2017 events for The Legend of the Albino Farm

Saturday, December 23, 2-4 p.m.

ABC Books 
2109 N Glenstone Ave # J
Springfield, MO 65803
Reserve your copy at (417) 831-3523

Saturday, December 23, 5-7 p.m.

Barnes & Noble-Springfield
3055 South Glenstone
Springfield, MO 65804
Reserve your copy at (417) 885-0026

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Previous Events (where you can now buy signed copies!)

Saturday, April 22
Unbound Book Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Watch the video

Saturday August 19
Mississippi Book Festival
Jackson (book sales by Lemuria Books)
Watch the video

September 22 and 23
Ozarks Studies Symposium, West Plains, Missouri (book sales by the author)

October 19, 20, and 21
Eudora Welty Symposium, Columbus, Mississippi (book sales by Mississippi University for Women Barnes & Noble)

Saturday October 28
Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (book sales by Louisiana Barnes & Noble stores)

Signings

Sunday, April 23, 2 p.m.

The Library Station, Santa Fe Room, 2535 N. Kansas Expressway Springfield, MO 65803. Information, phone (417) 865-1340. Book sales by Barnes & Noble-Springfield. Reserve your copy at (417) 885-0026

Monday, April 24, 6 p.m.

The Library Center, Meeting Room B, 4653 S. Campbell Ave. Springfield, MO 65810. Information, phone (417) 882-0714. Book sales by Barnes & Springfield. Reserve your copy at (417) 885-0026

See the reading

Watch the Q & A

Tuesday, April 25, Noon-1:30 p.m.

BookMarx
325 E Walnut St
Springfield, MO 65806
Reserve your copy at (417) 501-1062

Tuesday, April 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Barnes & Noble-Springfield
3055 South Glenstone
Springfield, MO 65804
Reserve your copy at(417) 885-0026

Wednesday, April 26, 6:00-8:000 p.m.

Featured Speaker
English Symposium
Drury University
Harwood Reading Room, FW Olin Library
900 N Benton Ave
Springfield, MO 65802

Watch the video

Thursday, April 27, 7:30-9 p.m.

Nightbird Books
304 W. Dickson Street
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Reserve your copy at (479) 443-2080

Tuesday, May 16, 5 p.m.

Lemuria Books @ Lemuria dotCom
202 Banner Hall
4465 I-55 North
Reserve your copy at (601) 366-7619

Thursday, May 18, 5:30 p.m.

Turnrow Book Co.
304 Howard Street
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-5995

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2016 events for Sandy and Wayne: A Novella

WEST PLAINS, MO

Ozarks Studies Symposium

Missouri State University-West Plains

Friday, September 23, 1 p.m.

Redbud and Gohn Rooms, West Plains Civic Center

EVANSVILLE, IN

Wahnita DeLong Reading featuring Steve Yates

Wednesday, February 24, 4 – 5 p.m.

Melvin Peterson Gallery

University of Evansville

1800 Lincoln Avenue

Reserve your copy at (812) 488-2678

OXFORD, MS

Signing and Reading on Thacker Mountain Radio

Thursday, March 10, 6 p.m.

Square Books @ Off Square Books

160 Courthouse Square

Reserve your copy at (662) 236.2262

JACKSON, MS

Signing and Reading (and Tammy Gebhart Yates’ Birthday)

Tuesday, March 15, 5 p.m.

Lemuria Books @ Lemuria dotCom

202 Banner Hall

4465 I-55 North

Reserve your copy at (601) 366-7619

VICKSBURG, MS

Stock signing

Wednesday, February 3, 1 p.m.

Lorelei Books

1103 Washington Street

Reserve your copy at (601) 634-8624

FAYETTEVILLE, AR

Thursday, February 4, 6 – 8 p.m.

Nightbird Books

205 W. Dickson

Reserve your copy at (479) 443.2080

SPRINGFIELD, MO

Friday, February 5, 7-9 p.m.

Missouri State University

Plaster Student Union Theater

901 S. National

Reserve your copy (417) 836-5403

Saturday, February 6, 2–4 p.m.

The Library Center

Meeting Room B

4653 S Campbell

Reserve your copy at (417) 885-0026

Saturday, February 6, 5–7 p.m.

Barnes & Noble-Springfield

3055 South Glenstone

Reserve your copy at (417) 885-0026

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Past Signings

For The Teeth of the Souls

Wednesday, December 23, 4 p.m.

