MEETINGS & EVENTS

Coming Soon

2022202320242025

January 11
Post-Holiday BluesParty
and Business Meeting
January 10
Post-Holiday Blues Party and Business Meeting
January 9
Post-Holiday Blues Party
and Business Meeting
January 14
Post-Holiday Blues Party
and Business Meeting
February 8
Steven Womack
Fade Up From Black 
February
February Fun
McAlister’s Deli
February 13
Q&A with Steven Womack

February 11
Panel: Traditional Publishing Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
March 8
Book Discussion
The Other Black Girl
March  14
Almost Ides of March
Current Projects
March 12
Clay Stafford & Steven Womack
Conference 101

March 11
Writing Craft:
“Level Up Your Descriptions by Reading Like a Writer”
April 12
Cate Moore
Bog Bodies
April 11
Book Discussion
No One Will Miss Her
April 9
Book Discussion
Your House Will Pay
by Steph Cha

April 8
Bog Bodies
Catherine Moore

April 23
Meet & Greet, followed by book signing with debut author Patricia Shanae Smith at Parnassus
May 10
John DeDakis
Writing Key Scenes
May 9
Sara Wigal,
Belmont Prof.
& Marketing Expert

May 14
Sara Wigal
Why You Need an Intern and How to Get One at Low or No Cost
May 13
Book Discussion with
Rick Glaze
Face of Greed
by James L’Etoile
June 14
Peggy O’Neal Peden
Gone Missin’
June 13
Clay Stafford
Killer Nashville

June 11
McCracken Poston
Zenith Man: Death Love and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom
June 10
Panel – Indie Publishing Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
July 12
Ron Demmans
Eminent Domain
July 11
Kelly Brown
Former ATF Agent

July 9
Lois Winston
Author, Former Agent
Top 10 Reasons a Manuscript is Rejected
July 8
Investigation & Forensics
TBA
August 9
Book Discussion
The Thursday Murder Club
August 8
Book Discussion
Blacktop Wasteland
August 13
Book Discussion
Flags on the Bayou
by James Lee Burke

August 12
Book Discussion with
Phyllis Gobbell
Battle Mountain
by C.J. Box

August 21-24
Killer Nashville

Social Gathering
during KN
(Details TBA)
September 13
Carmen Amato
CIA
September 12
Bob Mangeot
Short Stories

September 10
Social Event and Conference Decompression
September 9
Writing Craft
Q&A with Clay Stafford
Oct. 14-16
Southern Festival of Books

October 29
Killin’ It on the Farm
Writing Craft Workshop
October 21-22
Southern Festival of Books
October 8
Preparation & Planning Meeting for Southern Festival of Books

October 26-27
Southern Festival of Books
October 14
Writing Craft:
“Writing Strong Female Protagonists in Dangerous Professions”
with
Author and Former CIA Officer Carmen Amato

October 17-19
Southern Festival of Books

Social Gathering in Germantown during Festival
(Details TBA)
November 8
JuLee Brand
W Brand Publishing
November 14
Book Discussion
The Maid
November 12
Forensic/Law Enforcement Presentation
November 11
Book Marketing & Author Branding
with
Publicist Terena Bell
December 13
Book Discussion
Five Decembers
December 12
Kari Barnhart
Studio Bank

December 10
Book Discussion
The Hunter
by Tana French
December 9
Book DIscussion with Lynette Ingram
Book TBA