Alabama Writers' Forum

10/21/2026

Come shake a leg with us as we share Glass Cabin!
You’ll find us at Jefferson State Community College’s Pioneer Con on 10/22, at the Spa City Book Fair in Hot Springs, AR on 11/8, and at the Red Dirt Biennale in Camp Hill, AL on 11/14!
Links to more details in the comments.

10/20/2026

Something going on in our local arts scene!

10/20/2026

"Her name was Judy." 💔

On her very first day of first grade, a six-year-old girl learned her mother was gone and then, decades of silence followed. In a small town where everyone knew, almost no one spoke about it.

In this week’s review, Don Noble explores Tracie L. Blackmon’s powerful memoir, Her Name Was Judy, and how the trauma of loss is intensified by the silence that surrounds su***de.

Read the full review at the link below! 📚👇

🔗 LINK: https://www.apr.org/show/don-nobles-book-reviews/2026-10-19/her-name-was-judy

📻 Local support for this commentary is provided by Ernest & Hadley Booksellers and Alabama Writers' Forum 📝

10/20/2026

“'The scene. The words. They linger.' Those words could serve as a review of this startling, beautiful book." Read Edward Journey's review of THE VOLCANO KEEPER by Bradley Sides out today from Regal House Publishing

🔗 https://writersforum.org/the-volcano-keeper/ 📚

The Volcano Keeper By Bradley Sides Regal House Publishing; 2026 Paperback: $18.95 Genre: Southern Fiction Reviewed by Edward Journey

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

Delighted to see that Jocelyn Cullity 's THE NURSE AT BAKER HOSPITAL is October's Read of the Month at Southern Literary Review!!!

10/15/2026

New today at the Forum, read Lynn Lamere's review of HEART OF STONE, the second installment in the popular Serpents & Stone Series by Emma Fox from Owl’s Nest Publishers.

Heart of Stone By Emma C. Fox Owl's Nest Publishers; 2026 Paperback: $14.99 Genre: Historical Fantasy Reviewed by Lynn Lamere The cover of the book Heart of Stone features a person riding in a horse drawn sled and a woman standing beneath a giant serpent

10/13/2026

The arts and humanities have the power to unite us, heal us, sustain us, help us better understand each other, and guide us through challenging times.

Last week, Governor Ivey signed a proclamation declaring October as Arts & Humanities Month in Alabama: https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2026/10/national-arts-humanities-month/.

Pictured: Rebecca Yeager (Alabama Arts Alliance), Governor Kay Ivey, and Kerri-Noelle Humphrey (Alabama Dance Council).

Alabama Humanities Alliance Americans for the Arts