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Oakleigh Literary Lawn Party, 300 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, AL (2025)

10/13/2024

What an unforgettable day at the Literary Lawn Party! 🌟

Huge thanks to all the incredible authors who made the event come to life with their stories, and to the Haunted Bookstore for sponsoring such a magical experience. Most importantly, a massive thank you to everyone who came out and shared their love of literature with us—your energy and enthusiasm made it truly special. See you next year! 📚✨

10/12/2024

A huge shoutout to our sponsor The Haunted Book Shop!

10/12/2024

The FIRST Literary Lawn Party is happening now at the Historic Oakleigh House Museum

We are open till 4pm today! Come drop by and see all the Amazing Local Authors!

10/10/2024

The Literary Lawn Party is proud to welcome Alan Samry!

Sixteen years ago, Alan Samry and his wife, Susan, moved to Fairhope, Alabama, from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where Alan was born and raised. He earned an Associate of Arts degree in 1990 from Cape Cod Community College and later received a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of South Alabama. In 2012, he completed a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Spalding University. Alan graduated from the Online Masters of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) Program at the University of Alabama in 2017. He is an author, a part-time librarian at Coastal Alabama Community College’s Fairhope campus, and a local history walking tour guide.

10/09/2024

The Literary Lawn Party proudly welcomes Audrey Gaynier!!

Audrey Gaynier is the co-author and sole illustrator of "U.S. Coast Guard A B Seas". As an artist and 10-year U.S. Coast Guard veteran Audrey dedicated the last two years to creating this educational children's book, combining her love for both. She worked alongside her co-author, CAPT John Fitzgerald, USCG Ret.

Now a civilian, Audrey works at Austal USA for the USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter construction program. She continues to find ways to incorporate art and the USCG into her life.

Her children's book can be found on amazon and all things U.S. Coast Guard A B Seas can be found on her page: Facebook

10/09/2024

The Literary Lawn Party is proud to welcome Paul Brueske

As a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast, Paul Brueske became fascinated with the Gulf Coast’s Civil War era history. He founded the Mobile Civil War Round Table and regularly gives talks on Gulf Coast related Civil War topics. Paul is currently pursuing a graduate degree in history at the University of South Alabama. He is a member of the Society of Military Historians, Friends of Historic Blakeley State Park, Mobile Historical Society, and the History Museum of Mobile.
Learn more about Paul’s books at https://gulfcoastcivilwar.com/about-the-author/

10/08/2024

The Literary Lawn Party Proudly welcomes Manda Collins!

Manda Collins grew up on a combination of Nancy Drew books and Jane Austen novels, and her own brand of Historical romantic suspense is the result. She is the author of twenty-one novels set in 19th century England published by St. Martin's Press and Forever. A former academic librarian, she holds advanced degrees in English Lit and Librarianship and uses what she learned in grad school to craft her novels. Her books have been reviewed in Entertainment Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Bookpage, and USA Today. When she's not writing she can be found watching true crime documentaries, playing word games, and knitting very inexpertly. A native of Mobile, she lives on the Gulf Coast with a very stubborn cat and more books than are strictly necessary. You can find her online at mandacollins.com and on Instagram and threads at

10/08/2024

The Literary Lawn Party is proud to welcome Caylan MacRae

Caylan MacRae is an unprofessional vampire hunter (keeps kissing instead of killing them), expert beach rat, and cryptid enthusiast who won’t shut up about Mothman. They're obsessed with writing the kind of queer-horror books that their younger, angrier self wished they could've had—stories that at their core are about family both found and lost, sibling strife, and the messy, often cyclical nature of recovery from traumas past.

10/07/2024

The Literary Lawn Party proudly welcomes Brendan Kirby

Brendan Kirby is a veteran journalist who made the transition from print to digital to TV.
He previously worked for newspapers, including the Mobile Press-Register and AL.com.
For three years, he covered politics for a national news website before joining FOX10 News in Mobile as an investigative reporter. His work has won numerous journalism awards, including live coverage of a standoff in 2022 between police and an armed man inside of a car outside of Government Plaza.
A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., he lives in Daphne with his wife and dog. He has two children at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Brendan has lived on the Gulf Coast since 2000. His pop history of Mobile, “Wicked Mobile,” chronicles the villains and notorious events of the Port City’s 300-year-old history. A native Philadelphian, he is a devoted fan of its professional sports teams.

10/03/2024

The Literary Lawn Party proudly welcomes Harry Miller!

Harry Miller is a native of Baltimore, a past sojourner in Asia, and a twenty-two year resident of Mobile, where he teaches Asian history at the University of South Alabama. He is the author of Southern Rain, a historical novel set in seventeenth-century China, and Meet Me at the RASCAL, an experimental Oulipo-generated satire, set in a near-future, dystopian, America, which caricatures every species of moral, social, and political decadence and is a lot of fun.

10/01/2024

The Literary Lawn Party proudly welcomes Marissa Ann Ballard

USA Today Best Selling Author Marissa Ann grew up in Mobile Alabama but every weekend she spent most of her time on the beach of Perdido with her dog, Buddy.

Today, she spends her time in rural North Mississippi with her husband, the kids and all of their animals on a hobby farm.
She always said she would write books one day even though many thought she never would. She made a promise to a childhood friend who left this world for the next in 2015. That she would finally write and publish at least one.

