This Free Book Fest Is the Best Thing in Nashville This Weekend
The Southern Festival of Books is this weekend! Our Hey Nashville newsletter editor (and resident bookworm) Margaret Kingsbury sits down with Humanities Tennessee executive director Tim Henderson and author Liz Riggs — whose recent debut novel, “Lo Fi,” is set in the Nashville music scene of 2010 — to get the scoop on what this year’s festival has to offer. And stick around for our special segment, A Mile in Their Boots: We’ll be going inside a day in the life of David Reeves, a Davidson County Election Commission poll official. Thanks to Tecovas, our Western wear faves, for sponsoring this segment, and for being our exclusive launch sponsor!
Early voting is open now! Here is a link to times and locations, as well as a sample ballot.
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