The 7th Annual Savannah Local Author Day hosted by The Book Lady Bookstore, is being held in conjunction with the Flannery O'Connor Birthday Parade and Street Fair again this spring!

Over 40 local & regional authors will be in the square among the live oaks and azaleas to sell & sign their books.

*when? Sunday March 24th, 1-4 pm in Savannah's historic Lafayette Square [rain date is the following Sunday, March 31st]

*event is FREE & open to the public
*where? Lafayette Square: Directly between St John the Baptist Cathedral and the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home on Abercorn Street between East Charlton and East Harris Streets.

For the 7th year, The Book Lady Bookstore will be hosting over 40 local & regional authors who will be in Lafayette Square as part of the super fun Flannery O'Connor Parade and Street Fair.

Meet novelists, memoirists, regional history authors, poets, children's book authors, regional publishers and more.

Proceeds to benefit the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home and ongoing work of these hardworking authors.

Who will be there? Among others...
Low Country Sisters in Crime
Jane Fishman
Don Cellini
Rosemary Daniell
Penny Candy Books
Alexis Orgera
Tony Morris
Southern Poetry Review
Richard Braithwaite
Kevin McCarey
Miho Kinnas
VL Brunskill
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Susan Earl
Deborah Grahl
Kevin Grogan
Danelle LeJeune
Charles Hoskins
Ann Lilly
Annette Laing

More info on participating authors will be posted on facebook over the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

About the Flannery O'Connor Birthday Parade & Street Fair:
This lively annual celebration of acclaimed author and Savannah native Flannery O'Connor’s birthday will offer family fun, live music and more. You’re invited to join the parade, carry handmade signs and sing along.

1-4 p.m. – Enjoy live music, games, art, face painting and contests. Meet local authors, enjoy a pop-up art show by Panhandle Slim, get your photo taken with a gorilla and play bingo with live chickens. Refreshments provided by the Sentient Bean. Vendors include Kleo’s Handmade Soaps, Holly Oddly, Quarter Press and many others.

3 p.m. – The Parade starts in Lafayette Square with a blessing by Bishop Emeritus J. Kevin Boland, former president of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home board of directors. Enjoy birthday cake in Lafayette Square immediately following the parade.

Live music will be provided by a cavalcade of singer-songwriters and musicians from some of Savannah's finest local bands in honor of O’Connor’s 94th birthday. Music for the parade will be performed by the Sweet Thunder Strolling Band.

Costumes inspired by Flannery O'Connor’s characters and settings or by the author’s life are encouraged, but not required. The parade is free and open to the public.

To learn more, contact The Book Lady Bookstore or visit flanneryoconnorhome.org.