my name is diane thompson, and we're delighted to have you join us at the tenth annual anniversary of the saw van a that book festival presented by georgia power and sh

my name is diane thompson, and we're delighted to have you join us at the tenth annual anniversary of the saw van a that book festival presented by georgia power and the sheehan family foundation. we are blessed to have such celebrated authors in trinity united methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of kurt and leba anderson. we'd also like to extend special thanks to our literati members and individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's free festival events possible. before we get started, i have a couple of housekeeping notes. immediately following this presentation, william daugherty will be signing festival-purchased copies his book in the square. he does have an interview directly with c-span after this, so he may be just a few minutes late getting there. we have a new policy this year. if you're planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward in the venue so the ushers can determine how many available seats we have. now, please take this moment to turn off your cell phones, and please, we can you not to use