by Ann Beach | Dec 12, 2024 | Medicine
Robert Lewis Stevenson (1850-1894) was one of the best-known authors of his day. He was a paradox; he traveled widely, yet was weak and sickly all of his life. He spent much of his life in bed or in a sickroom, yet he wrote wonderful adventures like Kidnapped and...
by admin | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Now, here’s a must-read book! Lynn Cullen’s latest book, The Woman with the Cure, is historical fiction about the last great polio epidemic of the 1950s and race to find a vaccine. Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, a pediatrician, epidemiologist, and virologist was the first...
by admin | Apr 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, an evening you expect to be routine becomes oh so much more! For me, a book signing became a night of art, history, writing and publishing. James Cobb, Professor Emeritus of History at University of Georgia, has just written a biography of C. Vann Woodward,...
by admin | Apr 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mary Louise Kelly, NPR news correspondent and anchor of All Things Considered is the daughter of my friend Carol. Her third book, It. Goes. So. Fast., The Year of No Do-Overs, was the subject of her talk and book signing at The Atlanta History Center last night. The...
by Ann Beach | Apr 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
What a glittering event! The ten Townsend Prize finalists, other authors and the want-to-be authors of the Atlanta Writers Club gathered at the beautiful Wimbish House for drinks, dinner, speeches and awards. The Townsend Award is a big deal. Named in memory of Jim...
