Dave Barry: Kick Off
Savannah Book Festival 2013
(SAVANNAH, GA) The 2013 Savannah Book Festival encourages everyone to lighten up a bit on Valentine’s Day and share side-splitting fun with author and humorist Dave Barry at a special SBF kick-off event on Thursday evening, February 14, 2013 at Savannah’s Trustees Theater. Now in its sixth year, this world class book festival will take place February 14-17, 2013 with Saturday’s all-day events free and open to the public. http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/
Barry will be focusing on his suspense novel, Insane City, which is scheduled for release in January, 2013. His previous book titles include I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Babies and Other Hazards of Sex and Dave Barry is from Mars and Venus lest you have any doubt about his genre. Barry has been making folks laugh for decades with his newspaper columns, nonfiction, and novels for adults and children. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary “…for his consistently effective use of humor as a device for presenting fresh insights into serious concerns.” He has written a total of 30 books, “…although,” he says, “virtually none of them contain useful information.”
Author Carl Hiaasen, quoted on the book jacket of Barry’s suspense novel Big Trouble, says, “Despite wealth, fame, and a tendency to under medicate himself, Dave Barry remains one of the funniest writers alive.”
Stephanie Duttenhaver, Festival board president said, “We are delighted to inject Dave Barry’s madcap humor into this year’s Festival. Barry is not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, newspaper columnist, fiction and nonfiction writer for adults and children-but also the lead guitarist in the band “Rock Bottom Remainders.” (Band mates include Stephen King and Amy Tan.)
Tickets for Dave Barry’s talk on February 14 at 6:00 p.m. will become available to the general public after November 19. They may be purchased for $10 from the Savannah Box Office. For information or to purchase tickets, contact the Savannah Box Office at 912.525.5050 or www.savannahboxoffice.com. Tickets are non-refundable, but are transferrable.
James Patterson: Keynote Speaker
Savannah Book Festival 2012
(SAVANNAH, GA) The Savannah Book Festival scores again! James Patterson is the keynote speaker for the 6th annual Savannah Book Festival taking place February 14-17, 2013. The four-day Festival, over Presidents Day Weekend, takes place in historic downtown Savannah. Tickets for best-selling mystery phenomenon James Patterson will be available on November 16, 2012 through the SCAD Box Office. The main Festival events remain free and open to the public. Book lovers will once again be immersed in a time and place where it’s easy to “Lose Yourself in Books.”
James Patterson’s Keynote Address will launch the Festival on Friday evening, February 15, 2013. Hailed by the New York Times as having “transformed book publishing,” Patterson is expected to draw a large audience. To accommodate the anticipated response, the event will take place at the Trustees Theater.
James Patterson’s books have sold more than 260 million copies worldwide since his first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, won the Edgar Award in 1977. His Alex Cross series, including Kiss The Girls and Along Came a Spider, is the most popular detective series of the past 25 years.
“The 2012 Festival is a hard act to follow,” said Executive Director Robin Gold, “however, we are confident that we will once again offer a stunning line-up of authors who will entice and invite each attendee to ‘Lose Yourself in Books.’ We are thrilled that James Patterson has committed to give our Keynote Address in 2013.”
The Savannah Book Festival Inc. is an independent, non-profit corporation led by a volunteer board of directors. It is committed to remaining free and open to the public and to celebrating the written word and its role in improving the human experience.
For more information, please contact Executive Director Robin Gold at 912. 598.4040 or info@savannahbookfestival.org. Or visit our website, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter at @SavBookFestival.
Honoree David Baldacci to Deliver Closing Address
Savannah Book Festival 2013
(SAVANNAH, GA) The 2013 Savannah Book Festival committee is excited to announce that author David Baldacci will deliver the honoree closing address on Sunday, February 17 at Trustees Theater in downtown Savannah. Baldacci’s talk will focus on his latest and 24th thriller novel, The Forgotten. Now in its sixth year, the renowned Savannah Book Festival will take place February 14-17, 2013 and with few exceptions remains free for all to attend. http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/
All 24 of Baldacci’s thrillers have been national and international bestsellers. His first novel, political and legal thriller Absolute Power, was published in 1996 winning immediate success. Absolute Power garnered the 1996 Gold Medal Award for Best Mystery/Thriller by the Southern Writers Guild and a year later Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman starred in the movie.
Over 110 million copies of Baldacci’s novels are in print worldwide and published in 45 languages. He has earned many accolades for his writing; most recently, he was inducted into the 2011 International Crime Writing Hall of Fame and received the 2012 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award.
With a passionate commitment to the belief that reading books can change lives, David and his wife, Michelle Baldacci have established the Wish You Well Foundation that supports family literacy in the United States by fostering the development and expansion of literacy programs. In 2010 the Foundation partnered with Feeding America to launch a program to address the connection between literacy, poverty and hunger.
“David Baldacci is a man for all seasons and many genres,’ said Festival Executive Director Robin Gold. “He can keep readers up late into the night devouring his intense political and legal thrillers, but he also rivets us with family drama in Wish You Well and tickles young readers with The Adventures of Silas Finklebean. We are thrilled to have him as our Festival 2013 closing address honoree.”
The Savannah Book Festival Inc. is an independent, non-profit corporation led by a volunteer board of directors. It is committed to remaining free and open to the public and to celebrating the written word and its role in improving the human experience.
For more information, please contact Executive Director Robin Gold at 912. 598.4040 or info@savannahbookfestival.org. Or visit our website, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter at @SavBookFestival.
