Think books, think music, think plays and come to the Alabama Book Festival on Saturday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the grounds of Montgomery’s historic Old Alabama Town, to experience them all.
Festival-goers will find novelists, poets and children’s writers at the Alabama Book Festival. They’ll also have opportunities to hear music, watch plays, and listen to playwrights talk about how to bring works of literature to the stage.
Among the festival special features is a performance by singer/songwriter Davis Raines. Raines, a native of Alabama, is an accomplished Nashville songwriter who's been called "one of the few real treasures left in Music City." He has just released his third and most personal CD, Going to Montgomery. Produced by Tricia Walker and released on APS Records, it continues Raines' long, passionate career of creating soulful music that tells stories, and most of those stories begin Down South.
Another special feature of the festival will be the performance of an excerpt from the acclaimed theater production “Conecuh People.”
Based on the book by writer and Alabama native Wade Hall, the play is a long-running production of Union Springs’ Red Door Theater. It tells the poignant story of a Bullock County boy's adolescence and two events - one good and one bad - that shaped his life. Ty Adams, a Barbour County (AL) native currently living in New York, adapted Wade Hall's autobiographical book of the same name to the stage. Hall will join director Margie Benson and lyricist Jeff Pate for a panel discussion of the play.
The festival will feature a total of six stages, including a poets’ tent featuring Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey, special children’s area with authors, illustrators, storytellers and activities. For a full schedule of events and presenters, go to www.alabamabookcenter.org or call 334-844-4946. The festival is sponsored by the Alabama Center for the Book, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, Old Alabama Town and many other partners. The event is free and open to everyone.
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