Book Festival Highlights
Discover the impact of Telling His Story: POW #1000 through engaging presentations, book signings, and features in esteemed events and institutions across the country.
LINCOLN PARISH LIBRARY
The Third Annual Lincoln Literarrium
An Exposition of Independent Writers
📅 Saturday, May 3, 2025
🕐 1PM–4PM
📍 Events Center
Book Signings and Author Spotlights
BOOK SIGNINGS
Author book sales and signings are continuous from 1pm–4pm. Check schedules on opposite page for times. When authors may be away from their assigned tables:
- Carol DeVille, DITA-Way Home (Christian fiction), Treasury of Louisiana Writers, Volume 1 (short story), and The Wild Audrey Judith (nonfiction co-authored with Terrel DeVille)
- Gwendolyn M. Duhon, Heartache Feast Day: Poems about Love, Loss, and Redemption (poetry)
- Marguerite Gray, Flames of Faith, Crystal Clear, and Whispers of Wisdom (historical Christian fiction)
- Glynn Harris, Fathers, Sons, and Old Guns: Stories Under the Hickories (memoir/auto-biography)
- Janis Pardue Hill, Telling His Story: POW #1000: The Bataan Death March & Japanese POW Camps (memoir)
- Carole Lehr Johnson, Pamela’s Cottage, A Place in Time, The Bumbling Bees, Out of the Past, and Heritage (Christian fiction), Seasons of the Past, and Woven in the Mist (Christian fiction)
- S. A. McAfoosey, Greenwood, The Dead in River City (young adult fiction), The Last Library (Sci-Fi), Or Wolf & Witch (Fantasy), Children in the Stacks (Poetry)
- Nathanial Meadows, Re-Make an Icon So You Can Produce One in Yourself and Others, Reconstructing Lives: Taking the Mystery Out of Success (nonfiction), and Contrary to Know-It-Alls: Wonderfully Made Poetry as a Life Preserver (poetry)
- Jean DeFreese Moore, A Father’s Love series, five books (Christian historical fiction)
- Ricky Pittman, Stories of the Confederate South and October Rain (historical fiction), Book of Catahoula Stories, Irish & Other Celtic Folktales from Saint Abc, Rio Grande Valley ABC, and Louisiana Animals ABC (children’s picture book)
- Thomas S. Smith, Just a Piece of Red String series, seven books (Christian fiction), The Outtatables Manuscript (fiction), Cosmic Visitors (science fiction), The Parapsychologist Shop (supernatural fiction), A Pocket Book of Pozy (poetry), and Cajun Macbeth (play)
- Rick Stevens, WECU, Inc. and Lacy Dita: Atypical Girl (middle grade fiction)
- Latanza Lebrun, The Elevated Mind: A Faith-Filled Guide to Breaking Barriers, Building Wealth, and Living on Purpose and Healed, Whole and Free: Rising Above the Ashes Narcissistic Abuse (nonfiction)
- Robert L. Hambrick, Jr., Biblical Christian Affirmations for Life’s Trials & Tribulations (volumes 1–4, nonfiction)
- Hector W. Vargas, The Hundred Tales for Gabriel (Children’s stories) and five coloring books for all ages
- Doris Williams-Smith, I Remember Mama and other poems (poetry)
Featured At:
- Louisiana Book Festival Featured Presentation: My Father, My Hero: War Stories from WWII Time: 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM Location: State Library, Fourth Floor
- Book Signing: 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM Details: Cavalier House Books Booth
Presentations & Events
Museums
- Union Museum of History and Art (Farmerville, LA) Event: Museum Event Featuring Author of POW Biography Details: Author Janis Pardue Hill shares her father’s story of survival in WWII at a special presentation. Date: July 22, 2023 Location: 211 N. Main St., Farmerville, LA
Highlight: Book-signing opportunities and copies available in the museum’s gift shop.
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- Chennault Museum of Military History Program: Coffee with the Curator Highlight: Janis Pardue Hill discusses her father’s incredible journey.
Libraries
- Claiborne Parish Library
- Louise Williams Branch, Ouachita Parish Public Library
- Ouachita Valley Branch, Ouachita Parish Public Library
Civic Organizations
- Fort Miro Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
- NELA District Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
- Monroe Rotary Club
- American Legion
Churches
- Farragut Presbyterian Church (Knoxville, TN)
- Ebeneezer Baptist Church (Jonesboro, LA)
Telling His Story:
POW #1000
Journey through one of history’s darkest moments, brought to life through the lens of faith and endurance. This book recounts:
- The Bataan Death March: A harrowing 65-mile journey of survival.
- POW Life: The untold struggles within Japanese prison camps.
- A Miracle Bible: A beacon of hope that survived against all odds.