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By: Carey Weeks

The book selections for

January are some of the

most incredible picks to

date. After spending a

weekend listening to

stories from both PatConroy and Sonny Brewer,

they are, I believe, the

Shakespeares of our time.

In Sonny Brewers new

book,Dont Quit Your Day

Job: Acclaimed Authors

and the Jobs they Quit, he

has collected an array of

talented Southern authors

stories that feed the soul

for anyone who loves to

read or has the ambition to

become a writer. He is a

force to be reckoned with..His previous works The

Poet of Tolstoy Park, The

Widow and the Tree, andA

Sound Like Thunder are

stories that touch the

heartstrings on many

levels.

Pat Conroy, as you know,

is a legend in the industry,

with his novels The Prince

of Tides, South of Broad,

and many more. Although

much of his time at the2011 Girlfriend Weekend

was sharing funny stories

with friend and mentor

Bernie Schein, his message

was clear, he writes

because we read and his

new book My Reading Life

is about just that, reading.

He read an excerpt from

pgs. 304-305.

Good writing is the

hardest form of thinking. It

involves the agony of

turning profoundly difficultthoughts into lucid form,

then forcing them into the

tight-fitting uniform of

language, making them

visible and clear. If the

writing is good, then the

result seems effortless and

inevitable.

A Magnificent Duo: January Books offer a glimpse

into the lives of Pat Conroy and Sonny Brewer

January 27, 2011

The Beauty and the Book

Show is now online! Log on

to see your favorite authors.

The Red River Pulpwood

Queens will be featured on

February 1, 2011.

beautyandthebookshow.com

Karen Abbott 1/18/11

Paula McLain1/18/11

Fannie Flagg 1/25/11

Helen Simonson 2/1/11

Susan Vreeland 2/8/11

Deborah Rodriguez

2/15/11

Frank Delaney 2/22/11

Yann Martel 3/1/11

Pat Conroy 3/8/11

Janelle Brown 3/15/11

Melanie Benjamin 3/22/11

Lisa See 3/29/11

Red River Pulpwood Queens

January Newsletter

The Shreveport area chapter of the largest "meeting and discus sing" book c lub in the world

Upcoming Events:

February 1, 20116:00pm, Beauty and theBook Show Watch Party

at Queen Careys House.

4423 Tibbs St. Shreveport.

March 5, 2011TheGlory of Green, author &RRPQ Judy Christie signsnew book, Barnes &Noble Shreveport

11:00am.

April 7-13, 2011Arkansas Literary Festival,

Little Rock, more info

TBA

May 13-15, 2011FredMcKenzie Storytelling

Festival, Jefferson TX.

More info TBA

Pat Conroy & Bernie Schein

Janis Owens & Sonny Brewer

February Book

Selection

I Still Dream About

You by Fannie Flagg

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2. Malaprops

Asheville, North Carolina

www.malaprops.com

3. Lemuria Books

Jackson, Mississippi

www.lemuriabooks.com

4. Faulkner House Books

New Orleans, Louisiana

www.faulknerhouse.net

5. Sundog Books

Seaside, Florida

www.sundogbooks.com

1. Alabama Booksmith

Birmingham, Alabama

www.alabamabooksmith.com

At the end of the second day of

Girlfriend Weekend, awards were given

to individual authors in categories voted

on by each chapter of the Pulpwood

Queens. Each winning author was

presented with a crystal perfume bottle

as a trophy.

Melissa Conroy presented the

Pulpwood Queens Childrens

Book of the Year to Kimberly

Willis Holt ofThe Water Seeker

(top photo).

Jamie Ford presented the

Pulpwood Queens Bonus Bookof the Year to Jeanette Walls of

Half Broke Horses.

Pat Conroy was not present to hand

out the Pulpwood Queens Book

of the Year. Queen Kathy did the

honors and awarded Helen

Simonson ofMajor Pettigrews

Last Stand with a perfume bottle.

(bottom photo)

Mary Gay Shipley presented the

Doug Marlette Award for

Lifetime Achievement of

Promoting Literacy to author

Sonny Brewer ofDont Quit Your

Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and

the Day Jobs they Quit.

The KAT Award was presented byKathy Patrick to the Dallas

Morning News for excellent media

coverage throughout the year.

Virginia Woolf Jan. 25, 1882 Mrs.

Dalloway, To the Lighthouse

Lewis Carroll Jan. 27, 1832 Al-

ices Adventures in Wonderland

Norman Mailer Jan. 31, 1923 The

Naked and the Dead

Carl Sandburg Jan. 6, 1878 The

Complete Poems, Cornhuskers

Zora Neale Hurston Jan. 7, 1903

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Jack London Jan. 12, 1876 White

Fang, Call of the Wild

Ernest J. Gaines Jan. 15, 1933 A

Lesson Before Dying

Edgar Allan Poe Jan. 19, 1809 The

Raven

J.R.R. Tolkien Jan. 3, 1892 Lord of

the Rings, The Hobbit

Southern Living Announces Souths Best Book Stores

2010 Pulpwood Queens Book Awards

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January Literary Birthdays

Pulitzer Prize winning

author Rick Bragg has

announced that he is now

a regular contributor for

Southern Living Magazinewith his column Southern

Journal. RRPQ author Judy

Christies novel

Goodness Gracious

Green is now ranked

#2 on the list of free

Kindle downloads on

Amazon. Congrats!

Each year on his birthday,

Edgar A. Poes grave in

Baltimore is visited by an

anonymous bringer of Cognac

and roses. This year, he was a

no-show for the 2nd year in a

row, leading some to think

that the Poe Toaster has died.