The garrulous and funny Iles, disabled in 2011 after a catastrophic and profoundly life-changing car accident, is also known for playing guitar in the rocker/writer “supergroup” Rock Bottom Remainders, with Stephen King, Scott Turow, and other authors.
Savannah Book Festival
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Anne & Christopher Rice, P.J. O’Rourke announced for SAV Book Fest
Three blockbuster authors will kick off, keynote and close the 2015 Savannah Book Festival, Feb. 12-15, 2015. Janet Evanovich, New York Times best-selling author of 21 Stephanie Plum mystery novels, […]
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Book Fest: Sex, guns, and money
‘Jefferson really did understand what Hamilton’s policies were leading to. But then again, today we live in Hamilton’s world.’
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Book Fest: Hot dogs $200 French meals
‘If it’s in the book, I’ve decided even if it’s swarming with tourists it still holds some remarkable element of wowness.’
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Book Fest: Crazy like a Fox (News)
‘It’s the first time a TV network has surpassed a major political party in terms of influence and control over the political agenda.’
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Book Fest: ‘Love can change the world’
Often revisiting and reimagining the themes of fairy tales and female identity, Hoffman continues to bring unique, accessible stories to the modern American canon. Her latest novel is The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a winding, redemptive romance set against the backdrop of a New York City on the verge of social revolution.
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Book Fest: The acts you’ve known for all these years
“The Beatles were experimenting with some bizarre instruments that you didn’t really hear in pop music, like the sitar. And then the Stones did that.”
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Book Fest extends author signature sales
Visitors to the 2014 Savannah Book Festival this February may now pre-purchase select books written by participating authors and still have those books autographed during the Festival, Feb. 13-16. Books […]
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Nicholas Sparks tix on sale now
Tickets are on sale for best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, who will speak at Trustees Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 8, , in a special appearance sponsored by the Savannah Book Festival. […]
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Nicholas Sparks coming in October for Book Fest event
Nicholas Sparks, author The Notebook, Message in a Bottle and The Last Song, is coming for a Savannah Book Festival speaking engagement on October 8. Sparks’ visit is part of […]
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Shameless self-promotion
Connect Savannah is very happy to again be a media sponsor of the Savannah Book Festival, happening this weekend. It’s been a blast interviewing and writing about some of the […]
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Miracle Ticket to the Maestro of Macabre
There are several reasons why I wasn’t planning to attend Stephen King’s closing address at the Savannah Book Festival last Sunday. First, it sold out five months ago in two […]