Her first book hit the market in 2018 and she’s never looked back.
Her latest project is Ringo's Silence, Book 9 in the Wolfsbane Ridge MC Series and will be available everywhere books are sold August 27, 2024. (https://books2read.com/RingosSilence)

09/29/2024

The Literary Lawn Party is proud to welcome the Alabama Writers Cooperative

The Alabama Writers Cooperative was organized in 1923, and is today one of the oldest continuing writers’ organizations in the United States. AWC supports writers, aspiring writers, publishers, and members of the literary community through networking, sharing information, workshops and conferences. Members include fiction and non-fiction writers, novelists, short-story writers, poets, journalists, business and technical writers, publishers and educators. AWC also nominates, for the Alabama Governor’s appointment, Alabama’s Poet Laureate.

09/26/2024

The Literary Lawn Party proudly welcomes Sheritta Bitikofer!

Sheritta Bitikofer is an author of paranormal and historical fiction. She lives for the deep, engaging stories that enthrall readers from cover to cover. As a wife and mother of eclectic tastes, she can be found roaming Civil War battlefields, haunting her local coffee shop, or relaxing with a plate of chili cheese fries. When she's not writing her next novel or taking care of her daughter, Sheritta enjoys diving into the fascinating and complex history of the American Civil War. With a BA in American History from American Public University, her primary focus of study is the many human-interest stories that embody the spirit of the mid-nineteenth century. Check out her website for information on all of her currently published books at, http://www.sherittabitikofer.com

09/24/2024

The Literary Lawn Party is proud to welcome Linda Brantley Davis!

Linda Brantley Davis was Mobile’s 1965 Azalea Trail Queen! She is married to her husband of 54 years. Together they have three beautiful daughters with six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She has a Bachelors of Arts from the University of South Alabama. She has a long career in public relations and marketing. She wrote her Book “A Touch of Pink” to honor the founding fathers of the Azalea Trail Festival and the Azalea Trail Maids past and present. Her book has touched many maids who have her book and appreciate her honoring them. Linda spent a lot of time at the Oakleigh House during her time as Azalea Trail Queen and is excited to return to one of her favorite places on October 12th.

09/19/2024

The Literary Lawn Party proudly welcomes Rebecca Barrett

Rebecca Barrett writes historical fiction, detective fiction, cozy mysteries, and short stories of life in the South. She lives and writes in the loveliest village on the bay, Fairhope, AL.

It’s the South. It’s the Sixties. It’s Murder. Currently, Rebecca is writing a detective series set in the deep South of the sixties featuring Hugo August, a Vietnam veteran, as her protagonist. The first book, The Rat Catcher, is available wherever books are sold but she’s an advocate for buying local so check out The Haunted Book Shop (Mobile), Page & Palette (Fairhope), or Barnes & Noble (Daphne). She is working on the second book of the series, She Had To Die, which will be available in the late fall of 2024.

Her cozy mystery series features Cat Callahan, a Scottish Fold vagabond who took up with Army veteran “Dax” and together they travel the roads and rails of the American south, landing in first one adventure then another.

To find samples of Rebecca’s short fiction, go to: www.rebeccabarrett.com
She can be reached by email at: [email protected]

09/17/2024

The Literary Lawn Party proudly welcomes Victoria Finkley!

Victoria Finkley is a native of Mobile, Alabama. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Studies from the University of South Alabama. She is a trained dancer in seven genres: ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, modern, and hip-hop. She began performing solos, duos, and trios at an early age. As a competitive dancer, she received countless awards and dance scholarships in Mobile, New York, the Southeast, and the West Coast. Her performances resulted in first place, gold, and dancer of the year finalist recognition. She has traveled extensively nationwide for two decades. She currently teaches ballet, tap, jazz, and hip-hop in the Mobile area.

"Hope Takes Center Stage" is inspired by her dance journey growing up. She is most passionate about inspiring young dancers all around the world. You can learn more about Victoria Finkley and her children's book "Hope Takes Center Stage" at https://hopetakescenterstage.com/

09/12/2024

The Literary Lawn Party is proud to welcome Joe Cuhaj!

Joe Cuhaj is a Mobile, Alabama transplant having moved from his home state of New Jersey to the Port City 43 years ago with his wife who is from Mobile.

The former Mobile radio broadcaster is an avid hiker and backpacker and his hiking journeys continued when he moved to the state, discovering the incredible beauty of Alabama – it’s mountains, canyons, waterfalls, blackwater rivers, the delta, and the Gulf. This inspired him to author his first book, Hiking Alabama (published by Falcon Books) in 2000. The book is now in its 5th edition and was the first of 13 outdoor recreation guides Joe has written about the state and the Gulf Coast.

Joe has also authored five non-fiction history titles, 3 of which are Mobile-centric: Baseball in Mobile, Hidden History of Mobile, and A History Lover’s Guide to Mobile and the Alabama Gulf Coast (all published by Arcadia / History Press.) He is also the author of two successful spaceflight related titles, Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind’s Exploration of Space and his latest Prometheus book, Everyone’s Gone to the Moon: July 1969, Life on Earth, and the Epic Voyage of Apollo 11.

You can read more about Joe’s writing adventures, his latest releases, listen to podcasts, and view videos on his website, http://joe-cuhaj.com.

09/11/2024

The countdown is on! 🎉
We are a month away from the first-ever Literary Lawn Party at the Historic Oakleigh House. Get ready for an unforgettable afternoon of books, authors, and delightful conversations. Let the excitement begin!

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