United Way of Southwest Alabama to Kick Off 2026 Campaign at Mobile Breakfast
United Way of Southwest Alabama will hold its 2026 Annual Meeting and Campaign Kickoff Aug. 27 at Crown Hall in Mobile, featuring speaker Ronnie Stallworth Sr.
Mobile Man Pens New Book Chronicling His Former Prison Dog’s Journey to Therapy Work
Mobile resident Morris King has written a new book, "Vaquito's Voyage," telling the story of his Labrador retriever's path from a California prison training program to therapy work in Mobile.
Mobile author Patti Callahan talks new novel ‘Once Upon a Wardrobe’
MOBILE, Ala. — Patti Callahan may be among the most prolific authors working in Alabama today, and her latest historical novel is drawing on themes from one of her earlier…
Winston Groom Says It’s “Embarrassing” Mobile Won’t Show Forrest Gump IMAX Rerelease
Author Winston Groom says it's embarrassing that Mobile's only IMAX theater won't screen the Forrest Gump 20th anniversary rerelease this September.
Mobile Author Kat Kennedy Explores the Gritty Side of Southern Life in Debut Collection
Mobile-area author Kat Kennedy released her debut fiction collection, Flamingo Funeral and Tales from the Land of Tea Cakes and Whiskey, in December 2012. The book combines the novella Flamingo…
New Alabama Book: Frank Turner Hollon’s ‘Austin and Emily’
Baldwin County novelist Frank Turner Hollon is back with a new book, Austin and Emily, and the story is every bit as offbeat as its two main characters. The novel…
Mobile-Born Writer Albert Murray Honored in New York Magazine’s ‘9 Over 90’ Feature
A Mobile native who has spent more than half a century shaping American letters and jazz criticism from New York City is getting fresh recognition this month. The Oct. 4…
New History Book Traces Mobile Bay From Past to Present
A new local history book, Mobile Bay: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, has arrived at Bienville Books and other outlets, offering readers a wide-ranging look at the estuary that shapes life…
Mobile Author Elizabeth Parker Collects the City’s Ghost Stories in “Haunted Mobile”
Mobile writer Elizabeth Parker has spent years tracking down the city’s ghost stories, and this fall her research is being published in a single volume, “Haunted Mobile,” through The History…
Fairhope Novelist C. Terry Cline on the Childhood Tragedy That Shaped 25 Years of Suspense Writing
Fairhope novelist C. Terry Cline Jr., whose suspense and crime novels have spanned decades, says the roots of his career trace back to a violent scene he witnessed as a…