Brannon book blog

Barbara Kingsolver interview featured in Goodreads Newsletter-

Barbara Kingsolver, a Nicholas County native, is featured in an exclusive interview in the Goodreads monthly newsletter released today. Among other things the interview includes ten questions and answers and a discussion of her latest book, Lacuna.

The entire interview along with interviews with other authors and a wealth of other reading recommendations can be found in the Goodreads newsletter.

http://www.goodreads.com/newsletter/show/november2009

Sherry Chandler, Bourbon County author offers very informative blog-

Sherry Chandler, a Bourbon County resident and author of two poetry books and recipient of several awards for her works also authors a very informative blog which contains a wealth of information about Kentucky authors and literary matters. The blog has up-to-date posts on a variety of matters but the blog itself is an important resource worth a look. We will provide more information on Sherry’s work in a later post but readers are encourage to take a look at her site.

http://sherrychandler.com/

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail will be discussed at book signing-

Bourbon County authors Berkeley and Jeanine Scott will be discussing their most recent work, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which contains more than 200 historical images relating to the history of bourbon making in Kentucky. The discussion will take place at the Paris-Bourbon County Library on Tuesday, November 17 at 6:30 p.m.

No word on a ‘tasting.’ I suppose we could arrange for that on our own following the presentation.

David and Lalie Dick were among the highlights of the Kentucky Book Fair in Frankfort Saturday.

David Dick needs little promotion as an author in that he has a large following of loyal readers of his many books over the last few years. He and Lalie participated in the Kentucky Book Fair last Saturday and were a highlight of my visit. The Dick’s were seen autographing books including David’s recent work, Outhouse Blues. Their stature in the book business is second to none.

In picture below, David Dick is seated at left while Lalie hosts their display.

Nicholas native Don Dampier chats about his books at Kentucky book fair-

My visit to the Kentucky book fair Saturday was interesting. We didn't get there until a few minutes before closing but still met a number of very interesting people. Even for those who may not read that much, the book fair has quite a variety of offerings from Kentucky authors. My particular interest was in authors from the Bourbon/Nicholas County area so I visited with Don Dampier, a Nicholas County native who shares a mutual friend, Jock Conley. Dampier has a couple of interesting books out: Finding the fifties and Why write a book. There is a link under Nicholas County authors for more information about Dampier's books.

Dampier is show in photo discussing one of his books with book fair visitors.

Area authors to appear at Kentucky Book Fair Saturday-

Several area authors are among those who will be featured at the 28^th annual Kentucky Book Fair in Frankfort on Saturday, November 7.

The Kentucky Book Fair, Inc., was founded in 1981 under the appropriate statutes of the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable and non-profit corporation for the sole purpose of staging an annual book fair.

The Kentucky Book Fair has three key goals:

To honor the profession of writing in the form of a one-day celebration

To provide a format for authors to meet their reading public

To raise money through the sale of books and donate all profits to mostly school and public libraries throughout Kentucky

Among those who are scheduled to participate from the Bourbon and Nicholas County area include:

Dick, David & Lalie, Outhouse Blues

Leach, Tom, Rich Tradition

Dampier, Don J.. Why Write a Book?

Scott, Berkeley & Jeanine, Images of America/The KY Bourbon Trail

For information on the book fair visit

http://www.kybookfair.org/2009/

Links to sites on each of the above authors are listed in the sidebar.

Welcome to new readers!

The Brannon book blog has been under construction for a few weeks but is about to launch in a more serious way. A number of new readers have been visiting the blog and I wanted to welcome each of you and direct your attention to the sidebar at right which has begun an effort to list the authors from our area of the state together with a link to either their web site or a site where their books can be purchased.

Anyone with information such as book signings or advice to new publishers, marketing ideas and the like are encourage to share your experience.

In upcoming weeks hopefully we can together make this blog an interesting resource.