Twitter Chat with Tim Westover. A review of ‘Dixie Bohemia.’ The Scarlett O’Hara School of Self Deception in (Non)Required Reading. Haunted libraries, Flannery O’Connor & As I Lay Dying in Literary News. Telling tales in Literary Events & creative nonfiction about a claw-foot tub in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!

Lost in Auraria with Tim Westover. Deep South events on John Kennedy Toole and Flannery O’Connor. Anne Rice’s New Orleans apartment swap. Banned books & October reads. Famous literary characters in real life. Fairhope’s Grand Festival of Books this weekend. And new fiction 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!

A book review and giveaway for “If Jack’s In Love.” The Great Gatsby movie in the news. Elvis’s forgotten library card. Kim Severson on Chick-fil-A. The Last Book Sale in literary events & “Frinemies” in Southern Voice.

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!