2 days before Booktopia, and a bit of bad news- Jesmyn Ward will not be able to come due to medical reasons. I’ll be honest, I’m quite disappointed; but understand these things cannot be helped.

Ann and Michael (Books on the Nightstand people) have offered us 3 other choices to fill the Jesmyn Ward slot- a chat with Kevin Brockmeier (The Illumination), chat with Ellen F.Brown (Gone with the Wind- from Atlanta to Hollywood) or a Books on the Nightstand live podcast from Ole Miss.

I’m already seeing Ellen F. Brown in the early sessions- so I was really torn between the Kevin Brockmeier or Books on the Nightstand podcast- both sounded great to me. I picked, in order of what I wanted, 1. Podcast, 2. Kevin Brockmeier, and 3.Ellen F. Brown. I’ll find out Friday which one I’m going to.