was truly made from scratch.

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Piney Room: Museum

Nyani Nkrumah: Fiction

Fiction

A story so poignant, gripping and lyrical, resonant with the emotional urgency of Alice Walker's classics and the poignant charm of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, Wade in the Water tells the layered story of a friendship that develops between Ella, a 12 year-old precocious and mistreated black girl who sees God in the clouds, and Katherine St. James, a mysterious, strikingly well-dressed white woman who arrives in rural Mississippi in the early 80s.

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Rea Frey, Lauren Thoman: Fiction

Fiction

Change comes in the blink of an eye. What is the value of second chances? These two heart-stopping novels leave the reader speechless.

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Harpeth Room: Library

Robert Mugge: Non-Fiction, Documentary Film

Music

Music filmmaker Robert Mugge has directed three-dozen nonfiction films, a majority of them explorations of traditional American music. In his new memoir, Notes from the Road: A Filmmaker’s Journey through American Music, he describes the making of 25 of his key films, and in this hourlong presentation, he and Nashville-based music journalist Ron Wynn will screen clips from Mugge’s riveting portraits of Sun Ra, Al Green, Sonny Rollins, and Rubén Blades (with Linda Ronstadt) and discuss his approaches as both filmmaker and author. According to critic Ken Tucker on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, “The stories he tells go well beyond anecdotes about musicians. He opens us up to the whole world of documentary filmmaking. Notes from the Road is the best thing I’ve read about what it’s like to direct films since Sidney Lumet’s 1996 classic, Making Movies.” And in a “starred review,” Kirkus Reviews calls Mugge's memoir, “A vibrant, entertaining panorama of music-making and the picaresque struggle to capture it on film.”

 12:00 pm, Oct 22
 Duck Room: Museum

Ron York: Fiction

Fiction

The characters from the Nathaniel trilogy and the cast from the Peeper trilogy come together in Ron York's latest novel, Charlie's Encore.

 1:00 pm, Oct 22
 Sequatchie Room: Museum

Gary Gulman: Memoir, Comedy

Memoir

A tour de force of comedy and reflection about the perilous journey from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond--from the beloved stand-up comic and creator of The Great Depresh.

 1:00 pm, Oct 22
 Harpeth Room: Library

Janice Deal, Jessica Hendry Nelson, Matthew Vollmer: Memoir

Memoir

What makes a family, and how much can we sacrifice for them? Through a novel and two memoirs in beautiful prose, these writers ask the fundamental questions and help us answer them for ourselves.

 1:00 pm, Oct 22
 Nolichucky Room: Library

Jerome Moore: Non-Fiction, Social Justice

Non-Fiction

Deep Dish Conversations began as a running online interview series in which host Jerome Moore sits down over pizza with Nashville leaders and community members to talk about the past, present, and future of the city and what it means to live here.

 1:00 pm, Oct 22
 Wolf Room: Museum

Julian Vaca, Lauren Yero, Amelie Wen Zhao: Young Adult

Fantasy

Hacking memories, fallen magicians in fantastic kingdoms, and ruined cities of the future mark these new Young Adult fantasy novels from three bestselling authors.

 1:00 pm, Oct 22
 Conasauga Room: Library

Linda Behrend, T.R.C. Hutton: Non-Fiction, Knoxville

Non-Fiction

Explore Knoxville, Tennessee through stories of prominent women in its history and the University of Tennessee.

 1:00 pm, Oct 22
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Major Jackson: Poetry

Poetry

An exuberant collection of two decades of Major Jackson's passionately intelligent poetry.

 1:00 pm, Oct 22
 Obion Room: Library

Tamika Y. Nunley: Non-Fiction, American History

History

Demonstrating how crimes, convictions, and clemency functioned within a slave society that upheld the property interests of white Virginians, Nunley reveals the frequency with which owners preferred to keep the accused in bondage, which allowed them, behind the veil of paternalism, to continue to benefit from Black women's labor.

 2:00 pm, Oct 22
 Harpeth Room: Library

Carmen Amato, Meredith Lyons, Kelly Oliver: Mystery

Fiction

Authors from Sisters In Crime Middle Tennessee will reveal the key ingredients of a mystery plot and call on the audience to help them create a compelling mystery series outline in real time.

