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(SAVANNAH, GA) Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen will headline a special spring presentation for the 2013 Savannah Book Festival this May. Quindlen, who won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, will be the featured guest at a ‘Lunch and Conversation’ event with book signing at 12 noon on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at The Landings Plantation Club on Skidaway Island. The luncheon is sponsored by One-Stop Remodeling and Marilyn Brady. read more…

(SAVANNAH, GA) Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert K. Massie is coming to Savannah as the featured guest of a 2013 Savannah Book Festival special spring event. Massie, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for Peter the Great and the PEN award in 2012 for Catherine the Great, will headline a ‘Dinner and Discussion’ followed by a book signing on Tuesday, April 30, at The Landings Plantation Club on Skidaway Island. The event is sponsored by Wendy’s of Savannah.

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(SAVANNAH, GA) Over 10,000 devotees hit the pavement and six venues at Telfair Square to see Hoda Kotb, Al Gore, J.R. Moehringer, Gregg Allman, Paula McLain, T.C. Boyle and 27 other outstanding authors during the free all day events on Saturday, February 16. Dave Barry, James Patterson, David Baldacci and Jeff Kinney headlined Special Events that sold out Trustees Theater at each of their presentations. And, visitors took home over 3,000 books from the Ex Libris book tent. read more…

(SAVANNAH, GA) C-SPAN’s Book TV will broadcast live national coverage of Savannah Book Festival presenters Al Gore, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and other Pulitzer Prize winning authors on Saturday, February 16 during the main day events in and around Telfair Square. read more…

(SAVANNAH, GA) — Here it is! The Savannah Book Festival schedule for Saturday, February 16. Now the hard part—deciding which author to spend an hour with when there are thirty-four choices from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Telfair Square venues. All of Saturday’s Telfair Square events are free and open to the public. read more…

(SAVANNAH, GA) — The 2013 Savannah Book Festival countdown begins! In less than two weeks events take off with humorist Dave Barry blasting laughs on Thursday evening, February 14. Festival events run through Sunday, February 17. On Friday afternoon, a Festival highlight, the SBF@School program will land 15 renowned authors in as many local schools to connect with students. read more…

(SAVANNAH, GA) The 2013 Savannah Book Festival – with a series of special events at Trustees Theater and more than 30 free events at Telfair Square – is fast approaching! Circle February 14-17 in red. Leopold’s Ice Cream Parlor once again puts a literary twist on its many flavors and artist Laura DiNello has created Festival 2013’s image. read more…

(SAVANNAH, GA) Tickets are available for a special lifestyle presentation featuring Savannah’s own Bobby Deen and Southern Living magazine Editor-at-Large Kimberly Schlegel Whitman as part of the 2013 Savannah Book Festival. The sixth annual Festival will take place February 14-17, 2013 with the Deen/Whitman event being held on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 1 p.m. at the Trustees Theater, downtown Savannah. read more…

(SAVANNAH, GA) Add NBC Today Show co-host Hoda Kotb to the growing list of best-selling authors participating in the 2013 Savannah Book Festival. Kotb, who has co-anchored the fourth hour of The Today Show with Kathie Lee Gifford since 2007, will be one of 40-plus presenters during the all-day Festival on Saturday, February 16. read more…