Wednesday December 21st from 11am-2pm

Artist Donna Burgess will be on the front porch  to sign & personalize her holiday prints.

Come on out & get a last minute gift that is sure to please.

Can’t make in on the 21st, no worries.

Donna will join us again on Wednesday December 28th from 10am-4pm

to sign her classic SEASIDE prints & note cards.

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the lapse in postings, it has been a great start to the fall.  Here is a list of what we have on the books for rest of the month.

Authors on the Porch: October Events

Thursday Oct. 13th & Friday Oct. 14th 10am-2pm

Paul & Betty lowery will join us on the porch signing copies of their best-selling book Do You Know Where sea Turtles Go?

Friday October 14th from 4-9pm

Local Author Nick May will be signing copies of his “satirical thriller,” Minutemen. 

Saturday October 15th from 11am-2pm

Sundog Books is thrilled to welcome back southern author, Lisa Patton.  Lisa will be signing copies of her latest novel, Yankee Doodle Dixie.  Yankee Doodle Dixie is a follow up to her bestselling book Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter.

Saturday October 15th 3-7pm

Author and World War II Vet, Kenneth Tucker will be signing copies of his memoir, Last Roll Call: One of the Last Memoirs of WWII.

Saturday October 22nd 3-7pm

Author Jim Clark will be joining us on the porch signing copies of his memoir Making Friends with Candy: And Her Journal of Life & Love.

Saturday October 29th from 1-2:30 pm

Escape to Create launches its 20th season of unique literary events with a daylong program devoted to fans & writers of mystery.  Acclaimed historical crime fiction authors Ace Atkins & Elizabeth Stuckey-French will share secrets of their craft during a half-day writing workshop, book signing & a salon reception with readings & discussions.  Book signing is free & open to the public.  For more information on the workshop & reception, please call Escape to create at 850-534-0000.

Times & dates are subject to change.

Please give a call to the store anytime for updates.  850-231-5481

Friday August 26th from 5-9pm… Author and World War II Vet, Kenneth Tucker will be signing copies of his memoir, Last Roll Call: One of the Last Memoirs of WWII.

Saturday August 27th from 5-9pm…Author Jim Clark will be joining us on the porch signing copies of his memoir Making Friends with Candy: And Her Journal of Life & Love.

Book Signing with Sandy Semerad

Friday July 29th from 4-6pm  Sandy Semerad will be signing copies of her novels, Hurricane House & Mardi Gravestone.  Please stop on by & sell hello to Sandy.  With each book purchase you get entered to win a drawing for a crystal necklace featured in her books.

Midwest Book Review gave Hurricane House five stars and said it’s a must read. Romantic Times called Mardi Gravestone “A very exciting mystery.

Friday May 27th 5-7pm

Historical fiction author Richard Barlow Adams will join us on the porch from 5-7pm signing his book,The Parting: A Story of West Point on the Eve of Civil War

Saturday May 28th 6-8pm

Chef Michael Schwartz,the James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in Miami will be here with his first cookbook,Michael’s Genuine Food:Down to Earth Cooking for People Who Love to Eat

Sunday May 29^th 12-2pm

Please join us for a book signing with local author and Lieutenant/Paramedic in the South Walton Fire Department, SSG Paul Mehlos.  In his book, Poor Bastards Club: The U.S. Army in Afghanistan, Mehlos chronicles his one year tour in Afghanistan as an infantry non-commissioned officer

Friday June 10th 4-6pm

Please join us on the porch with Nolde Alexius,editor of Best of LSU Fiction from 4-6pm.Best of LSU Fiction is a one-of-a-kind collection of 20 fiction writers who have been teachers, students or editors at LSU.

Wednesday June 15th 4-6pm

Who does not enjoy a good sandwich?Alison Lewis, author of 400 Best Sandwich Recipes,has just the right one for every occasion.

Saturday June 18th 4-6pm

Please come by & say hello to author Martha Hall Foose.  Her cookbook,A Southerly Course, is the highly anticipated follow-up to her James Beard Award-winning, bestselling Screen Doors and Sweet Tea. Foose continues her conversation with readers, sharing recipes and stories from even closer to home.

Wednesday July 6th 7-9pm

Authors  Brooke Parkhurst & James Briscione will be signing copies of their new cookbook, Just Married & Cooking,  a truly indispensable culinary & entertaining guide (with a Southern accent!) for young or  newly married couples. Just Married & Cooking navigates through all the difficulties common to young couples imposed by a small kitchen, budgetary restrictions and limited time.

Friday July 15th 5-7pm

Alabama Jane Brown will be here to sign copies of her book,Sinner from the South.

2011 Seaside Prize Winner Dhiru Thadani will join us Sunday January 23rd at 2pm for a book signing & lecture.

Dhiru Thadani’s, The Language of Towns & Cities: offers a visual “encyclodictionary” that allows the professional and the layperson easy access to a vast source of ideas, materials, and methods at once comprehensive and accessible.

Escape to Create Readings:
Wednesday, September 22nd, 6pm & Friday, September 24th, 6pm

Book Signing Party:
Saturday, September 25th, 1:00pm

It’s that time of year again!! Escape to Create’s Fall Writers’ Conference is underway this week in beautiful Rosemary Beach, Florida. We will be selling books at both readings, Wednesday September 23th starting at 6 and again on Friday September 24th at the same time. The readings will be held at the Rosemary Beach Town Hall. These readings are free for registrants and only $10 for the general public!!

Sundog Books will also be hosting a book signing party to mark the end of the conference on Saturday, September 25th at 1:00pm. Complimentary food and drinks will be served. Come by and meet these great authors!!

The line-up this year includes Daphne Kalotay, author of the historical novel and Oprah magazine pick Russian Winter, Brad Watson, author of Mercury of Heaven and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives, John Dufresne, author of Lousiana Power and Light and The Lie That Tells a Truth, David Magee, writer of the non-fiction story The Education of Mr. Mayfield, and Frank Giampietro, poet and author of a collection Begin Anywhere.

Visit escape2create.org for more information.

Wednesday, September 29th   3-7pm

Our friend Don Schroeder will be joing us again to sign copies of his memoir, Air Raid Nights and Radio Days.

“‘We are what we were, when.’

Don Schroeder explores the sharp contrast between the dark nights and bright childhood memories that opened the doors for a boy growing up as part of the Silent Generation. After the Depression and World War Two, conditions improved for many Americans, including Don and his family. With wit and humor, Don invites the world to see Indianapolis as this ‘nasty little gutter tramp’ saw it. Sample city chicken or scrambled brains with eggs, mow down imaginary Nazis, and turn off ‘Fibber McGee and Molly,’ the favorite nighttime radio show, in time to confuse enemy bombers and save Indianapolis from destruction. Don relishes those nearly forgotten years and the memories of God reaching for a boy slip-sliding along during this difficult period of Air Raid Nights and Radio Days.”