Local Author Mona Martin Batchelor to Host Book Signing
McKENZIE— Local author Mona Martin Batchelor will meet readers, answer questions, and sign books during a special author appearance at the Gordon Browning Museum on Saturday, November 7. The event will run from noon to 2 p.m.
Batchelor will present and read selections from her newly released novel, Nora T and the Champion Tree, published by The University of Tennessee Press and illustrated by Maggie Latimer. Following the reading, she will lead a question-and-answer session with attendees.
Copies of the book will not be available for purchase at the event. Attendees are encouraged to acquire their copies in advance—available online wherever books are sold—and bring them to the museum to be signed.
The Gordon Browning Museum is located in downtown McKenzie. The public is invited to attend.
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