Outstanding Authors Compete for Award Named After Augusta's Most Famous Author
Press release from the issuing company
Friday, February 13th, 2015
The Augusta Literary Festival celebrates literary excellence by honoring Augusta’s own, Frank Yerby. Five accomplished authors vie for the coveted award at the award ceremony to be held on Friday, March 6th at the Main Library branch of the Augusta Public Library. Yerby’s nephew, Gerald Yerby will be presenting the top three finalists their awards. This is the grand climax of the authors’ reception from 6-8 PM. In addition, there will be food, drinks, and live jazz by Karen Gordon and Garden City Jazz. These activities will be a great literary appetizer for the main course, the Augusta Literary Festival. The festival runs from 10-5PM on Saturday, March 7th, 2015.
Frank Yerby – Augusta’s Literary Giant
Frank Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from Paine College. He started his career writing romance novels set in the antebellum South, but in the 1950’s switched to historical novels.
He had a series of best-selling novels which included The Foxes Harrow, a best seller which sold over a million copies, and was later made into a movie. Yerby was the first African American to become a millionaire from his pen.
In 1955, he moved to Spain where he spent the remainder of his life.
At 1 PM on Friday, March 6th, on the campus of Paine College (Yerby House), there will be a Roundtable Discussion with the five finalists of the Yerby Award for Literary Fiction. This discussion will be moderated by Dr. Anthony Neal, Chair of the Yerby Selection Committee. After the discussion, there will be a tour of the Yerby House on Paine’s campus.
For more detailed information, please visit the official website at: http://www.augustaliteraryfestival.org
Or you can contact Corey Washington – [email protected] (706) 352-8921
Cheryl Corbin - [email protected]
Contact at Main Library branch- Aspasia Luster - [email protected]
Frank Yerby Activities
Friday Mar. 6th- 1 PM Yerby Roundtable Discussion (Paine College Campus) (Yerby House)
Friday Mar. 6th- 6-8 PM Yerby Award Presentation and Reception (Main Library Branch)
Augusta Literary Festival
Saturday March 7th- 10-5 PM Augusta Literary Festival (Main Library Branch)
