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Reader, meet writer!  (Columbia, SC) --Over 200 Southern authors and independent Southern bookstores have come together with the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) to launch STARS—The Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service—a new resource for finding authors and literary speakers. Designed to bring readers and writers together at community bookstores and events all over the south, the STARS directory lists Southern authors available for events and speaking engagements, interested in talking to schools, book clubs, and any other gathering of people who love to read.
Are you in charge of getting speakers for your Rotary Club? Do you work in a library or school? Does your book club daydream about meeting authors? Are you in charge of a conference? Do you run a daycare or adult care? Do you need to put together fundraisers? The STARS directory has the answer. Simply visit www.authorsroundthesouth.com and take a look around and when you find an author of interest, click on the request this author link. Your request will be directed to the author and your local bookstore will assist in making arrangements for your event. The South is really full of STARS!
The STARS directory boasts an extensive search capability where users are able to sort authors by a variety of criteria including available dates, location, book titles and topics such as “poetry” or “children’s author.” Detailed profile pages list authors’ books, press material, blogs and websites, biographical information as well as the speaking topics they specialize in. One special feature of the directory is a detailed database of the traveling plans of registered authors, so you can know when a writer will be in or near your area, and when they will be appearing at independent bookstores in your town. Authors are using STARS to help make the most of their book tours. Bookstores are using STARS to enhance their own in store event programs, and they are encouraging their customers to use STARS to find authors they would like to meet. The STARS directory is part of Authors Round the South (ARTS!), a website for people who love Southern literature, managed by independent bookstores and the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Aside from STARS, Authorsroundthesouth.com also hosts one of the most complete literary event calendars in the South, featuring hundreds of author readings, book club meetings, literary festivals and other literary events. ARTS is also the home of popular The Lady Banks’ Commonplace Book newsletter, and carries Southern literary news, the latest Southern Indie Bestsellers, feeds from the blogs of Southern bookstores and authors, and exclusive interviews with Southern writers. If you love Southern writing, then you need to visit authorsroundthesouth.com. |
