Friday, February 14, 2025

Literary Road Trips: The Savannah Book Festival

Last weekend I attended the Savannah Book Festival. The event is a real treat for book lovers, with over forty authors sharing their stories and signing books in Savannah’s beautiful historical district.

Marjan Kamali, Author 

In the beautiful sanctuary of the Lutheran Church of the Ascention on Wright Square, Marjan Kamali, author of The Lion Women of Tehran and The Stationery Shop, talked about her childhood in Iran and her love of books.

Historical fiction author Chanel Cleeton spoke about her family’s Cuban heritage and her books The House on Biscayne Bay, When We Left Cuba, and The Last Train to Key West.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Unreadable: Podcast Transcript - February 2025

In this episode of Unreadable, Ross speaks with Shelby Van Pelt about her novel Remarkably Bright Creatures, this year's Forsyth Reads Together selection. Van Pelt’s debut novel, published in 2022, remains a New York Times bestseller and features the unique perspective of Marcellus the octopus as a narrator. Van Pelt spoke with Ross about how she developed her characters, some based on true life and others based on people (and marine life) watching at the Georgia Aquarium, and she shared her excitement about the upcoming film adaptation.

An Evening with Shelby Van Pelt is Mar 11, 2025 at the Forsyth Conference Center. The event is ticketed and currently full; however, there are a plethora of events related to the book taking place at all the Forsyth County Public Library branches. You can find out more in our event calendar

Lunar New Year Celebration at Sharon Forks Library

 

Last month over 1,500 patrons attended Forsyth County’s 3rd annual Lunar New Year Celebration at Sharon Forks Library in partnership with OneForsyth. Lunar New Year is celebrated by many parts of Asia to welcome the arrival of Spring. The library's celebration highlighted various aspects of Asian culture and included thirteen performances of dancing, singing, instruments, stand-up comedy, youth coding presentations, martial arts, and more.