Southern Festival of Books
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Oct 22, 2026
Soman ChainaniHOST
Last announcements from me.
Soman ChainaniHOST
Southern Festival of Books in Nashville was amazing.
Soman ChainaniHOST
I had the best time.
Soman ChainaniHOST
I was seated next to a woman and my line was mostly kids and I was spending all this time taking pictures with them.
13 MINS LATER
Soman ChainaniHOST
Okay, my goals for this week, Damager chapter, oh, last week, Damager chapter 32 and 33, done.
Soman ChainaniHOST
I'm just rough drafting 34, which might end up being two chapters.
Soman ChainaniHOST
I got to Nashville for Southern Festival of Books.
Soman ChainaniHOST
Nashville is like the most fun city.
EliHOST
you use a port-a-john?
AmandaHOST
Because I went to the Southern Festival of Books, and it was out on Centennial Park.
EliHOST
Oh.
AmandaHOST
And there's no bathrooms out there other than like going into the museum.
Braden GallHOST
All the weekend.
Braden GallHOST
At the Southern Festival of Books.
Braden GallHOST
When I looked at a map, Betsy, I saw a music stage, a performance stage, and a beer garden.
Braden GallHOST
Yes.
Braden GallHOST
There's a bunch of books we're going to highlight today on the show, kind of promote some really good stuff that you folks are working on in your day job.
Braden GallHOST
Not just being best columnist of the year multiple times running, but your actual job, which is all about creating wonderful literature for everybody in the city to read.
Braden GallHOST
So we're going to spend a lot of time talking about the Southern Festival of Books.
Braden GallHOST
You have a couple of questions of human etiquette, which I love.
Catherine SweeneyCORRESPONDENT
Its last voyage will be December 15th.
Catherine SweeneyCORRESPONDENT
The 38th annual Southern Festival of Books took place over the weekend.
Catherine SweeneyCORRESPONDENT
A conversation with historian Kristen Kobes-Dumais about her new book, Live, Laugh, Love, drew one of the event's largest crowds, and senior music writer Julie Height was there.
Julie HeightCORRESPONDENT
Back in 2020, Kristin Kobes Dumais made headlines with her book Jesus and John Wayne.
Eric HendrikxGUEST
I'm doing some in conversations where I'll be interviewing people live and we'll bring out like next weekend, we'll be in Nashville with Jake from Greta Van Fleet.
Eric HendrikxGUEST
And we're going to do, I think it's 2 p.m. at the Southern Festival of Books.
Eric HendrikxGUEST
And so we'll be doing like a little in conversation and book signing.
Eric HendrikxGUEST
And this is also going to happen this coming week in Hollywood at Book Soup.
Kristin Du MezHOST
And I know there are many Convocation fans who show up in person and it's always an absolute delight.
Kristin Du MezHOST
And I'm back on the road starting tomorrow heading to the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville.
Kristin Du MezHOST
I'll be speaking there on Saturday and also doing a book signing.
Kristin Du MezHOST
And then on Monday and Tuesday, I'm doing a closed event with the ELCA of Michigan.
Rachel IacovoneHOST
I will note that.
Marie Cecile AndersonHOST
Also this weekend is the 38th Annual Southern Festival of Books presented by Humanities Tennessee and Vanderbilt University.
Marie Cecile AndersonHOST
It's absolutely free and takes place at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Library and Archives, and the Tennessee State Museum.
Marie Cecile AndersonHOST
This year's lineup includes many people we have interviewed right here on CityCast Nashville, so be sure to check out Margaret Kingsbury's guide on our website.
Shalonda ThompsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then I was just sitting home one day and I woke up and I'm like, you know what? Maybe it's time because I know that there are other families out there kind of living this double life the way that I did.
Nina CardonaHOST
Just ahead of the Southern Festival of Books, Thompson joined our midday show, This is Nashville, for rapid fire interviews with local part-time authors.
Nina CardonaHOST
Thompson's book, Around the Riverbend, comes out on October 24th.
Nina CardonaHOST
You'll find more news anytime at WPLN.org.
Blake FarmerHOST
I'll tell you that at the show here, we get so many pitches from local authors and yes, we're intrigued, but there are so many minutes, only so many minutes of our show.
Blake FarmerHOST
So in the spirit of the Southern festival of books going on this weekend, we're trying to add a sort of lightning round.
Blake FarmerHOST
Uh, so you're, You're kind of with us on an experiment.
Blake FarmerHOST
Five questions, five minutes, and we'll see how many authors we can fit in.
16 MINS LATER
Blake FarmerHOST
Five minutes goes fast.
Blake FarmerHOST
Five questions must be used wisely.
Blake FarmerHOST
We're featuring as many local authors as we can fit in this hour in honor of the Southern Festival of Books this weekend.
Blake FarmerHOST
Next up, it's Tommy Lubben, one-third of the Lubbin Brothers, author of folk revivalist stories from the most famous band you've never heard of.
Betsy PhillipsHOST
are.
Betsy PhillipsHOST
This is the week of Southern Festival of Books.
Betsy PhillipsHOST
Please come out.
Betsy PhillipsHOST
It's free this weekend.
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