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November 2019
Sonja Livingston In Conversation With Susan Cushman at Novel Memphis
Susan Cushman, author of Friends of the Library, Cherry Bomb, and several other books and numerous essays, will be joined by author Sonja Livingston for a conversation about writing and religion at Novel Books in Memphis on November 24. Livingston's latest book is The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions into Devotion.
Find out more »Signing Books on the Porch at Sundog Books, Seaside Florida
Susan Cushman will be signing copies of her short story collection FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY on the front porch at Sundog Books in Seaside, Florida on November 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Weekend on the beach! Photos are from her signing at Sundog in 2017 for her novel Cherry Bomb and her annual stay at Seagrove Beach for Thanksgiving with her husband!
Find out more »December 2019
Listeners’ Book Club, Chickasaw Country Club, Memphis
On December 12 Susan will be the guest of the oldest book club in Memphis! The Listeners Book Club has been meeting since 1957. She will be talking about her short story collection FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY over lunch at the Chickasaw Country Club.
Find out more »January 2020
Authors and Characters at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Library
Join Mississippi author Susan Cushman for "Authors and Characters" Luncheon on January 14, 2020, at 11:45 a.m. Susan will be talking about her short story collection, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. Susan's books will be available for purchase (and signing) from Bay Books of Old Town Bay St. Louis.
Find out more »Pulpwood Queens 20th Anniversary Girlfriend Weekend
Susan will join other authors and book club members at the 20th anniversary of Pulpwood Queens Girlfiend Weekend, in Jefferson, Texas. Susan will be on two panels during the weekend: one for her new short story collection FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, and another for the anthology she edited, THE PULPWOOD QUEENS CELEBRATE 20 YEARS! Event runs Thursday-Saturday, January 17-19, 2020.
Find out more »Reading Roundtable in Senatobia, Mississippi
Memphis author Susan Cushman will be returning to the R. C. Pugh Library at Northwest Mississippi Community College for another Reading Roundtable, to discuss her short story collection, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, including the story, "Senatobia: John and Mary Margaret," which was inspired by the author's visit here in 2017.
Find out more »Memphis Medical Awareness Club at Hutchison School
Susan is speaking to the to the high school students at the Memphis Medical Awareness Club at Hutchison School at 12 p.m. on January 30. Each month the club focuses on a different disease. For January, it's Alzheimer's. Susan will be talking about her book TANGLES AND PLAQUES: A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FACE ALZHEIMER'S. Susan is a member of AlzAuthors.com, a group of over 150 authors who have published books about various aspects of caregiving for those with Alzheimer's and…
Find out more »March 2020
2020 AWP Conference and Bookfair: San Antonio, Texas
Susan Cushman will be moderating a panel at the 2020 AWP Conference and Bookfair in San Antonio March 4-7, 2020, with panelists Jeffrey Blount, Johnnie Bernhard, and Rebecca Dwight Bruff. The panel is titled, "Family, Race, and Freedom in the Old and New South." The conference schedule will be published in October and this post will be updated at that time.
Find out more »Starkville, Mississippi Friends of the Library
Susan can't wait to get back to the Friends of the Library group in Starkville, Mississippi, and share her story that was inspired by her first visit to Starkville back in 2017! Copies of FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY will be available for purchase and Susan will be signing them.
Find out more »Jambalaya Writers’ Conference Workshop Speaker
Susan Cushman will be presenting a workshop at the 2020 Jambalaya Writers' Conference on March 14, 2020. Her schedule for the conference includes these events: 10:30 a.m. - Workshop on publishing with independent and academic presses 12:00 p.m. - Book Signing for FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY 3:00 p.m. - Panel for THE PULPWOOD QUEENS CELEBRATE 20 YEARS! with Kathy Murphy, Johnniie Bernhard, and Melissa Carrigee
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