The NewSouth Bookstore actively hosts bookstore and off-site literary programs — book talks and readings — along with a variety of other programs both entertaining and educational. These include presentations by historians, readings of plays, music events, and community service programs. We enjoy such gatherings quite a lot. Our bookstore events calendar is always evolving, so please regularly check back here for updates to our calendar (and/or follow us on social media, where all such activities are also posted). We welcome your event suggestions and thank you for your support.
Thursday, March 30 at 5:30pm:
Nick Tabor joins us at The NewSouth Bookstore to discuss his new book, Africatown: America’s Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created. The story focuses on the community founded by enslaved people carried to the Gulf Coast by the Clotilda, the remains of which were recently discovered. That community was rooted in slavery, but its people refused to let that be their only identity. In Africatown Yoruba was spoken, and its residents appointed their own leaders. Today, those living there battle the effects of pollution from surrounding industry and land developers. Tabor tells an evocative story about an inspirational history tied to this place.