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Evening with an Author
The purpose of the Evening with an Author series is to gather individuals who enjoy books, wine and smart conversation. The Tennessean describes the series as "a monthly opportunity for local literary aficionados to connect with writers in the fresh setting of an art gallery." The series features a wide range of genres including Southern literature, personal memoir, historical fiction, cooking, poetry, mystery, business history, politics and philosophy. Ginna Foster started up the critically acclaimed series in 2007.
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| 11/19/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring Robert Hicks
Tinney Contemporary
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Tinney Contemporary
November 19, 2009
The next event in the Evening with an Author series will feature Robert Hicks author of A Separate Country. As always, the series is free and open to the public.
Set in New Orleans in the years after the Civil War, A Separate Country is a novel based on the incredible life of John Bell Hood, arguably one of the most controversial generals of the Confederate Army--and one of its most tragic figures. Robert E. Lee promoted him to major general after the Battle of...
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| 08/20/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring Jennie Bentley
Tinney Contemporary
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Tinney Contemporary
August 20, 2009
The next event in the Evening with an Author series will feature Jennie Bentley, author of Spackeled and Spooked. As always, the series is free and open to the public.
A career as a REALTOR® and professional renovator has given debut author Jennie Bentley plenty of fodder for her new series of Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation Mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime. She has stumbled over dead bodies - those of...
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| 07/16/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring Robert Benson
Tinney Contemporary
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Tinney Contemporary
July 16, 2009
The next event in the Evening with an Author series will feature Robert Benson, author of The Echo Within: Finding Your True Calling, at Tinney Contemporary. Robert Benson is a talented writer and speaker. You cannot help but be moved by his words because they are both powerful and speak to something universal. To read an excerpt from the book, please see the author's website. As always, the series is free and...
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| 06/04/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring River Jordan
Tinney Contemporary
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Tinney Contemporary
June 4, 2009
The next event in the Evening with an Author series features River Jordan reading and discussing her two most recent books, Saints in Limbo and The Deep, Down & Dirty South at Tinney Contemporary (237 5th Avenue North / downtown across from the Arcade).
Saints In Limbo has been painted by some of the finest fiction voices of today as "a lyrical and relentlessly beautiful book," and "a wise, funny, joyful and deadly serious book, written...
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| 05/14/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring JT Ellison
Martha's at the Plantation
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Martha's at the Plantation
May 14, 2009
The next event in the Evening with an Author series features JT Ellison on Judas Kiss.
Pretty young Corinne Wolff, seven months pregnant, brutally murdered in her own home. Cameras and questions don't usually faze Nashville Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson, but the media frenzy surrounding the Wolff case is particularly nasty... and thorough. It was a murder made for TV: a trail of tiny bloody footprints. An...
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| 04/16/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring Mike Glasgow
Martha's at the Plantation
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Martha's at the Plantation
April 16, 2009
The next event in the Evening with an Author series features Mike Glasgow on The Bridge: The Eric Volz Story.
Twenty-five-year-old Eric Volz moved to Nicaragua in 2005 in pursuit of paradise. Drawn to the town of San Juan del Sur for its pristine beaches and economic potential, he quickly fell in love with the country. Eric's life was taking off like a dream. Then the nightmare began. On November 21, 2006, Eric's ex-girlfriend was tragically murdered in San Juan...
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| 03/19/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring Lorraine Lopez
Martha's at the Plantation
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Martha's at the Plantation
March 19, 2009
The next event in the Evening with an Author series features Lorraine Lopez, author of The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters. This book is a great example of how a novel can both educate as well as entertain. It sheds light on Latino culture in modern day Los Angeles (1960s-1980s) and Native American history in turn-of-the-century New Mexico. As described in her bio, the story was inspired by a revelation in her family's history. Lorraine is a masterful storyteller; you'll not want to miss her...
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| 02/19/09 |
Evening with an Author featuring Barry Kitterman
Martha's at the Plantation
Presented by Evening with an Author
at Martha's at the Plantation
February 19, 2009
Come Enjoy the eighteenth event in the Evening with an Author series featuring Barry Kitterman author of The Baker's Boy. The purpose of the Evening with an Author series is to gather individuals who enjoy books, wine and smart conversation. The series features a wide range of genres including Southern literature, personal memoir, historical fiction, cooking, poetry, mystery, business history, politics and philosophy.
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