Public Appearances – Recent and Upcoming
December 8: Pensacola Civil War Round Table, Journey to the Wilderness
December 3: Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum, Georgiana, AL, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
November 11: Fort Blakeley State Park, Journey to the Wilderness
October 26: University of South Alabama, “Diversity Conversation”
October 25: Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
October 21: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 18: Lawrence County (AL) Historical Society, Journey to the Wilderness
October 16: University of Alabama, Journalists for Diversity conference
October 14: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 11: Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
October 10: (afternoon) Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Journey to the Wilderness
October 10: (morning) Viva NashVegas Live Radio, Franklin, TN, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant and George Hamilton V
October 6: Huntsville Public Library, Journey to the Wilderness
September 13: Hemingbough Center, St. Francisville, LA, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 11: Alabama Contemporary Arts Center, Mobile, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 8: University of South Alabama honors class, Journey to the Wilderness
September 3: Center for the Study of War and Memory, University of South Alabama, “Remembering America’s War in Vietnam”
September 1: University of South Alabama Common Read Program, campus reading from Cradle of Freedom
August 29: Museum of the Confederacy, Appomattox, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 28: American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 26: Archaeology Museum, University of South Alabama, opening of documentary photography exhibition of Selma to Montgomery photos by the late Spider Martin, Cradle of Freedom
August 24: Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, school resegregation panel with Amy Hawn Nelson and Sam Fulwood, The Dream Long Deferred
August 23: Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, Charlotte, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
August 17: University of South Alabama Freshman Convocation, Common Read address, Cradle of Freedom
August 5: (evening) Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, Journey to the Wilderness
August 5: (morning) Alabama State University, civil rights panel, Cradle of Freedom
July 21: Cloverdale Playhouse, Montgomery, cameo reading from Journey to the Wilderness, with songwriters Davis Raines, Pamela Jackson, and Bob Corley
June 30: Opelika Center for the Performing Arts, Watermelon Wine, with Davis Raines and Pamela Jackson
June 17: Atlanta History Center, Journey to the Wilderness
June 6: Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN, Vince Matthews event with reading from Watermelon Wine: Remembering the Golden Years of Country Music
May 23: The Listening Room, Mobile, AL, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 17: Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 12: Cannon County Library, Woodbury, TN, Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Americana Music
May 5: Public School Forum, Charlotte, NC, The Dream Long Deferred
April 24: Alabama Writers Symposium, Monroeville, AL, Journey to the Wilderness with Steven Trout, and “Mockingbird” with songwriter Davis Raines
December 3: Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum, Georgiana, AL, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
November 11: Fort Blakeley State Park, Journey to the Wilderness
October 26: University of South Alabama, “Diversity Conversation”
October 25: Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
October 21: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 18: Lawrence County (AL) Historical Society, Journey to the Wilderness
October 16: University of Alabama, Journalists for Diversity conference
October 14: Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, Mobile, “Faith and Social Change”
October 11: Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
October 10: (afternoon) Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Journey to the Wilderness
October 10: (morning) Viva NashVegas Live Radio, Franklin, TN, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant and George Hamilton V
October 6: Huntsville Public Library, Journey to the Wilderness
September 13: Hemingbough Center, St. Francisville, LA, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 11: Alabama Contemporary Arts Center, Mobile, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
September 8: University of South Alabama honors class, Journey to the Wilderness
September 3: Center for the Study of War and Memory, University of South Alabama, “Remembering America’s War in Vietnam”
September 1: University of South Alabama Common Read Program, campus reading from Cradle of Freedom
August 29: Museum of the Confederacy, Appomattox, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 28: American Civil War Museum, Richmond, VA, Journey to the Wilderness
August 26: Archaeology Museum, University of South Alabama, opening of documentary photography exhibition of Selma to Montgomery photos by the late Spider Martin, Cradle of Freedom
August 24: Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, school resegregation panel with Amy Hawn Nelson and Sam Fulwood, The Dream Long Deferred
August 23: Holy Covenant United Church of Christ, Charlotte, Watermelon Wine, with Anne E. DeChant
August 17: University of South Alabama Freshman Convocation, Common Read address, Cradle of Freedom
August 5: (evening) Georgia Center for the Book, Decatur, Journey to the Wilderness
August 5: (morning) Alabama State University, civil rights panel, Cradle of Freedom
July 21: Cloverdale Playhouse, Montgomery, cameo reading from Journey to the Wilderness, with songwriters Davis Raines, Pamela Jackson, and Bob Corley
June 30: Opelika Center for the Performing Arts, Watermelon Wine, with Davis Raines and Pamela Jackson
June 17: Atlanta History Center, Journey to the Wilderness
June 6: Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, TN, Vince Matthews event with reading from Watermelon Wine: Remembering the Golden Years of Country Music
May 23: The Listening Room, Mobile, AL, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 17: Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, with Kathryn Scheldt, The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music
May 12: Cannon County Library, Woodbury, TN, Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Americana Music
May 5: Public School Forum, Charlotte, NC, The Dream Long Deferred
April 24: Alabama Writers Symposium, Monroeville, AL, Journey to the Wilderness with Steven Trout, and “Mockingbird” with songwriter Davis Raines
April 23: April 1865 Society, Selma, AL, Journey to the Wilderness
April 18: The Listening Room, Mobile, Watermelon Wine and The Quilt, with Anne E. DeChant and Kathryn Scheldt
April 17: NewSouth Book Store, Montgomery, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E. DeChant
April 16: Moonlight on the Mountain, Birmingham, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music," with Anne E. DeChant, Kathryn Scheldt, and Larry Mitchell
April 15: Southern Ale House, Tuscaloosa, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E. DeChant and Jennifer Horne
April 14: Ephesus Public Library, Roopville, GA, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E. DeChant
April 12: Huntsville Literary Association, Huntsville, AL, The Books That Mattered
April 10: Fowl River Women’s Association, Theodore, AL, Journey to the Wilderness
April 9: Alabama Historical Association annual meeting, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
April 6: Civil War Symposium, Center for the Study of War and Memory, University of South Alabama, Journey to the Wilderness
April 2: Odyssey continuing education class, University of South Alabama, The Books That Mattered: A Reader’s Memoir
Mar. 27: University of South Alabama Continuing Eduation discussion, Journey to the Wilderness, with Steven Trout
Mar. 22: Hoover, AL Public Library, The Quilt and the Poetry of Southern Music, with Anne E. DeChant
Mar. 19: Atlanta History Center, http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/calendar-list, Journey to the Wilderness
Mar. 15: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montgomery, http://uumontgomery.org, Journey to the Wilderness
Mar. 13: Alabama College English Teachers’ Association, Keynote Address for annual conference
Mar. 11: History Museum of Mobile, http://museumofmobile.com/, Learning Lunch, Journey to the WildernessFeb. 28: Page & Palette Book Store, Fairhope, AL, 1 p.m., Coffee Shop Conversation with award-winning author Sene Jeter Naslund
Feb. 26: Mobile Public Library, 6:30 p.m., discussion of
civil rights memoir, Better Than Them, by
S. M. Otts, for which Frye Gaillard wrote Introduction
Feb. 24: Bevill State Community College, Jasper, AL, 3:30
p.m., The Books That Mattered: A Reader’s
Memoir
Feb. 19: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., civil rights panel
discussion with former New York Times editor,
Howell Raines
Feb. 11: Columbus, MS Public Library, 11:30 a.m., “Table
Talk” discussion of The Books That
Mattered
Feb. 7: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., panel tribute to documentary photographer Spider Martin
Feb. 7: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., panel tribute to documentary photographer Spider Martin
