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MJCCA Book Festival Author Laura Dickerman Adds Nuance to Rom-Coms with "Hot Desk"

Edited by Denise K. James | ArtsATL | October 29, 2025

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Behind the Scenes of Short Film "Twinkle My Toes"

Edited by Mason Bishop of Bishop Visuals | SCAD Film Studios Savannah | October 22, 2025

Bookmarked: Pulitzer Winner Edda Fields-Black Brings Harriet Tubman’s Untold Civil War Story to Atlanta

WABE | The City Lights Collective | September 23, 2025

Bookmarked: John T. Edge Explores Home, Heritage and Reckoning in New Memoir

WABE | The City Lights Collective | September 18, 2025

Bookmarked: Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday Celebrations Take Over Metro Atlanta

WABE | The City Lights Collective | August 25, 2025

Bookmarked: Alison Law Talks to Dana A. Williams, author of “Toni at Random"

WABE | The City Lights Collective | July 28, 2025

Bookmarked: Alison Law Reports on the Growing Popularity of Audiobooks

WABE | The City Lights Collective | July 14, 2025

Featuring interviews with:
Mark Pearson, Co-Founder & CEO, Libro.fm
Curt Bonnem, Audiobook Narrator, Atlanta
Janet Metzger, Audiobook Narrator, Atlanta

Bookmarked: Alison Law Discusses Lost Southern Voices Festival and the Townsend Prize for Fiction

WABE | Lois Reitzes | March 17, 2025

Bookmarked: Alison Law Shares Book Gifts for the Holiday Season

WABE | Lois Reitzes | December 11, 2024

Controlling the Narrative

The Bitter Southerner | Alison Law | September 24, 2024

Alison Law Kicks Off "Bookmarked" Series with Lois Reitzes on City Lights

WABE | Lois Reitzes | September 22, 2024

Alison Law Shares The Bitter Southerner's Summer Reading Roundup

WABE | Lois Reitzes | July 25, 2024

Due South's Summer Book Recommendations

WUNC North Carolina Public Radio | Leoneda Inge | June 11, 2024

Whether on the beach, lounging pool-side or sitting under a shady tree, summer can be an ideal season for catching up on leisure reading. Due South talks to a local bookseller and a freelance writer about their top book picks for the season.

2024 Summer Reading Roundup

The Bitter Southerner | Alison Law | May 24, 2024

This year’s roundup is a far-ranging reflection of the incredible breadth (and oh-so-diverse source points) of Southern experience. Novels, short stories, memoirs, music, pop culture, poetry, history, food – this year’s list contains the most titles we’ve ever touted, from some incredibly gifted writers. So get those book totes ready.

"Book Evangelist" Gathers Eclectic Reads for The Bitter Southerner

WABE | Lois Reitzes | May 23, 2023

Memorial Day is quickly approaching, marking the official start of summer as we know it, and summer reading. Writer and self-proclaimed “book evangelist” Alison Law continues her tradition of rounding up some of the essential, eclectic reads for the online publication, The Bitter Southerner.

2023 Summer Reading Roundup

The Bitter Southerner | Alison Law; Martha Park | May 23, 2023

Novels from seasoned and debut authors, cookbooks from Wadmalaw Island and Oxford, Mississippi, and more are all featured in the annual Summer Reading Roundup.

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Literary Expert Alison Law Shares Her Mother’s Day Book Gift List

WABE | Lois Reitzes | May 8, 2020

Alison Law in conversation with authors Amy Bonnaffons and Christopher Swann as part of A Cappella Books' Writers at the Wrecking Bar event. (Photo by Robin Henson)

Q&A: Literary Atlanta's Alison Law Is an Advocate for the City’s Bustling Book Scene

ArtsATL | Beth Ward | January 24, 2019

Pictured: Authors Amy Bonnaffons and Christopher Swann talked about their books with Alison Law as part of the Writers at the Wrecking Bar event. (Photo by Robin Henson)

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‘Literary Atlanta’ Creator Alison Law Shares Favorite Books to Give for the Holidays

WABE | Lois Reitzes | December 10, 2019

Southern Reading List: Alison Law

Georgia Public Broadcasting | La'Raven Taylor | November 15, 2018

Alison Law recommends these southern novels you might have missed: The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski, My Sunshine Away by M. O. Walsh, Lookaway, Lookaway by Wilton Barnhardt, and A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano.

The Great American Read Finds America's Favorite Books

Georgia Public Broadcasting | Virginia Prescott | August 9, 2018

Alison Law, host of the Literary Atlanta podcast, and Decatur-based author Nicki Salcedo discuss the 100 books on the PBS Great American Read list, their favorite stories, and their literary doppelgangers.