Lemuria Books

202 Banner Hall, 4465 I-55 North, Jackson, MS 39206, 601.366.7619.

Wednesday, March 25, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Historic Fox Theatre of The History Museum on the Square
157 Park Central Square, Springfield, Missouri

A Springfield History of Race and Faith:
A Reading and Panel Discussion Featuring Novelist Steve Yates
With a Special Dance Performance by God’s Chosen Ministry (MSU’s Student Praise Ministry Group)

Pre-Event Tours
5:00-6:00 Guided History Shuttle-Tour of Downtown Springfield by John Sellars
(limited seating, so come early): shuttle leaves from Carrington Circle Shuttle Stop at 5:00 p.m.

6:00-7:00 Tour by John Sellars of the History Museum Exhibition, “‘We’ve Always been Here’:
Stories of the African American Community in Greene County.”

Following a 7:00 p.m. performance by the MSU student praise dance troupe, God’s Chosen Ministry, acclaimed novelist Steve Yates will read from his newly-published novel, The Teeth of the Souls (Springfield: Moon City, 2015).

Panelists and Their Topics:

Bishop David Knox, Jr., Pastor of Deliverance Temple: “My Forty Years in Springfield Ministry: How Far Have We Come?”

Dr. Mara Cohen Ioannides, MSU Senior Instructor of English: “The Founding of Springfield’s First Jewish Congregation.”

Bailey C. Wiles, MSU Senior Religious Studies Major: “Encountering Faith Diversity: A Look at Local Buddhist Culture.”

John Sellars, Executive Director, The History Museum on the Square: “Understanding Springfield through Its History.”

After the Q&A, Steve Yates will autograph copies of his novel. Books Sales by The History Museum on the Square. Reserve your copy at (417) 832-1200 or 417-831-1976

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Thursday, March 26, 2015, 7 p.m.
The Library Center
Room B
4653 S Campbell
Springfield, MO 65810
(417) 616-0525
Contact: Kathleen O’Dell
Community Relations Director
kathleeno@thelibrary.org
Book sales by
Barnes & Noble-Springfield
(417) 885-0026

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Saturday, March 28, 2015, 2-4 p.m.

Barnes & Noble-Springfield
3055 South Glenstone
Springfield, MO 65804
(417) 885-0026

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 7 p.m.

Nightbird Books
Ozarks Poets & Writers Collective
Featured Writer
Contact: Lisa Sharp
205 W. Dickson
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: (479) 443.2080

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 5 p.m.

Eudora Welty House
Contact: Lee Anne Bryan
1119 Pinehurst Street
Jackson, MS 39202
(601) 353-7762
Book sales by
Lemuria Books, Jackson
Reserve copies (601) 366-7619

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 5:30 p.m.

Turnrow Book Co.
Contact: Jamie Kornegay
304 Howard Street
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-5995

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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Books in Bloom 2015
The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Garden
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Reserve copies at
Barnes & Noble – Fayetteville
(479) 582-0045

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Saturday, May 30, 2015, 5 p.m.

Lorelei Books
Signing in the store;
Reading in the loft
with Jamie Kornegay, author of Soil: A Novel
1103 Washington Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
Reserve copies and RSVP for loft (601) 634-8624

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Saturday, July 18 2 p.m.

State Historical Society of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri

An Afternoon of Historical Fiction Set in the Ozarks

Steve Wiegenstein (This Old World)

and Steve Yates (The Teeth of the Souls)

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Saturday, August 22, 1 p.m.

Mississippi Book Festival

Room 113, State Capitol, Jackson

HISTORICAL FICTION

• Howard Bahr, Visiting Writer, Belhaven University, Black Flower, The Year of Jubilo, The Judas Field, Pelican Road, Moderator
• PANELISTS:
• Matthew Guinn, The Scribe
• Steve Yates, The Teeth of the Souls
• Katy Simpson Smith, The Story of Land and Sea
• Jeffrey Stayton, The Side of the River

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Saturday, September 19, 1:30 p.m.

Ozarks Studies Symposium

West Plains, Missouri

Redbud and Gohn Rooms, West Plains Civic Center

Readings from The Teeth of the Souls: A Novel.

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Friday, October 23 & Saturday October 24

Eudora Welty Symposium

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

“This Very Leap in the Dark”

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Saturday, October 31

Louisiana Book Festival

State Capitol

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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PAST SIGNINGS

For

Curiosity’s Cats: Writers on Research

July 15, 7-8 p.m.
Subtext Books
St. Paul, MN

Bruce Joshua Miller, Philip J. Anderson, Ali Selim, Bruce White, and Steve Yates will talk about and sign Curiosity’s Cats.

