Fall Regionals
as Mark de Castrique reading from Murder in Rat Alley (Poisoned
Pen), Dale Neal from Appalachian Book of the Dead (Southern Fried
Karma), and Ron Rash from In the Valley (Doubleday). In addi-
tion, every meal features authors. And for those who just
can’t get enough chances to meet and hear writers and
illustrators, the show closes with a movable feast, in
which authors move from table to table. Among the
nearly two dozen writers are Grady Hendrix (The Southern
Book Club’s Guide to Vampires, Quirk), T.J. Smith (The
Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery, Univ. of North
Carolina), and Emma Copley Eisenberg (The Third
Rainbow Girl, Hachette).● In addition, author panels are an integral part of Friday’s day of education. A fiction
panel titled “Too Good to Be True” features Patti Callahan Henry (The Perfect Love
Song, Thomas Nelson), Diane Chamberlain (Big Lies in a Small Town, Macmillan), and
Rita Woods (Remembrance, Forge). One on nonfiction delves into the need for real
stories with Tom Clavin (All Blood Runs Red, Hanover Square) and Lee Standiford (Palm
Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America’s Xanadu, Atlantic Monthly), among others.
Children’s authors, including Shanda McCloskey (T-bone the Drone, Little, Brown
BFYR), Frank Sileo (Snitchy Witch, Magination), and Deborah Wiles (Anthem,
Scholastic Press), serve on a panel titled “Read Early, Read Often.” EUREKAsiba
sessions, which function as mini TED talks, cover subjects such as preparing for death,
hosted by Dana Trent (Dessert First, Chalice Press), and why we need true stories,
hosted by Cameron Dezen Hammon (This Is My Body, Lookout Books).NCIBA Discovery Show
Sept. 20–21
The Hyatt Burlingame
(Burlingame, Calif.)● The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association is testing a new
venue this year, one with lots of natural light: the Hyatt Burlingame. As in previous
years, the two-day show will focus on children’s books and authors on Friday and
adult authors on Saturday, when most children’s booksellers have to be back at their
stores. If anything, the division has helped net the association an
exceptionally strong slate of authors on both days. “It is a really
phenomenal list,” NCIBA executive director Calvin Crosby says.
“Publishers have been really generous.” That generosity extends
to filling two separate author receptions. The children’s reception
on Friday features Steven Banks (Middle School Bites, Holiday
House), Dorothy Hearst and Pamela Berkman (Filigree’s Midnight
Ride, S&S), Anna-Marie McLemore (Dark and Deepest Red, Feiwel
& Friends), and Parker Peevyhouse (Strange
Exit, Tor Teen), among others. At the adult
reception, Andy Weinberger (An Old Man’s
Game, Prospect Park), owner of Readers’ Books
in Sonoma and one of a number of bookseller/
authors at the show, will be joined by Cara Black
(Three Hours in Paris, Soho), Adam Hochschild
(Rebel Cinderella, HMH), Ian Williams
(Reproduction, Europa), and others.
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