Written by Jordan Bailey
Fourteen published authors who are alumni or current students of Harding are returning to campus to sell and sign books during Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 31. This event will take place in the Student Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The book-signing event is in its second year, but this year the event has been moved from the GAC to the Student Center. The genres of books range from biographies to mysteries to nonfiction books about education.
“We try to kind of mix it up, so there’s all different kinds of books that are available, so it’s not that we just have all fiction books or all nonfiction books,” Circulation Librarian Jean Waldrop said.
Waldrop said because the event is still new, there has not been a chance to compile a comprehensive list of Harding authors, but she hopes to complete such a list in the spring.
Several notable authors included in the signing are Christine Lynxwiler, Dr. Cheri Yecke, and students Pete Davidson and Sarah Kyle.
Author and alumnus Tamera Alexander, recipient of the 2009 Christy Award for Best Historical Romance, will sign copies of her novels inside the Harding University Bookstore beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. Alexander also conducted a discussion and signed books at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Heritage Auditorium.
“As a librarian, I just think books are important, and I think it’s neat that we have an opportunity to share what the alumni have done and to see some of their accomplishments,” Waldrop said. “I know it encourages me to see what some of my classmates from way back when have done, and so hopefully, even as students, it will be an encouragement for you guys to publish in the future.”