 2:00 pm, Oct 22
 Beer Garden

Jane Lopes, Jonathan Ross: Non-Fiction, Wine

Food culture

The landscape of Australian wine is cracking with new energy and historic traditions that make it one of the most exciting wine-producing countries in the world right now. But the scholarship on Australian wine hasn't always matched the output. How to Drink Australian corrects that.

 2:00 pm, Oct 22
 Conasauga Room: Library

Jeff Fasano: Music, Photography

Music

Americana Portrait Sessions is the first photography book to take a comprehensive view of contemporary Americana music. The collection features intimate portraits that reveal the strength, heart, and soul of nearly two hundred great artists from the big tent that is Americana music, all shot through the expert lens of Jeff Fasano.

 2:00 pm, Oct 22
 Wolf Room: Museum

Mimi Herman, Jolene McIlwain: Fiction

Fiction

In dusty villages, Appalachian Mountains, and seaside communities, the region comes alive with voices and tales in three novels.

 2:00 pm, Oct 22
 Piney Room: Museum

Tui T. Sutherland: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel

Fantasy

The #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to even greater heights with an all-new collection of stories and art from readers' favorite dragon world!

 2:00 pm, Oct 22
 Obion Room: Library

Yasmine Ali, Rachel Louise Martin, Emily Strasser: Non-Fiction, Tennesee History

Non-Fiction

A fire that led to the founding of FEMA. A school desegregation in a small Tennessee town. The secret community that helped build the atomic bomb. These gripping true stories make Tennessee history come alive.

 2:30 pm, Oct 22
 Nolichucky Room: Library

Bradley Collins: Children's Picture Books

Children's

From Chrissy Metz, star of the hit NBC television show This Is Us, and Bradley Collins comes a gorgeous, heartwarming picture book of faith, prayer, and the loving bond between parent and child. Please note: Chrissy Metz's Festival appearance is canceled.

 2:30 pm, Oct 22
 Caney Fork Room: Library

Brian Fairbanks: Non-Fiction, American History

History

Journalist Brian Fairbanks explores how the final showdown between David Duke and Edwin Edwards in November 1991 led to a major shift in our national politics, as well as the rise of the radical right and white supremacist groups, and how history repeated itself in the 2016 presidential election. The story of these political "wizards," almost forgotten by history, remains eerily prescient and disturbingly relevant, and a compulsive page-turner.

 2:30 pm, Oct 22
 Cumberland Tent

Mary Gauthier, Kevin Griffin, Ruta Sepetys: Essays, Creativity

Essays

Creativity is not a talent. The lead singer of a famous rock band, a bestselling and beloved Young Adult author, and a Grammy-nominated songwriter share their journeys with creativity, and how you can explore yours.

 3:00 pm, Oct 22
 Wolf Room: Museum

Dana Malone, Anna Laura Reeve, Lauren Suzanne: Poetry

Poetry

Motherhood, grief, and joy are the heart of these new poetry collections.

 3:00 pm, Oct 22
 Piney Room: Museum

Eddie Chuculate, Doan Phuong Nguyen: Middle Grade

Memoir

Through very personal experiences, these two middle grade authors tell stories about belonging and hope through hardship in fiction and memoir.

 3:00 pm, Oct 22
 Obion Room: Library

Jonathan Abrams, Langston Wilkins: Music, Hip Hop

Music

The music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty years later, it's the most popular music genre in America.

 3:00 pm, Oct 22
 Conasauga Room: Library

Stacy Kranitz: Photography

Photography

Stacy Kranitz is an American photographer who works in the documentary tradition and lives in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee. She has made long-term personal projects about the Appalachian region and worked as an assignment photographer for magazines and newspapers. Kranitz's work is held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Harvard Art Museums.

 3:30 pm, Oct 22
 Harpeth Room: Library

Suzanne Craig Robertson: Non-Fiction, Death Penalty

Non-Fiction

Deeply poignant and astonishingly personal, this "moving story of a death in Tennessee" (Bill Moyers) shows hope can endure, grace can redeem, and humanity can exist--even in the darkest of places

 4:00 pm, Oct 22
 Obion Room: Library

Jay Wellons: Memoir, Medicine

Memoir

In All That Moves Us, Dr. Jay Wellons pulls back the curtain to reveal the profoundly moving triumphs, haunting complications, and harrowing close calls that characterize the life of a pediatric neurosurgeon, bringing the high-stakes drama of the operating room to life with astonishing candor and honest compassion.