Paper Trails

Brickell to visit state, sign books

PAGER-TURNER: Former Camden resident Beth Brickell, now a filmmaker, author and former actress living in Los Angeles, will hold five talks and book-signings in Arkansas for her new book, The Disappearance of Maud Crawford. The book is based on the true account of the unsolved mystery surrounding the March 2, 1957, disappearance of the Camden-based prominent attorney and civic leader. The events will be held Sept. 26-30 in Camden, Hot Springs, Little Rock and Blytheville.

Brickell's Camden appearances include Allen's Restaurant at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, and the Tate Barn Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. She'll appear in Hot Springs at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Garland County Library and in Little Rock at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, at Wordsworth Books in the Heights. She will conclude her visit with an appearance in Blytheville at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at That Bookstore.

KNOWING THE SCORE: Former Maumelle resident Amy Lee, who gained international fame as the frontman for the multiplatinum goth rock band Evanescence (mentioned here recently), is making her entry into the world of film scoring. Her latest album, Aftermath, is comprised of music from and inspired by the indie film War Story. The album was released digitally last Monday via amazon.com and iTunes (Ingrooves). The film, starring Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi and Ben Kingsley, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last January and was released theatrically in the U.S. on July 30 through IFC Film.

ALL THE WRITE MOVES: John A. Beineke, a professor at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, had his youth biography, Hoosier Public Enemy: A Life of John Dillinger, chosen to represent his home state of Indiana on Saturday at the Library of Congress' National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. The book, published by the Indiana Historical Society Press, was featured on the festival's "Discover Great Places through Reading" map. Beineke, an Indiana native, has lived in Jonesboro for the past 15 years.

BOOKING IT: Another author with a local connection is Monsignor Gaston Hebert of Albuquerque, N.M., a Hot Springs native who previously taught English and drama at Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock.

His new book, Priests, the Guise and the Guy Behind the Collar, depicts the personalities of more than 20 priests in his novel, drawn from his 54 years in the priesthood.

During that time, Hebert served as pastor of Christ the King Church in Little Rock for 20 years and pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Pocahontas.

His new self-published paperback, released in July, sells on Amazon.com for $13.50. It is also available at The Catholic Bookstore in Little Rock. The book follows Hebert's 2009 book, The Faux Bishop Gems, based on a series of his essays previously published in the weekly The Arkansas Catholic.

Contact Linda S. Haymes at (501) 399-3636 or lhaymes@arkansasonline.com

Metro on 08/31/2014

Upcoming Events