FEBRUARY 5 - Savannah Book Festival Opens Today
The Savannah Book Festival opens tonight, featuring the internationally renowned and bestselling thriller writer Vince Flynn. He will present the keynote speech at 5:30 pm Friday evening at Trinity United Methodist Church, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Eckburg. The event is free and open to the public.
Flynn is the author of several New York Times bestselling novels, including his latest, Pursuit of Honor. Flynn’s novels feature counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, who proves himself to be a hero unafraid “to walk the fine line between the moral high ground and violence” (The Salt Lake Tribune) for our country’s safety, for the sake of freedom, for the pursuit of honor.
Mr. Flynn will also appear during the Festival on Sat,, Feb. 6, again in the sanctuary of Trinity Church, to talk about his life in letters and his eleven novels, several of which are a part of the beloved Mitch Rapp series. Mr. Flynn, who overcame dyslexia and went on to fame and fortune as a writer, supports many worthy charities, including Tee it Up for the Troops and the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation.
On Sat. evening, there will be a Eudora Tribute Concert at 8:00 pm, featuring Kate Campbell, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Caroline Herring and Claire Holley, presented in collaboration with the Savannah Music Festival. The event is co-sponsored by Carolyn Luck and John and Stephanie Duttenhaver.
The concert is a tribute to the late Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern writer Eudora Welty.
Welty’s 100th birthday would have been April 13th, 2009. The concert, which debuted at the centennial celebration for Welty earlier this year, received rave reviews, and it is in perfect keeping with the Savannah Book Festival’s mission to promote the written word, particularly the work of Southern authors, according to Madison Parks Prickett, Executive & Creative Director of this year’s Festival.
On Sunday, there is a Brunch Talk featuring Julia Reed, from11:30 am - 2:00 pm. Ms. Reed is the author of Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena; Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes), a collection of her essays on food for the New York Times Magazine and The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story, a memoir.
The fundraising Sunday Brunch and talk by Ms. Reed will be held in Jepson Center for the Arts on Telfair Square. Ms. Reed will be introduced by Savannah College of Art & Design President Paula Wallace. Tickets for $75 are on sale now through the Savannah Box Office.
The Savannah Book Festival is an annual, free and open to the public celebration of the written word and its role in improving the human experience, said Prickett.
Green Life Space is providing recycling for the 2010 Festival, with recycling bins placed in and around Telfair Square for attendees.
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