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THE2NDHAND takes over The Bottletree TONIGHT!

July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · literary

The folks from the Chicago/Birmingham/NYC literary broadsheet THE2NDHAND are taking over The Bottletree tonight starting at 7:30 p.m. for a reading. L.A. punk magazine Razorcake co-founder Sean Carswell, Atlanta’s Blake Butler (editor of literary zine Lamination Colony), Birmingham poet (and University of Montevallo English professor) Jim Murphy, and THE2NDHAND’s Todd Dills will help you unwind [...]

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Susannah Felts’ new book drops tomorrow

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

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 [...]

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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 or [...]

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The Big Read’s Big Kick-Off

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments · birmingham, books, citywide, literary

Today, the balloons were bought and the were cakes cut in honor of this year’s Big Read. Libraries across Birmingham have activities planned all day to help build awareness and participation in Project Mockingbird, which is the library systems push to get all of Jefferson County reading Harper Lee’s classic To Kill A Mockingbird. Think [...]

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Malcolm’s Reading Room

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments · 35203, alabama, birmingham, books, literary

The newest kid on Birmingham’s book selling block is Malcolm’s Reading Room (404 17th St. North) located in the ground level of the historic Masonic Temple building off of 4th Avenue North. Malcolm’s Reading Room is billed as an African-American bookstore – the banners, t-shirts and colors make obvious after stepping through the door. But [...]

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Kathryn Tucker Windham to speak at Samford

October 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment · alabama, birmingham, books, events, lecture, literary

The beloved author and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham is scheduled to take part in a program at Samford University’s Library on October 20 according to this post on NewSouth’s blog.
A quick look at the university’s calendar does not mention the event, but it is important to note that it is scheduled to occur during their [...]

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