Local authors to gather for holiday open house in Cornelia

The Bookstore: Books with A’Peal of Cornelia will host several local authors Saturday. (The Bookstore/Facebook)

CORNELIA, Ga. — Readers will have a chance to meet local authors and shop for personalized holiday gifts Saturday during an Author Open House in downtown Cornelia.

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at The Book Store: Books with A’Peal, located at 401 Cornelia Plaza Drive between the Cornelia Post Office and Way2Baked.

The open house will feature appearances throughout the day by several regional authors, who will be available to visit with readers, discuss their work and sign books. Scheduled appearances include Sarah Stewart at 10 a.m. with Circus ABCs; Hollis Crocker at 11 a.m. with The Adventures of a Bow Hunter; David Cleghorn and Ed Nichols at noon with The Birdfeeder’s Journal and We’ll Talk Some More; and Diana Palmer, Jan Walker and Emory Jones at 1 p.m. with Must Love Christmas Cowboys, The Christmas Neep and The Valley Where They Danced. Clint Smith is scheduled to appear at 2 p.m. with Georgia Air National Guard.

Organizers say the event offers shoppers an opportunity to complete their holiday gift lists with books signed and personalized by the authors, making them unique seasonal gifts. More information is available by calling the bookstore at 706-778-4563.