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.
The fascinating but troubled life of Montgomery’s own Sara Mayfield (1905—1979) emerges from the pages of a fine new biography by Jennifer Horne, titled Odyssey of a Wandering Mind. We are lucky...
Mary Dearborn is our guest at the bookstore on Sunday, April 21 at 3pm for a talk about her major new release, Carson McCullers: A Life. The first biography of McCullers in...
March is Women’s History Month. This year, we’re organizing our first bookstore group read — think of it as a one-time, one-book book club — in recognition of it. Our selection for...
Historian Dominic Erdozain’s “brilliant and gut-wrenching” (NYTimes) takedown of American gun culture is a new book and the subject of the talk he will give at The NewSouth Bookstore on Thursday, May...
We are excited to welcome a half dozen contributors to Old Enough: Southern Women on Creativity and Aging to The NewSouth Bookstore on Sunday, June 2 at 3pm. Join us for readings...
Two local writing talents read from their new work at The NewSouth Bookstore on Thursday, June 6 at 5:30pm. Garrett Ashley’s short story collection, Periphylla, and Other Deep Ocean Attractions, introduces a...
Join us at The NewSouth Bookstore for a special program arranged in partnership with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF): Playwright Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder will talk about her semi autobiographical Southern story of...
We welcome Gerry Wilson to The NewSouth Bookstore on Tuesday, June 11 at 5:30pm. Bart Barton will lead her in conversation about her first novel, That Pinson Girl. Told against the backdrop of...
Singer-songwriter Karren Pell and her Old Alabama Revue bring a new program — appropriately called “Summer’s Comin’” — to The NewSouth Bookstore on Thursday, June 13 at 6pm. Enjoy the talents of...
Jonathan Rigsby spends his days as a crime intelligence analyst and nights as an Uber driver. Reeling from a divorce and struggling to pay rent while caring for his autistic son, Rigsby...
A fun evening is in store for you with a talk by Michael Streissguth about his new book Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South...
A new book by Professor Edda Fields-Black — an exceptional work of American history — tells the story of one of Harriet Tubman’s most extraordinary exploits. The author joins us at The...
