What the Children Told Us
Thursday, March 9 at 5:30pm:Tim Spofford will be our special guest at the bookstore in connection with his new book, which details a dramatic episode in Black history told in vivid detail...
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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.
An American Story
Friday, March 17 at 5:30pm: The NewSouth Bookstore is pleased to be the on-site retailer at the Civil Rights Memorial Center for a special event open to the public featuring Kwame Alexander....
Africatown: America’s Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
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...
The NewSouth Bookstore’s first annual poetry read-aloud
April 20 at 5:30pm: The NewSouth Bookstore’s first annual poetry read-aloud: Join us in honor of National Poetry Month. We’ll gather chairs in a circle and sit together to listen as friends...
Hands on the Freedom Plow
April 28 at 4:30pm: The annual Clifford and Virginia Durr Lecture brings Martha Prescod Norman Noonan to Montgomery. She presents on her book Hands on the Freedom Plow at ASU’s Ralph D....
Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter
Thursday, May 18 at 5:30pm:The fascinating double identity of Asa Carter is a subject of Dan Carter’s newest book, Unmasking the Klansman: The Double Life of Asa and Forrest Carter, new from...
A magnificent new biography of Martin Luther King Jr., titled King: A Life
Thursday, June 8 at 5:30pm: A magnificent new biography of Martin Luther King Jr., titled King: A Life, is making headlines. The NewSouth Bookstore is proud to host author Jonathan Eig for...
Stalking Shakespeare
Thursday, June 22 at 5:30pm: Author Lee Durkee will be our very special bookstore guest on Thursday, June 22 at 5:30pm with his new work, Stalking Shakespeare. This book is a darkly...