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.
Join us for a celebratory event that recognizes the unique life and work of Alabama’s own Eugene Walter on the 104th anniversary of his birth. Walter, a writer, editor, illustrator, translator, actor,...
We’re gathering at The NewSouth Bookstore to help celebrate Julian McPhillips’s 78th birthday. Please stop by to say hello, enjoy a slice of birthday cake, and to pick up a copy of...
We are very fortunate to have as our upcoming guest author Kathleen DuVal, whose Native Nations: A Millennium in North America has been winning brilliant notices. It’s been called “an essential American...
A new book by Lesa Carnes Shaul is a historical page-turner and terrifying work of true crime that gives insight into the lives of rural Alabamians in a rapidly modernizing world. The...
One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values about books is how they can affirm a young person’s sense of self. So in 2022, when she caught wind of a...
The NewSouth Bookstore officially kicks off the 2024 holiday season with a very special event on Sunday, December 8 at 3pm. Enjoy an afternoon of short holiday-themed readings — from the works...
We are excited to welcome to the store Patrick Parr, whose new biography about Malcolm X is already considered the definitive story of the youth and adulthood of one of our most...
A lovely evening awaits us with readings from new work by Brooke Champagne and Jason McCall, scheduled on Thursday, December 12 at 5:30pm. Champagne’s newest book, Nola Face, is a collection of...
There are cookbooks and then there are cookbooks. Anne Byrn’s new Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories has already been called a treasure — a yeasty, mouthwatering...
A fun time is always in the offing with a visit to The NewSouth Bookstore by Kent Quaney, author of the award-winning One Breath from Drowning. Quaney currently teaches at AUM, where...
A new book by the author of Waste brings Catherine Coleman Flowers to The NewSouth Bookstore on Sunday, February 2 at 3pm. Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope is...
Matthew Lockwood is our special guest on Thursday, February 6 at 5:30pm with his new book, Explorers. Brilliant in its brevity, Explorers maps the impulse to seek out new worlds which is...
