Discussion with local, award-winning author Philip Lee Williams 6:15 pm Thursday, May 15th, 2008



Philip Lee Williams is a fantastic local award-winning author and one with whom you should be well acquainted with if you are not. He will be at the next gathering of the Oconee County Democratic party book group at the new Five Points Deli location in the Epps Bridge Parkway area.

Woven brightly,
Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.



Hello!

The book group sponsored by the Oconee County Democrats is especially
excited about this month's book and meeting! The author, award-winning
local writer Philip Lee Williams, will be joining us that evening!

If you don't know Williams or his work yet . . . well, inspired by his
writing, let me describe coming across his books as rather like finding
a well-honed arrowhead or delicate lily while out in the woods -- OUR
woods, right around here where we live!

See the press release below. Come join us!

Pat Priest

The community-wide book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will
discuss local author Philip Lee Williams' lovely "Crossing Wildcat
Ridge: A Memoir of Nature and Healing" Thursday, May 15th at 6:15.




The author will be joining the group to discuss his book, which writer
James Kilgo described as "a hymn of celebration, an affirmation of the
blessings of family and home and the quiet wonders of the natural world
in our own backyards." The flora and fauna Williams describes so
skillfully are found along Wildcat Creek in Oconee County.

Williams is a distinguished novelist, essayist, poet, award-winning
documentary film producer and writer, and composer. Several of his
works have been optioned by Hollywood producers. His first novel, The
Heart of a Distant Forest, won the Townsend Prize for Fiction. In 1991,
he was named Georgia Author of the Year for Fiction.

The book group and discussion are open to people from Oconee and other
counties. The group meets the Third Thursday of every month at Five
Points Deli on Epps Bridge Parkway. Come early to order dinner or
coffee and chat a while.

For more information, contact Pat Priest (ppriest@charter.net).

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