SIBA

A little birdie told me . . .

Under the Skin made the SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance) long list.

"The SIBA Book Awards were created not just to recognize great Southern books, but to give southern readers an enviable list of books to enjoy, read, buy, and give as gifts. As of this time, the SIBA Book Award remains one of the most far-reaching and high-profile awards for Southern literature."

But wait, there's more!  Also on the long list is Naked Came the Leaf Peeper by Brian Knopp et al (call me Al -- I wrote Chapter 4.)

My friend, past NC poet laureate. Kathryn Byer Stripling's Southern Fictions is there under Poetry.

and my friend Amanda Kyle Williams is there too with The Stranger You Seek! 

To see all the nominees -- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young Adult, Children, Cooking --  go HERE.

Your To Be Read list is in danger of growing longer.