May 16, 7 p.m.
Women and Children First
Chicago, IL

Bruce Joshua Miller, Bruce White, and Steve Yates talk about and sign Curiosity’s Cats.

Signings

For Some Kinds of Love: Stories

September 19-21, 2013
Ozarks Studies Symposium 2013

Missouri State University-West Plains
http://ozarksymposium.wp.missouristate.edu/

October 11-13, 2013
Southern Festival of the Book 2013
Nashville, Tennessee

http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/programs/southern-festival-books/about-southern-festival-books

October 24-26, 2013
Eudora Welty Symposium 2013
Mississippi University for Women

http://www.muw.edu/welty/wpreview13.php

Saturday, November 2, 2013
Louisiana Festival of the Book 2013

http://www.louisianabookfestival.org/

Interviews

Ozarks Public Broadcasting KSMU with Randy Stewart

Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s Mississippi Edition

Mississippi Arts Hour on MPB

Ozarks Public Broadcasting KSMU

Features

The Rez News

Reader reviews

Kim Wehmer’s review from the Howell County News

Reader reviews from Amazon.com

Reader review from Barnes & Noble.com

Readers reviews from goodreads.com

And more

Lectures

Voices of Conflict: The American Civil War from Steven B Yates on Vimeo.

Past Signings

For Some Kinds of Love: Stories

Saturday, July 27, 5 p.m.
with Matthew Guinn, author of The Resurrectionist

5:30 p.m. reading in the loft

Signing (5:00 p.m. in store) / Reading (5:30 p.m. in loft) Vicksburg, MS: Lorelei Books, 1103 Washington Street, 39183, call 601-634-8624, www.loreleibooks.com

Wednesday, August 21, noon
History is Lunch
Winter Archives Building

http://mdah.state.ms.us/senseofplace/category/events/hil-events/

Saturday, June 8, 1-3 p.m.
Turnrow Book Co.
304 Howard Street
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-5995

Tuesday, June 25, 6:30 p.m.
The Library Lounge at Fairview Inn
734 Fairview Street
Jackson, MS 39202
(601) 948.3429
Books sold by Lemuria Books, Jackson
(601) 366-7619

Monday, May 13, 2013, 7 p.m.
The Library Center
Auditorium
4653 S Campbell
Springfield, MO 65810
(417) 616-0525
Contact: Lorraine Sandstrom MLS
Branch Manager
lorraines@thelibrary.org
Book sales by
Barnes & Noble-Springfield
(417) 885-0026

Wednesday, May 15, 4-7 p.m.
Nightbird Books
Contact: Lisa Sharp
205 W Dickson St.
Fayetteville AR 72701
(479) 443-2080

Saturday, May 18, 1 p.m.
Barnes & Noble-Springfield
3055 South Glenstone
Springfield, MO 65804
(417) 885-0026

Tuesday, May 21, 5 p.m.
Lemuria
202 Banner Hall
4465 I-55 North
Jackson, MS 39206
(601) 366-7619

For Morkan’s Quarry, and For Some Kinds of Love: Stories

Saturday April 20, Little Rock, AR, 4 p.m.
Arkansas Literary Festival
Civil War fiction panel
Steve Wiegenstein, Steve Yates, and James W. Erwin
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
503 East Ninth Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72202
Books sold by: River Market Books & Gifts
(501) 918-3093

Saturday April 27, St. Charles, MO
Missouri Writer’s Guild Annual Conference
How to Parse a Publisher: A Guide to Writers
Steve Yates
Books sold by: Main Street Books, St. Charles
(636) 949-0105

For Morkan’s Quarry: A Novel

Saturday June 9, 2012

5 p.m.

in the loft at Lorelei Books
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Howard Bahr, author of The Black Flower, The Year of Jubilo, and The Judas Field and Steve Yates author of Morkan’s Quarry will discuss civilian experience in the civil war.

Saturday, October 29

10 – 10:45 a.m.

Civil War Novel Panel
Louisiana Festival of the Book
Capitol Welcome Center
Glass Room
Baton Rouge, LA

Book Sales by Barnes & Noble, Citiplace, (225) 926-2600

Past signings from 2011 (as in where can I buy a signed copy?)

