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Night, Night, Birmingham shows city off to kids of all ages

December 14th, 2011 · No Comments · books

Laurel, Maddie, and Michelle. Photo by Buddy Roberts.

Buddy Roberts sits down with the ladies behind “Night Night Birmingham” – and gets them to read a little from the book too!

Susannah Felts’ new book drops tomorrow

February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · birmingham, books, events, literary

This will go down on your Permanent Record bookcover

Tomorrow night at 7 p.m., you can find Susannah Felts at The Bottletree reading and signing her new book This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record. The book is all about developing an identity as an artist among the culture of the New South. In anticipation of the book’s release I traded a few [...]

Murder in the Magic City

February 8th, 2008 · No Comments · birmingham, books, events, homewood

Tomorrow, the Homewood Library hosts the 2008 mystery fan conference menacingly monikered Murder in the Magic City. The door open at 9 a.m. and runs through 4 p.m. The cost is $45 and includes lunch (for those with reservations), drinks, snacks and a “goody bag”. Because of limited seating they have been encouraging reservations, but [...]

Greencup Books opens tomorrow

February 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · 35222, birmingham, books, events

This Friday, February 8th, at 2 p.m., Birmingham’s newest used bookstore opens its doors to the public. This grand-opening of Greencup Books, located in an old two-story brick building at 105 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd., South (next to Bare Hands Gallery), includes a kick-off event featuring a signing with Tony Crunk and artist Peter Wilm, [...]

Looking through the lens of Birmingham books

January 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · books, culture, literary

Special to The Terminal. It is no secret that Birmingham’s history is one filled with infamous people and colorful events. It’s also one that has been well documented in the pages of books. But books don’t always survive the decades and the ones that do often find themselves buried in the back of used bookstores [...]

Slamming in the ‘Ham

January 16th, 2008 · No Comments · birmingham, books, events, homewood

Ultimate Fighting Champion Matt Hughes is cruising through Birmingham tomorrow night. He’ll be at the Wildwood Shopping Center Books-A-Million location at 7 p.m. He’ll be ready to pose for pictures and will be signing his new book Made in America, which is loaded with tons of background information about his rise to dominance and dishes [...]