NewSouth Books has enjoyed working the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning in a partnership that has continued for seven years. OLLI is a program for learning in retirement for adults 50 and older. Members can choose from offerings that include academic courses as well as recreational and health activities.

Authors including Rev. Robert Graetz (A White Preacher’s Message on Race and Reconciliation), Warren Trest (Nobody But the People: The Life and Times of Alabama’s Youngest Governor), Rheta Grimsley Johnson (Hank Hung the Moon, Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming, Poor Man’s Provence), Frye Gaillard (Go South to Freedom, Journey to the Wilderness: War, Memory, and a Southern Family’s Civil War Letters, The Books that Mattered: A Reader’s Memoir, Watermelon Wine: The Spirit of Country Music), Kathryn Tucker Wyndham (She: The Old Woman Who Took Over My Life, Spit, Scarey Ann and Sweat Bees: One Thing Leads to Another, Alabama, One Big Front Porch, Jeffrey’s Favorite 13 Ghost Stories), Robert Baldwin (Life and Death Matters: Seeking the Truth About Capital Punishment), and Skip Tucker (Pale Blue Light) have given presentations at OLLI. The speakers unanimously praise the great interest and participation of audiences and the superb hosting of the OLLI staff.

Joining this list of illustrious presenters is Peter Huggins (In the Company of Owls), who will lead a workshop on writing poetry at the OLLI Writers Workshop at Pebble Hill on Thursday, October 13. Huggins is an Alabama State Council on the Arts poetry fellow. Other session leaders for the day include AU Professor Frank Walters on memoir writing; prolific children’s author and poet Charles Ghigna on writing for children; and award-winning short story author Carrie Spell on writing fiction.

Enrollment in the day-long program is limited to 40 participants with a cost of $25 for OLLI members and $50 for non-members; lunch is included.

If you haven’t discovered the pleasures of the OLLI experience, don’t delay in exploring the offerings at the OLLI closest to you.

NewSouth Books titles are available direct from our website or your favorite bookstore.