Hub City Bookshop is hosting a virtual conversation with Kevin McIlvoy and Scott Gould on Thursday, June 3rd, at 7PM! Of his seven other published books, Kevin McIlvoy considers his new novel, One Kind Favor, to be one of his most important works. Joining him in conversation will be award-winning author of Things that Crash, Things that Fly, Scott Gould! Register here.

Kevin McIlvoy is the author of seven previous books: five novels, a book of short stories, and a book of prose poetry. A retired Regents Professor of Creative Writing from New Mexico State University, he teaches at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program in Creative Writing. His short fiction has appeared in Harper’s, Southern Review, Ploughshares, Missouri Review, and other literary magazines. He has been a manuscript consultant for University of Nevada Press, University of Arizona Press, University of New Mexico Press, Indiana State University Press, University of Missouri Press, Orison Books, and other publishers. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Scott Gould was born, raised and still lives in South Carolina. His first book, Strangers to Temptation—a linked story collection the Atlanta Journal Constitution called “a compulsive read” and Foreward Reviews dubbed “funny, often poignant, and not easily forgotten”—was published by Hub City Press in 2017. Of his debut novel, Whereabouts (Koehler Books), the Atlanta Journal Constitution said, the book is “distinctly Southern but gritty, without a whiff of moonlight and magnolias.” Gould’s memoir, Things That Crash, Things That Fly (Vine Leaves Press), was released in March of 2021, and his next book, the story collection Idiot Men, will be published by Springer Mountain Press in August of 2021. A new novel, The Hammerhead Chronicles, will be published by the University of North Georgia Press in February of 2022.

Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, NC presents Scott Gould, in virtual conversation with Sonja Livingston, May 11th at 6:00pm. They will be discussing Gould’s new memoir, Things That Crash, Things That Fly. You can register by clicking link below…

Called an “extraordinary work” by author David Shields and “a delight to read” by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Things That Crash, Things That Fly is the new memoir by Scott Gould. Gould is also the author of the story collection, Strangers to Temptation, and the novel, Whereabouts. A new collection of stories, Idiot Men, is forthcoming from Springer Mountain Press in late summer, 2021; and a new novel, The Hammerhead Chronicles, is set for publication in February 2022 by the University of North Georgia Press. Gould lives in Sans Souci, South Carolina, and teaches at the S.C. Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities. 

Sonja Livingston is the author of four books of literary nonfiction, including the memoir, Ghostbread, which won an AWP Book Prize for Nonfiction and has been widely adopted for classroom use. Her latest, The Virgin of Prince Street, uses an unexpected return to her childhood church as an occasion to explore larger changes in the nature of ritual, religion, and devotion. Her writing has been honored with a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, an Iowa Review Award, a VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, an Arts & Letters Essay Prize, as well as grants from Vermont Studio Center and The Deming Fund for Women. Her award-winning essays appear widely in anthologies and outlets such as Salon, The Kenyon Review, and Creative Nonfiction. 
Sonja is an associate professor in the MFA Program at Virginia Commonwealth University and teaches in the Postgraduate Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. 

On Tuesday, April 27 at 6pm Auburn Oil Company Booksellers is hosting an In Conversation event with Scott Gould about his new memoir, Things that Crash, Things that Fly.  It’s a book about many things: lost love, daughters and fathers, evaporating marriage, Italian sandals, friendship, bad knees, acrobatic birds, secrecy, oddly placed piercings…but most of all, Gould’s inventive memoir is about how it’s truly possible to rise and soar, even after you’ve struck the ground.

The conversation will be facilitated by Justin Gardiner, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Auburn University and author in his own right.  It’s free!  Register here.

Hub City Bookshop is hosting a virtual conversation with Julia Koets and Scott Gould on April 13th at 7PM! Julia Koets is the author of Pine (Winner of the 2019 Michael Waters Poetry Prize). Scott Gould is the award-winning author of Hub City Press title Strangers to Temptation, and the more recent memoir, Things That Crash, Things That Fly. Join us for a conversation and question-and-answer session with these two authors! Register here…

Please join novelist Ashley Warlick and M. Judson Booksellers on Thursday, March 25 at 7pm for a virtual conversation with Scott Gould about his new memoir, Things that Crash, Things that Fly. 

It’s a is about many things: lost love, daughters and fathers, evaporating marriage, Italian sandals, friendship, bad knees, acrobatic birds, secrecy, oddly placed piercings…but most of all, Gould’s inventive memoir is about how it’s truly possible to rise and soar, even after you’ve struck the ground.

It’s free, but registration is required, and signed copies are available for pre-order.   Register here. Pre-order signed copies here.