SIBA 2011 Southern Indie Book Awards

The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has announced the finalists for the 2011 Southern Indie Book Awards, which recognize "the books from last year that Southern Indie Booksellers especially loved, the ones they most enjoyed putting into the hands of their customers with the earnest, heartfelt and ever hopeful words 'You’ve got to read this.' "

Winners will be announced in July and will be celebrated at SIBA's trade show in Charleston, S.C., September 17-19.

Two titles of the Fiction short list are Reading Group Choices selections!

Fiction

Bloodroot by Amy Greene

Burning Bright by Ron Rash

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

On Folly Beach by Karen White

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Check the rest of the list!

Congrats to all authors!