Pat Neal - Speaking Southern - INTERVIEWS of Oscar and Tony winning actress Patricia Neal, Broadway actor Joel Vig and Australian actor Jeremy Callaghan are now available by clicking here to the Interview page.

Each artist speaks of encounters with major writers and their adventures at destinations along the Southern Literary Trail.

 
THE SOUTHERN LITERARY TRAIL is a collaboration of eighteen southern towns from Natchez to Savannah that celebrate internationally renowned writers and playwrights of the twentieth century who were inspired by their communities.

Eudora Welty said, "Travel itself is part of some longer continuity." The Southern Literary Trail maps your travel to the region that is home to timeless American stories. Many of the uniquely southern landmarks along the Trail are year-round destinations.

Every Trail community presented plays, movies, tours, and panel discussions that explored the masterworks of Southern Literature and honored the writers of the Trail during its debut festival Trailfest in March 2009. Thousands of visitors attended Trailfest events in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. The success of the celebration, the nation's first tri-state literary festival, established the Southern Literary Trail as a permanent feature of the southeastern landscape.

The Trail's participants in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi invite you to embark on an unforgettable and unique experience. Browse the pages of this official Southern Literary Trail scrapbook to write your own journey to the mythic places and pathways of the greatest American literature. Plot your own course and self-guided tours. Return often to this website for news of literary events and festivals in every Trail destination throughout the year.