Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Unreadable: Podcast Transcript - March 2024

In this month's episode, Ross speaks with author Lisa Wingate about her novel Before We Were Yours, our 2024 Forsyth Reads Together selection. Before We Were Yours is a generational story that recounts the devastating history and consequences of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. Ross speaks with Lisa about her interest in the topic, some of the choices she made for the novel, and her upcoming novel Shelterwood.

Lisa Wingate will be speaking at the Forsyth Conference Center on March 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM. Please visit our events page to join the waitlist.

Monday, March 4, 2024

Learn How to Write Historical Fiction


Love writing and/or reading historical fiction? Come and learn all about it from the best! Join authors Rona Simmons and Dr. Piper Huguley for their program, How to Write Historical Fiction on Monday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cumming Library. They will discuss the process of researching and writing historical fiction novels.


Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Staff Picks: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

 

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld 

During rehearsal week on the set of a late night comedy show, a sketch writer bonds with the guest host and musical guest. The pair share laughs and lingering glances while fine-tuning song parodies and satirical skits. Even though Sally enjoys spending time with Noah, she can't imagine herself dating a rock star. 

Noticing a celebrity trend, Sally composes a skit that hits close to home about one of the show's writers dating a glamourous actress. In real life, Danny Horst always seems to be dating women out of his league, and the skit, called "The Danny Horst Rule," seems to be comedy gold.