By Erin Baber
The Hot Springs Book Festival will gather authors near and far for three days of book talks, sellings, signings, and more starting on April 7, 2022. The festival will feature authors David Hill, Corabel Shofner, Nate Powell, and more to be announced. Each guest has specific ties to Hot Springs and Arkansas.
Attendance for all events is free, but registration is required. Register for each event through the library’s website at www.gclibrary.com beginning February 1.
It all starts at 6 p.m. on April 7 at The Legendary Vapors, 315 Park Avenue. Hot Springs native David Hill will talk about his 2020 New York Times notable book The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America’s Forgotten Capital of Vice.
At 10:30 a.m. on April 9, Corabel Shofner will talk about her children’s novel Almost Paradise, which features a quick trip through Hot Springs in the library’s auditorium. Little Rock native Nate Powell will join the festival virtually to discuss his career as a graphic novelist. Powell is best known for his graphic novel Swallow Me Whole, and his illustration of the March trilogy, the autobiographical series written by late U.S. Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin.
More events and guests to be announced.
The festival is presented by the Garland County Library, the Literacy Council of Garland County, and National Park College Adult Education.
Follow the Hot Springs Book Festival on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hotspringsbookfestival.
Erin Baber is Public Relations Coordinator at the Garland County Library.
