2012 SIGNATURE SERIES
Who's the next great author we'll honor?
Everyone loves a good mystery. Don't you?

 

Kathryn Stockett, John Grisham, Cokie Roberts, Richard North Patterson—you never know which bestselling author or debut writer with a surefire bestseller you will meet at The Literacy Council’s Signature Series.

 

You can bet there always will be fabulous conversation as you mingle with the author and a limited number of guests, the backdrop always will be one of the city’s most beautiful homes, and the food and drink will always be a culinary delight!

 

You don’t want to miss our 2012 Signature Series season! Love a good mystery? Then join us!

 

Season tickets are available for $300 per person and guarantees your attendance for all three events throughout the year. Tickets are on sale now!

Buy your 2012 season tickets now - $300 per person for all three events!

 

 

About Signature Series
The Signature Series is The Literacy Council’s longest running and most popular fundraising event. Every year, the Signature Series brings three prominent authors to Birmingham for three separate private cocktail receptions in some of Birmingham’s most beautiful homes. Patrons spend the evening mingling with the author and receive a signed first edition of their latest work.

 

First Signature Series Author Announced
Stewart O’Nan
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Home to be announced

 

Award-winning author Stewart O'Nan will start off the 2012 Signature Series season with the debut of his latest novel, The Odds: A Love Story. O'Nan has been called "a national treasure" by Three Guys One Book. The Cleveland Plain-Dealer has compared him to Dickens. In The New York Times, Joanna Smith-Rakoff suggested that O'Nan was influenced by "the spectre of Henry James." His fiction and non-fiction books have been critically acclaimed and O'Nan has developed a literary cult following. Join us on January 24 for an opportunity to meet Stewart in person and receive an autographed copy of his latest masterpiece.

 

 

 

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About Stewart O’Nan
Stewart O'Nan's award-winning fiction includes Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily, Alone. Granta named him one of America's Best Young Novelists. He lives in Pittsburgh.

 

About The Odds: A Love Story

Stewart O'Nan's thirteenth novel is another wildly original, bittersweet gem like his celebrated Last Night at the Lobster. Valentine's weekend, Art and Marion Fowler flee their Cleveland suburb for Niagara Falls, desperate to recoup their losses. Jobless, with their home approaching foreclosure and their marriage on the brink of collapse, Art and Marion liquidate their savings account and book a bridal suite at the Falls' ritziest casino for a second honeymoon. While they sightsee like tourists during the day, at night they risk it all at the roulette wheel to fix their finances-and save their marriage. A tender yet honest exploration of faith, forgiveness and last chances, The Odds is a reminder that love, like life, is always a gamble.

 

 

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