Thursday, September 22

5 – 7 p.m.

Ozarks Studies Symposium
Missouri State University-West Plains
West Plains Civic Center
Magnolia Room
110 St. Louis Street
West Plains, MO 65775
Books sold by Drago College Bookstore (417) 255-7227

Friday, September 23

2:30 p.m.

Missouri Literary Festival
The Creamery Arts Center
Ballet Studio C
411 N. Sherman Parkway
Springfield, MO 65802
Information 417.865.0450
Books sold by Barnes & Noble-Springfield (417) 885-0026

Thursday, April 28

Noon

Applause!
The Eudora Welty Library
300 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone (601) 968-5811
Book sold by Lemuria Books (601) 366-7619

Monday, April 4, 2011

7:00 pm, via Skype

Library Center Auditorium, Springfield
book discussion group
call 417.882.0714

I’ll discuss Morkan’s Quarry with the book discussion group as part of Springfield’s “The Big Read: Voices of Conflict, The American Civil War.”

Monday, April 18, 2011

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Civil War Writings: From Battlefields to Springfield and Beyond
Brentwood Library, Springfield
in the meeting room

Join Dr. Randall Fuller, author of “From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Changed American Literature,” Dr. William Piston, co-author of “Wilson’s Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It,” and Steve Yates, author of “Morkan’s Quarry,” set in Civil War Springfield, for a discussion of their work. Copies of the books will be available for purchase and signing.

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010

11:00a – 12:30p

Signing, Jackson, MS: Lemuria Bookstore, 202 Banner Hall, 4465 I-55 North, Jackson, MS 39206, 601.366.7619.

November 19, 2010, 9:45 a.m.
Words & Music Festival New Orleans

Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Ballroom
THE LITERATURE OF WAR & COLLATERAL DAMAGE
The Dehumanizing Effects of the Civil War on Southern Society
Featured panelists will be Howard Bahr, a veteran of the Vietnam War and author of three critically acclaimednovels of the Civil War—The Black Flower, The Year of Jubilo, and The Judas Field—and Steve Yates, author of the newly released novel of the Civil War, Morkan’s Quarry
More information at Festival Schedule

Signed books may remain at Faulkner House Books.

Friday, April 16, 2010

7:00-8:30 p.m.

Reading/Signing, Springfield, MO: Borders Books & Music, 3300 S. Glenstone Avenue, call to reserve a copy of Morkan’s Quarry at 417.881.4111

Sunday, April 18, 2010

4 p.m.

Reading/Signing, Fayetteville, AR: Nightbird Books, 205 W. Dickson Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701, call to reserve a copy of Morkan’s Quarry at 479.443.2080

Thursday, April 22, 2010

5:00-5:30 p.m.

Stock signing, Springfield, MO: Post-lecture stock book signing, new University Bookstore in the Plaster Student Union, contact Bobbi Anderson, BAnderson@MissouriState.edu

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

5:00 – 6:00

Reading/Signing, Jackson, MS: At Lemuria’s dotCom building, Lemuria Bookstore, 202 Banner Hall, 4465 I-55 North, Jackson, MS 39206, 601.366.7619.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

5:30-6:30 p.m.

Reading/Signing, Greenwood, MS: Turnrow Book Co. 304 Howard Street, call to reserve a copy of Morkan’s Quarry at 662.453.5995

Thursday, June 3, 2010

5:30 p.m.

Signing (5:30 p.m. in store) / Reading (6:00 p.m. in loft) Vicksburg, MS: Lorelei Books, 1103 Washington Street, 39183, reservations required for the loft, call 601-634-8624, www.loreleibooks.com

Saturday, June 12, 2010

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Signing, Jackson, MS: Lemuria Bookstore, Lemuria Bookstore, 202 Banner Hall, 4465 I-55 North, Jackson, MS 39206, 601.366.7619.

October 8, 6 – 8 p.m., 2010

McMinnville, Oregon

Edward Jones office of
KEVIN S GEBHART
833 N E HIGHWAY 99 W SUITE C
MCMINNVILLE, OR 97128
(503) 472-0234
copies limited, reserve early

October 21, 22, 23, 2010

Eudora Welty Symposium

Saturday 10.23.2010, Cochran Hall
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Steve Yates — Morkan’s Quarry
Ellis Anderson — Under Surge, Under Siege, Welty Prize Winner
Beth Ann Fennelly — Unmentionables
Sean Hill — Blood Ties & Brown Liquor