The Lakes of Southern Hollow: A Novel (Madville Publishing / July 2024) has a mighty full schedule this fall. I hope to see a ton of friends, old and new, and introduce her to you all.

BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Saturday, September 14

Panel and signing

1:30 p.m.
“Mad about Madville”
10th Annual Mississippi Book Festival
Mississippi State Capitol, Room 204

All published this summer by Madville Publishing, these three Mississippi authors discuss their new works of fiction

Darden North, Party Favors (moderator)
Julie Liddell Whitehead, Hurricane Baby: Stories
Steve Yates, The Lakes of Southern Hollow
R. J. Lee, The Majestic Leo Marble

Book sales by Lemuria Books, Jackson, Mississippi, 601-366-7619

Saturday, September 21

Panel, reading, and signing

3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Ozarks Studies Symposium
Missouri State University-West Plains
Magnolia Room, West Plains Civic Center
Panel 9: Ozarks Fiction and Song

Steve Yates, Author
Reading from The Lakes of Southern Hollow
Dawn Larsen, Professor of Theatre, Francis Marion University
Performance of Songs from Hillbillyland

Sunday, September 22

Signing

1–4 p.m.
Barnes & Noble
3055 S Glenstone Avenue
Springfield, Missouri
417-885-0026

Tuesday, September 24

Reading and signing

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
The Library Center
4653 S. Campbell Avenue
Springfield, Missouri
417-882-0714

Wednesday, September 25

Signing

Noon–2 p.m.
ABC Books
2109 N. Glenstone Ave. #1
Springfield, Missouri
417-831-3523

Thursday, October 10

Panel

Mississippi Library Association
New Mississippi Voices
Natchez Convention Center
Natchez, Mississippi
More information at https://mla42.wildapricot.org/conference2024

Thursday October 24 through Saturday October 26

Featured author

36th Annual Eudora Welty Symposium
Mississippi University for Women
Reading and signing
Columbus, Mississippi
For schedule, see https://www.muw.edu/welty/

Saturday, November 2

Panel

Louisiana Book Festival
Mad about Madville
Julie Liddell Whitehead, Hurricane Baby: Stories
Steve Yates, The Lakes of Southern Hollow
R. J. Lee, The Majestic Leo Marble
More information to come:
https://www.louisianabookfestival.org/featured-authors-panelists/featured-participant-lineup/steve-yates/

Sunday, November 10

Signing

11 a.m. till 3 p.m.
Christmas Open House
The Book Mart & Café
120 E. Main Street
Starkville, Mississippi
662-323-2844