Broadstone Books will officially release their first novel, Third Monday in May by Ross R. Moore, at Carmichael's Bookstore on Frankfort Ave.

The author will be on hand to read, discuss, and sign his Kentucky Derby (and Lincoln) themed alternative history in the Derby City's premier bookstore. 

Ross R. Moore is an educator, storyteller, and singer-songwriter living in San Diego.  A native of Kentucky where he attended Murray State University and the University of Louisville, he was for several years a museum educator at the Kentucky Derby Museum, sharing the history of the race with visitors. Now his brings this story to a wider audience, drawing upon his knowledge of Derby lore to form the backdrop of this, his first novel.

Please join us for a reading and signing of Broadstone Books debut publication. 

Gray Hampton is Gayle Hanratty’s first book. Her short stories have appeared in Monkscript,

The Louisville Review, and Trajectory, where she was co-winner of their inaugural short story

contest.

Gayle lives in Louisville with her husband George. She is a graduate and retired staff

member of Spalding University’s low-residency MFA in Writing program.

In addition to writing, she creates terrariums in tribute to the forest floor.

Please join us for a reading and signing!

Eric Burnette is a writer with a law degree and a Master’s degree of Urban Planning from the University of Louisville.

He lives in Louisville with his wife and two children. They visit Olmsted’s parks frequently.

Please join us for a reading and book signing for his new book about Louisville’s celebrated Olmsted Parks.

"Eric Burnette’s book “Parks for the People! Frederick Law Olmsted in Louisville” tells how the system was devised and implemented during the turn of the 20th century. [Burnette was interviewed for the documentary.] Although the motives of the Louisville park commissioners were not always thoroughly civic-minded, and often, in fact,  pitted landowners against one another in pursuit of profit, the end result was arguably the most complex and naturally diverse urban park system in the country."

Mary Popham’s fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays and book reviews have appeared in the Courier-Journal, ForeWord Reviews, Appalachian Heritage, and The Louisville Review.

She has produced short plays, published short stories, and holds an MFA from Spalding University.

Popham will read from her new collection of short stories, "Love is a Fireplace" at Carmichael’s on Thursday, May 4th.

Please join us for a reading and signing with local author Mary Popham

Follow Mary's blog here!

April is National Poetry month!

 We are celebrating with a special poetry reading and open mic night.

Members of the community are invited to participate – open walk-in and sign-up.

If you’re a poet or aspiring poet you are welcome to come read for 5-10 minutes!

Featured poets include Ellen Birkett Morris and Jon Hardy.

We hope you’ll join us!

Introduction to Poetry 

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light 
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.

But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

-Billy Collins

Graphic design has been an academic discipline since the post-World War II era, but it has yet to develop acoherent theoretical foundation. Instead, it proceeds through styles, generes, and imitation, drawing on sources that range from the Bauhaus to deconstructionism. In Firesigns, Steven Skaggs offers the foundation for a semiotic theory of graphic design, exploring semiotic concepts from design and studio art perspectives and offering useful conceptual tools for practicing designers.

Steven Skaggs is Professor of Design at the Hite Art Institute of the University of Louisville.

A semiotican, calligrapher, and font designer, he explores the connections between the visual and verbal worlds.

Please Join us for a reading and signing!

Bridges are some of the most fascinating structures in our landscape, and they come in all forms.

From towering suspension bridges to humble stone crossings, this book visits them all.

Please join us for a very special story time (best for kids ages 5 – 8)

with author

Cheryl Keely

at Carmichael's Kids!

Please join us as we welcome food writer and

James Beard Writing Award nominee.

Andrew Moore

and Kentucky mead maker

Jereme Zimmerman

for a lively discussion on pawpaws, mead, and local foods.