SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1:30PM, CHARLES MARTIN!!!:
  Move over, Nicholas Sparks, here comes Charles Martin, the hugely popular author of WHERE THE RIVER ENDS, WHEN CRICKETS CRY, WRAPPED IN RAIN and more. 

FRIDAY, JULY 3 RD , 6:00 , HANS RUEFFERT, Eat Like There's No Tomorrow
A 2005 Food Network star and one of Jasper, Georgia's, favorite sons, culinary sensation Hans Rueffert will be at FoxTale offering up samples at Woodstock's next Friday Night Live. You will be educated, entertained and inspired as Hans reveals his story through a beautifully written and illustrated cookbook, Eat Like There s No Tomorrow . A natural storyteller with an appreciation for irony and an eye for all things beautiful, Hans shares his optimistic measuring-cup-half-full perspective with this light-hearted collection of original recipes, engaging narratives and glorious photographs.

SATURDAY, JULY 11 TH , 1:00, PATTI BRADY, The Power of Her Smile
If you loved THE HEART OF A CHILD , you'll want to read Patti's latest, The Power of Her Smile. Brady, who was born and raised in Miami , moved to Woodstock with her husband, Brad, in 1980. Brady's inspiration for her novels comes from her hometown, which is the setting of her first novel, “The Heart of a Child,” and her new book, “The Power of Her Smile.”

SATURDAY, JULY 18 TH , JOHN YOW, The Armchair Birder
Bird lovers, take heart! While the birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow's The Armchair Birder is here to remind us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging, humorous, and even irreverent essays, Yow reveals the fascinating lives of birds you probably already recognize and naturally want to know more about, because they're the ones you see nearly every day. With The Armchair Birder , backyard birders will take new delight in the birds at their feeders, while veteran check-listers will enjoy putting their feet up. All will applaud this unique addition to bird literature, one that combines the fascination of bird life with the pleasure of good reading.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 nd , 6:00, KATHERINE STOCKETT, The Help
What perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut novel set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson , Miss. , where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams. Assured and layered, full of heart and history, The Help has bestseller written all over it

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 th , 1:00, ROBERT DALBY, A Piggly Wiggly Wedding
The enchanting follow-up to Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly and Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly —a Southern charmer about second chances in love and life, and the odd—and oddly funny—events that bring people together. Weddings are big news in the small Delta town of Second Creek, Mississippi . Unfortunately, Hale and Gaylie's wedding plans are not going smoothly. It falls to the town's indefatigable army of matrons—the Nitwitts—to plan the kind of welcome for Gaylie's children that will get them on board for the wedding, and make way for more than one new beginning in Second Creek.