Welcome! We realize that since we have customers in all fifty states and around the world, many of you never have the opportunity of meeting the authors who sign your books.
We are beginning to dig into our archives to give you a chance to see and hear these wonderful writers and share our events. We will also be more diligent in our efforts to preserve future visits, so come back often and see our newest guests.
John Archibald – SHAKING THE GATES OF HELL – January 22, 2021 – The Alabama Booksmith
Rick Bragg – Ava's Man – August 25, 2001 – Radisson Hotel Birmingham - C-Span
Rick Bragg – BEST COOK IN THE WORLD – November 29, 2017 – The Alabama Booksmith
Rick Bragg – Prince of Frogtown – August 21, 2007 – McWane Science Center
Rick Bragg – WHERE I COME FROM – October 22, 2020 – Rick Bragg's Home - Jacksonville, Alabama
Monte Burke – LORDS OF THE FLY – September 8, 2020 – The Alabama Booksmith & Monte Burke's Home
Ken Burns – The War – September 9, 2007 – The Alabama Booksmith
Patti Callahan – SURVIVING SAVANNAH – October 29, 2020 – The Alabama Booksmith
Pat Conroy – South of Broad – August 18, 2009 – Doubletree Hotel
Dennis Covington - Revelation - February 16, 2016 - Bookmark
Anton DiSclafani - The After Party - June 1, 2016 - Bookmark
Helen Ellis - American Housewife - January 18, 2016 - Bookmark
Beth Ann Fennelly - Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro Memoirs - October 11, 2017 - Alabama Booksmith
Fannie Flagg – I Still Dream About You – November 20, 2010 – Virginia Samford Theater
Alex George - Setting Free the Kites - March 1, 2017 - Bookmark
Peter Golden - Wherever There Is Light - November 15, 2015 - Bookmark
John Grisham - SOOLEY - April 29, 2021 - The Alabama Booksmith & John Grisham's Office
Winston Groom - Forrest Gump - September 29, 2014 - The Doubletree Hotel
Anthony Ray Hinton -The Sun Does Shine - March 27, 2018 - Historic Federal Reserve Building
Khaled Hosseini – And the Mountains Echoed – June 16, 2013 – Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
David Joy - The Weight of this World - March 20, 2017 - Bookmark
Jan Karon - Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good - September 2, 2014 - Cathedral Church of the Advent
Charlie Lovett - The Lost Book of the Grail - March 21, 2017 - Bookmark
James McBride - Kill 'Em and Leave - April 12, 2016 - Alabama Booksmith
James McBride - Kill 'Em and Leave - May 24, 2016 - Bookmark
Robert McCammon - Cardinal Black - April 20, 2019 - The Alabama Booksmith
Robert McCammon - Freedom of the Mask - June 2, 2016 - Bookmark
Robert McCammon - THE LISTENER - December 7, 2017 - The Alabama Booksmith
Jon Meacham: Bookmark Interview with Don Noble - December 15, 2015 - Alabama Booksmith
Marja Mills – Mockingbird Next Door - July 23, 2014 – Alabama Theatre
Jim Noles – A Pocketful of History -May 8, 2009 – Alabama Booksmith - C-Span
Connor Towne O'Neill - DOWN ALONG WITH THAT DEVIL'S BONES - October 7, 2020 - The Alabama Booksmith
George Packer - Blood of the Liberals - October 6, 2000 - Alabama Booksmith - C-Span
Gin Phillips - FAMILY LAW - March 20, 2021 - The Alabama Booksmith
Anne Rice - Christ the Lord - 2005 - Alabama Booksmith - Bookmark
George Saunders - LINCOLN IN THE BARDO - October 19, 2017 - The Alabama Booksmith
George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo - February 21, 2017 - Bookmark
Lee Smith - Dimestore: A Writer's Life - June 1, 2016 - Bookmark
Kathryn Stockett – The Help – February 11, 2009 – Alabama Booksmith
T.K. Thorne - BEHIND THE MAGIC CURTAIN - May 13, 2021 - The Alabama Booksmith
Ian Toll - PACIFIC WAR TRILOGY - August 29, 2020 - The Alabama Booksmith & Ian Toll's Home
Victor Vescovo - EXPEDITION DEEP OCEAN - December 21, 2020 - The Alabama Booksmith
Kevin Wilson - Perfect Little World - January 23, 2017 - Bookmark
Kathryn Tucker Windham – Telling Harper Lee Stories – July 11, 2010 – Alabama Booksmith