A Twitter chat with The Pulpwood Queen. Fall reading in the air. Lawless, Steel Magnolias, banned books & a Gone With the Wind Quiz in Literary News. Scenes from the Decatur Book Festival in Literary Events & words about home in Southern Voice. It’s time for Literary Friday!

Books to movies on the big screen & the true story of Carthage, Texas’s Bernie. Bookshop sitter wanted in Literary News. What we’re reading. The Decatur Book Festival, kicking off today, in Literary Events. And an essay about real-life saints in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!

Get the Deep South Literary Trail App direct from iTunes. A BBC journalist’s love affair with literary New Orleans. Guide to the Decatur Book Festival. Huck Finn Goes Steampunk. Favorite TV characters talking about books. A reading list for becoming an informed voter. Literary events & a new essay and poetry in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!

Gore Vidal’s Southern ties. Literary Bad Boys. Gone Girl: The Movie. 11 Great Southern Novels from Wiley Cash. A huge Faulkner giveaway. Flannery O’Connor in Literary Events & a poem about watermelon. Happy Literary Friday!

5 Gifts for Lit Lovers. Repurposed libraries and characters from The Great Gatsby in Literary News. Lit Chat with Lydia Netzer. (Non)required reading of a Faulkner award-winning story. Support a noteworthy literary Kickstarter project. Save the date for upcoming book festivals across the South. And new fiction in Southern Voice. It’s Literary Friday!