Southern Voices 2023
February 21-25
An Evening With Elin Hilderbrand
Friday, Feb. 24 at 7pm $40 per person / The Library Theatre
Reserved seating • Reception included
Authors Conference
Saturday, Feb. 25 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm / $45 per person / The Library Theatre - Book sales and signings will follow the afternoon session. - Lunch on your own - Schedule
(SOLD OUT)


Sarah Penner is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary which will be translated into forty languages worldwide and is set to be turned into a drama series by Fox. With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time.
Sarah’s second book, The London Séance Society, is forthcoming in early 2023 and is a spellbinding gothic whodunit in two enigmatic women who set out to solve a most unusual mystery. Written with alluring suspense and sultry prose, it is an entrancing tale that explores the blurred lines between truth and illusion and reveals the grave risks women will take to avenge the ones they love.
A graduate of the University of Kansas, Sarah spent thirteen years in corporate finance and now writes full-time. She and her husband live in Florida.





Southern Voices Exhibition and Artist Reception
Sara Garden Armstrong is a visual artist whose decades-long practice embraces a wide range of scales and techniques, such as site-specific sculpture, works on paper and artist books. A recent recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant, Armstrong has exhibited nationally and internationally for over 40 years and her work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, among others. The monograph SARA GARDEN ARMSTRONG: Threads and Layers published in 2020 coincides with a traveling exhibition currently touring the southeastern US that incorporates site-specific art for each location.
Artist Lecture and Reception
Tuesday, Febuary 21, 2023
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Lecture begins at 5:45 pm in The Library Theatre,
with the reception to follow.
Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
This event is free and open to the public

Sara Garden Armstrong
Works on Paper: 1970 –1990
February 4 – March 31, 2023

Miko Marks
Miko Marks made her way to Music City in 2003 playing CMA Fest year after year and fully immersing herself in the country music community. While Marks received well-deserved accolades as “Nashville’s Hottest New Country Star” by People Magazine and “Best New Country Artist” by New Music Weekly, her efforts to be fully embraced by the industry in return proved to be elusive. Back with a new album in 2021, Our Country refuses to be put squarely into one box. Rooted in country, blues, soul and roots, and woven together by her distinctive vocals, Marks’s powerful sound is blazing an unprecedented trail in the music industry.
February 23, 2023 / $30 (Sold Out)
7:30 p.m.
Schedule and Ticket Sales
2023 SCHEDULE
Meet the Artist: Sara Garden Armstrong
Opening Event: Tue., Feb. 21 • 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Theatre Level
Free and open to the public - Artist lecture at 6:00 pm.
Music: Miko Marks (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 - 7:30 pm
An Evening with Elin Hilderbrand
Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 pm / $40 per person
The Library Theatre • Reserved seating • Reception included
Author Conference
Saturday, Feb. 25, 9 am - 4 pm - $45 per person
The Library Theatre (Reserved Seating)
$45 per person
Conference Schedule
Lunch on your own
You may preorder a boxed lunch from East 59 Café by calling 205-518-6264 or by visiting east59.net by February 25 at noon.
TICKET SALES
TICKETS GO ON SALE Thursday, Jan. 12 at 10 am online & phone sales only.
Please purchase your tickets early, as we expect to sell out during this time. If any tickets remain, they will also be available during regular Box Office hours M-F, 10 am - 6 pm
Purchase online... (Links will be provided below when ticket sales open)
An Evening with Elin Hilderbrand
Miko Marks (SOLD OUT)
Author Conference (SOLD OUT)
By phone...
Call the Library Theatre Box Office at (205) 444-7888. Mail orders not accepted.
In person...
At The Library Theatre Box Office. Accepted forms of payment are cash, check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express.
Mail orders are not accepted.
SPONSORS
Mayor, City of Hoover: Frank Brocato Hoover City Council: John Lyda - President, Curt Posey - President Pro Tempore, Sam Swiney, Dr. Steve McClinton, Casey Middlebrooks, Derrick Murphy, Mike Shaw / Hoover Public Library Board of Trustees: Mitzi Eaker, Hal Humphrey, Phil Hutcheson, Lori Martin, Dr. Terry Lamar, Michael Krawcheck - Trustee Emeritus, Eloise Martens -Trustee Emeritus
Friends of the Library President: Theresa Reid / Library Director: Amanda Borden