The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is proud to present the return of the Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Author Series! Check out the incredible line-up we will be having this year. Registration is requested on Eventbrite.
The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is proud to welcome Patti Callahan Henry Friday, April 11, 2025 12:00-1:30 pm. The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is proud to welcome bestselling author, Patti Callahan Henry to the Carnegie. The Story She Left Behind is a sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter’s search for them both—inspired by a true literary mystery.
Books will be available for purchase by Bookmiser. The book talk will be followed by a book signing. Registration is required and will open on February 11th at 12:00 pm. Click the orange remind me button on Eventbrite to be alerted when registration opens!
The Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Authors Series began at the Carnegie in 2012. A native of Newnan, Georgia, Edgar Baldwin Hollis left a generous bequest to benefit Newnan’s citizens in the hopes that many lives in the hometown he loved so much would be touched by his gift. Mr. Hollis grew up in Newnan, graduated from Newnan High School and received a bachelor’s degree in History and a master of Humanities from Emory University. He spent most of his professional career in Washington, D.C., working for the National Security Agency's Inter-Library Loan Division but would often return to his family home in the historic downtown area of the city. The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is honored to be selected to commemorate his legacy through an annual series of distinguished lectures to be held each year at the Carnegie Auditorium a place he would have been so familiar with during his life. Edgar B. Hollis passed away at his home in Newnan on June 17, 2006.
We are proud to bring these notable authors to Newnan and Coweta County.
