The Alabama Writers’ Forum
The Alabama Writers’ Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, works to cultivate our state’s literary culture. We do that through supporting writers at all stages. We encourage our young writers to find their creative voice through the Father Goose Poetry Festival for Kids!–and through our Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards. We support the work of our state’s literary community through our Alabama Authors Directory, First Draft magazine, and other programming and opportunities for writers across the state. And we celebrate our state’s rich literary legacy through the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. We are, above all, a community of writers united by our desire to advance the literary arts in Alabama. If that describes you — join us! There are many ways to get involved.
Blue Christmas Bones
Blue Christmas Bones By Carolyn Haines Minotaur Books, 2024 Hardcover with dust jacket: $28.00 Genre: Fiction/Mystery & Detective/Cozy Reviewed by Abby McGinn Bestselling author Carolyn Haines offers a delightful novel full of Christmas and paranormal spirit in this recent addition to the Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery series. Detective Sarah Booth Delaney, along with her agency partner Tinkie Bellchase Richmond and their friends Cece Dee Falcon and Millie Roberts, travel to Tupelo, Mississippi, for the annual Elvis Festival. The group of women are excited to compete in the amateur Elvis impersonator competition and have time to relax and unwind from their hectic schedules. Their partners and Tinkie’s infant Maylin will be joining them in a few days, so they intend to make the most of their time with just the girls. However, after the theft of a 3-million-dollar replica belt, Sarah Booth and Tinkie are approached by the belt’s beautiful but entitled owner, Grace Land. Grace insists that she hire them to find the belt. Sarah Booth and Tinkie are reluctant to accept a case during their vacation, [...]
