The NewSouth Bookstore

It’s always a wonderful program when author Richard Tillinghast is our bookstore guest. His new collection of poetry, Night Train to Memphis, brings him to The NewSouth Bookstore again, on Tuesday, July 15 at 5:30pm. “All of us are in transit,” says Tillinghast in one line of this beautiful, luminous volume. “His poems roam and […]

We’ve only waited years to welcome Honorée Fanonne Jeffers at The NewSouth Bookstore. On Thursday, July 24 at 5:30pm she visits with her new book, Misbehaving at the Crossroads. Ms. Jeffers will be in conversation with Montgomery’s own Dr. Jacqueline Allen Trimble. The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of […]

The event showcases the amazing writing talent in our greater metro Montgomery region. Meet authors writing fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, self-help and inspirational titles, and more. It’ll be festive and fun!

Author/journalist Ralph Ellis joins us at The NewSouth Bookstore for what will surely be a most enjoyable program tied to his new novel, titled The Accident Report. The story is set in 1974 in North Carolina. It stars Ronald Truluck, a rookie reporter who is inspired by Watergate and hopes to uncover a scandal to make his […]

A frequent guest at our bookstore programs, we are delighted to host Jim Vickrey for a talk about his new book, Awakenings to Racism in Alabama: The Education of a Native Son and the Lessons Heand His Peers Learned Resisting Jim Crow. Join us on Sunday, September 7 at 3pm. Five years in the research and […]

Make a date with a poem and Dr. Susie Paul. In an exciting new program hosted by The NewSouth Bookstore, titled One Hour/One Poem, Dr. Paul will teach one great nineteenth-century poem in each of four monthly sessions of an hour or less. The program will be a deep dive into the work of four […]

In her fourth poetry collection, Lullaby for the Grieving, Ashley M. Jones studies the multifaceted nature of grief: the personal grief of losing her father, and the political grief tied to Black Southern identity. How does one find apath through such deep sorrow? Jones, Alabama’s first Black Poet Laureate (2022-2026), has been much celebrated for her […]

Our third annual Sidewalk Sale — bigger and even better this year — happens rain or shine starting on Wednesday, October 1 and running through Saturday, October 4. Thousands of books priced at an unbelievable $5, $3, and $1 are rolled out to our patio for your browsing pleasure. Come find treasures old and new!

Bryan Jones gives us a highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines in a new book titled The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family’s History. Join us for his talk about the book at The NewSouth Bookstore on Thursday, […]

Garrett Ashley returns to The NewSouth Bookstore for a reading from his newest collection of poems, A Field Guide to North American Trees. In this captivating new work, each poem is named after a tree, most of them native to the Southeast. Collectively, they form a rich landscape where roots, rings, and branches become a way of […]

The NewSouth Bookstore celebrates fall with its October 18 Harvest Festival. Join us for candy, games, scares, and fun! In partnership with the City of Montgomery and Main Street Montgomery. Trick-or-treat! — kids will love the candy! Witch’s brew (a.k.a. mulled cider) for in-store browsing Enter if you dare! Our store is spookified for the […]

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall stops at The NewSouth Bookstore on Thursday, October 23 at 5:30pm for a talk about her new book, A Protest History of the United States. In this timely new work, professor Browne-Marshall delves into the history of protest movements and rebellion in the United States, beginning with Indigenous peoples’ resistance to European colonization and […]