News & Events - George Rollie Adams

Reading and signing, Look Unto the Land, Women’s Circle, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Pumpkin Hook, Farmington, New York, October 18, 2023.
Book discussion and signing, Look Unto the Land, Books Sandwiched In, Sodus Community Library, Sodus, New York, Noon, June 20, 2023.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, The Village at Unity, Greece, New York, June 19, 2023.
Reading and signing, Look Unto the Land, SPX Seasoned People, Pius X Parish Center, Gates, New York, 10:45 a.m., June 2, 2023.
An evening of readings, signings, and discussion of historical fiction with four area writers, Author’s Corner Series, Seymour Library, Auburn, New York, 6:30 p.m., May 25, 2023.
Look Unto the Land receives Eric Hoffer Book Award. Look Unto the Land has been named Runner-Up for 2023 Eric Hoffer Award for General Fiction.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, Perinton Retired Women’s Club, Perinton, New York, May 16, 2023.
Look Unto the Land receives Independent Press Award. Independent Press Awards has named Look Unto the Land Winner of its 2023 Award for Race Relations.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, Friends of the Lyons Public Library, Lyons, New York, Noon, February 24, 2023.
Reading and signing, Found in Pieces, Friends of the Newark Public Library Luncheon, Newark Community Center, Newark, New York, Noon, February 17, 2023.
Reading and signing, Look Unto the Land, Monthly Book Review Luncheon, Palmyra Community Library, Palmyra, New York, Noon, February 13, 2023.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, Fairport Historical Club (FHC), Perinton, New York, 3:30 p.m., January 9, 2023.
Local Authors Day, Irondequoit Public Library, Irondequoit, New York, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., December 17, 2022.
Look Unto the Land receives Global Book Award. Look Unto the Land has received a 2022 Finalist Award in Historical Fiction from Global Book Awards. Among six medal recipients and finalists, Look Unto the Land was the only novel set in the United States.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, plus presentation, “Brown v. Board of Education, the Media, and Small Town Race Relations in the South,” SPX Seasoned People, Pius X Parish Center, Gates, New York, 10:45 a.m., November 4, 2022.
Book Discussion, Look Unto the Land, Maywood Book Club, Irondequoit, New York, November 2, 2022.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, Women’s Council, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York, October 20, 2022.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, Women’s Circle, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Pumpkin Hook, Farmington, New York, October 19, 2022.
Reading and signing, Found in Pieces, Wadsworth Library, Geneseo, New York, 6:30 p.m., September 19, 2022.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, Local Palate Café Book Club in association with Phelps Community Library, Phelps, New York, 6:00 p.m., July 20, 2022.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, plus presentation, “Brown v. Board of Education, the Media, and Small Town Race Relations in the South,” Pittsford Community Library, Pittsford, New York, 7:00 p.m., June 2, 2022.
George Rollie Adams appeared on the Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians Podcast, from the Pittsford Community Library, on May 22, 2022. Listen to the podcast here.
Reading and signing, Found in Pieces, Richmond Memorial Library, Batavia, New York, 7:00 p.m., May 18, 2022.
Found in Pieces was featured in The Batavia Daily News on May 14, 2022, in a story titled, “A return to Arkansas: ‘Found in Pieces’ author set to visit Richmond Memorial Library.” Read the story here.
Found in Pieces was featured in The Batavian of Batavia, New York, on May 9, 2022, in a story titled, “Rochester-area, award-winning author to visit Richmond Memorial Library.” Read the story here.
Book Discussion, Found in Pieces, The Bindings Book Club, Hoag Library, Albion, New York, 6:00 p.m., April 28, 2022. A club-sponsored event but open to the public.
Presentation, “South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces: Two Novels about the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s,” WOW: Wellness on Wednesdays Program, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Webster, New York, April 20, 2022.
Found in Pieces receives Independent Press Award. Independent Press Awards has named Found in Pieces Winner of the 2022 Independent Press Award for Race Relations.
Reading and signing, Found in Pieces, Monthly Book Review Luncheon, Palmyra Community Library, Palmyra, New York, Noon, February 14, 2022.
Book discussion, Found in Pieces, with the Maywood Book Club, Irondequoit, New York, December 1, 2021.
South of Little Rock was reviewed in the Finger Lakes Times on November 29, 2021. Read the review here.
Book discussion and signing, Found in Pieces, Perinton Historical Society Yuletide Traditions, Fairport History Museum, Fairport, New York, 10:00 a.m., November 20, 2021.
Book discussion and signing, South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces, Books Sandwiched In, Sodus Community Library, Sodus, New York, noon, September 21, 2021.
