Book Review: Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism

Wanda Lloyd will be the “Meet the Author” presenter at noon on Tuesday, March 14 (doors open 11:30 a.m.), at Georgia Writers Museum in Eatonton. In a free-to-attend event, Lloyd will be presenting via Zoom, with registration available at georgiawritersmuseum.org.

Q&A with Stealing Ares author Kim Conrey

Kim Conrey will be Georgia Writers Museum’s “Meet the Author” presenter on Feb. 7, at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. She will be discussing Stealing Ares, her first in-a-series science-fiction book that’s already a runaway seller.

TV deal announced for GWM presenter’s book

News flash from Hollywood: Oscar winner Emma Stone and Emmy-nominated writer-director Dave McCary have launched Fruit Tree, a new film/TV production company with a two-year first-look TV deal with A24, an American independent entertainment company that specializes in film and television production.

Pruitt tells it true at Georgia Writers Museum

John Pruitt was the Georgia Writers Museum's (GWM's) Meet the Author speaker for October, discussing his new book, Tell it True: A Novel, a fictional story loosely based around the cold-blooded murder of African American U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, a Bronze Star awarded World War II veteran.

SWINDELL: Right here, right now: the power of place

The power of place. I’ve been thinking about this phrase a lot recently. It was the theme for the annual conference of the American Alliance for State and Local History, which I was invited to attend at the beginning of September. What does “power of place” mean for Georgia’s Lake Country?

GWM Book Review: ‘The Birth of the New South’

In 2012, the United States commemorated the Civil War sesquicentennial, the 150th anniversary of the start of the war. At the time, I was working at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

Q&A with Doc Holliday author Victoria Wilcox

Victoria Wilcox is a leading authority on Doc Holliday, the deputy with Wyatt Earp at the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. She will be the Georgia Writers Museum’s “Meet the Author” presenter at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, (doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The World of Doc Holliday: a book review for the Georgia Writers Museum

A month or so ago, I returned to my office one afternoon to find a book about Doc Holliday on my desk with a note from Chip Bell requesting I read the text and write a short review of it for the Georgia Writers Museum.

Doc Holiday expert Victoria Wilcox at Georgia Writers Museum for ‘Meet the Author’ event

Victoria Wilcox will be the Georgia Writers Museum “Meet the Author” presenter July 19, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

GWM presents “Becoming a New Author” writers workshop

“You should write a book!” Is that a question you often hear but don’t know where to start? Do you have a rough draft of a book but need advice on the next steps? Have you published a book but are looking for expertise on how best to promote it?