Found in Pieces receives Global Book Award. Global Book Awards has named Found in Pieces Winner of the 2021 Gold Medal for Modern Historical Fiction.
Found in Pieces receives Readers’ Favorite Award. Readers’ Favorite has named Found in Pieces Winner of the 2021 Silver Medal for Social Issues Fiction.
Found in Pieces receives two INDIE Excellence Awards. National Independent Excellence Awards has named Found in Pieces Winner of the 2021 Indie Excellence Award for Historical Fiction and the 2021 Indie Excellence Award for Regional Fiction, Southeast.
Found in Pieces receives IPPY Award. Independent Publishers has named Found in Pieces Winner of the 2021 IPPY Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction, South.
South of Little Rock was highlighted on the back cover of a new version of the Susan M. Hoskins novel Molly’s Rocker, released May 11, 2021. Both books illuminate the history of race relations in the South.
South of Little Rock was a “Brandy Brags” recommendation of the Wadsworth Library of Geneseo, New York, on March 10, 2021. View it here.
Discussion (via Zoom) of South of Little Rock with Wadsworth Library Book Club, Geneseo, New York, March 6, 2021.
Found in Pieces was featured in the February 2021 version of “Shelf Life,” a monthly column by South Arkansas Community College Librarian Lauri Wilson in the El Dorado (Arkansas) News-Times.
Presentation (via Zoom), “A Historian’s Journey from Fact to Fiction,” Pittsford Women’s Club, Pittsford, New York, January 14, 2021.
Discussion (via Zoom) of Found in Pieces and South of Little Rock with Karla’s [international] Book Club, hosted from Harvard, Massachusetts, November 19, 2020.
Discussion (via Zoom) of South of Little Rock with Ladies of the Round Table Book Club, Penfield, New York, November 6, 2020.
Publication of Found in Pieces was announced on the Bulletin Board of the November 2020 issue of Pittsford Neighbors magazine of Rochester, New York.
South of Little Rock and Found in Pieces were featured in an interview with George Rollie Adams in the September 2020 issue of The Owl Light News, a newspaper of the Finger Lakes, published in Springwater, New York. Read the interview here.
South of Little Rock named one of “The Best Books about Arkansas.” The “This is My South” website, recognized by Southern Living as one of the top blogging sites about the region, has designated South of Little Rock one of the best novels about Arkansas written by an Arkansas native. Read the story here.
Book discussion (cancelled due to pandemic), South of Little Rock, with Moving Beyond Racism Reading Group, Barnes & Noble, Pittsford, New York, 7:00 p.m., July 6, 2020.
Book discussion (cancelled due to pandemic), South of Little Rock, Bell Memorial Library Book Club, Nunda, New York, June 3, 2020
The May 5, 2020, issue of the Mason Street Review carried an interview with George Rollie Adams and an excerpt from South of Little Rock. Read the interview here. Read the excerpt here.
Reading and signing (cancelled due to pandemic), South of Little Rock, Warsaw Public Library, Warsaw, New York, 6:30 p.m., March 31, 2020.
Reading and signing (cancelled due to pandemic), South of Little Rock, Wadsworth Library, Geneseo, New York, 6:30 p.m., March 23, 2020.
Book discussion and signing (cancelled due to pandemic), South of Little Rock, Books Sandwiched In, Sodus Community Library, Sodus, New York, noon, March 17, 2020.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Newark Public Library, Newark, NY, 6:00 p.m., February 27, 2020.
Reading and signing, Seymour Library, Auburn, New York, 6:00 p.m., February 25, 2020.
Book discussion and signing, South of Little Rock, Seneca Falls Library, Seneca Falls, New York, 6:00 p.m., February 21, 2020.
Library readings for South of Little Rock in Auburn, New York, and Seneca Falls, New York, were highlighted in The Auburn Citizen on February 19, 2020.
Presentation, “A Historian’s Journey from Fact to Fiction,” Chatterbox Club, Rochester, New York, February 4, 2020.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Victor Farmington Library in Victor, New York, at 6:00 p.m. on January 29, 2020.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Richmond Memorial Library, in Batavia, New York, at 7:00 p.m. on January 16, 2020.
South of Little Rock was featured in The Daily News, in Batavia, New York, on January 11, 2020, under the headline, “Author Visit: A Story of the Past and Present in ‘South of Little Rock.'” Read the story here.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Monthly Book Review Luncheon, Palmyra Community Library, Palmyra, New York, 12:30 p.m., December 9, 2019.
Local Author Day, Irondequoit Public Library, Irondequoit, New York, 1:00-4:00 p.m., December 7, 2019.
Book discussion and signing, South of Little Rock, Perinton Historical Society Yuletide Traditions, Fairport History Museum, Fairport, New York, 10:30 a.m., November 23, 2019.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Hoag Library, Albion, New York, 6:00 p.m., November 19, 2019.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Central Library of Rochester, New York, 2:00 p.m., October 26, 2019.

Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Livonia Public Library, Livonia, New York, 6:00 p.m., October 21, 2019.
Presentation, “One Writer’s Route to Publication,” Indie Author Day, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York, 12:10 p.m., October 12, 2019.
Book discussion, South of Little Rock, with the Maywood Book Club, Irondequoit, New York, October 2, 2019.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Phillis Wheatley Library, Rochester, New York, 5:30 p.m., September 25, 2019.
South of Little Rock Receives Readers’ Favorite Award. Readers’ Favorite Awards has named South of Little Rock winner of the 2019 Silver Medal for Social Issues Fiction.
Reading and signing, South of Little Rock, Writers & Books, Rochester, New York, 7:00 p.m., August 8, 2019.

Book discussion (via FaceTime), South of Little Rock, with the Bookworm Book Club, Amherst, New York, July 18, 2019.
Book discussion and signing, South of Little Rock, Summer Book Talk Group, Honeoye Public Library, Honeoye, New York, 7:00 p.m., June 26, 2019.
South of Little Rock was featured in the Monroe County Post in Rochester, New York, on June 11, 2019, under the headline: “Former The Strong Museum President Wins 3 Awards.” Read the story here.
South of Little Rock Receives Indie Book Award—Next Generation Indie Book Awards, encompassing indie authors and independent publishers in the United States and Canada, has named South of Little Rock Winner of the 2019 Indie Book Award for Regional Fiction.
South of Little Rock Receives INDIE Excellence Award—National Independent Excellence Awards has named South of Little Rock Winner of the 2019 Indie Excellence Award for Regional Fiction, Southeast.
Western New York Local Authors Book Fair, sponsored by the Newfane Public Library, at Newfane Town Hall, Newfane, New York, 10 a.m to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 18, 2019.
South of Little Rock Receives IPPY Award—Independent Publishers has named South of Little Rock Winner of the 2019 IPPY Bronze Medal for Best Regional Fiction, South.
South of Little Rock was featured in the Democrat & Chronicle of Rochester, New York, on May 1, 2019, under the headline, “Former CEO of The Strong George Rollie Adams writes South of Little Rock novel.” Read the story, including an interview with the author here.
Book discussion and signing, South of Little Rock, Rochester Chapter Of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization International), April 25, 2019.
Barnes & Noble Local Authors book signing for South of Little Rock, Pittsford, New York, April 6, 2019.

Pittsford Neighbors magazine of Rochester, New York, featured George Rollie Adams and South of Little Rock in its April 2019 issue.

Chris Fanning interviewed George Rollie Adams on the WAYO 104.3 FM radio show, The Last Word, sponsored by Writers and Books, in Rochester, New York, on March 20, 2019. Listen to the interview.
Book signing for South of Little Rock and presentation on “From Academic History to Independent Fiction: One Writer’s Journey,” South Arkansas Literary Festival, El Dorado, Arkansas, March 9, 2019.

55 Plus magazine of Rochester, New York, featured George Rollie Adams and South of Little Rock in its March/April 2019 issue. Read the story.
South of Little Rock was featured on the front page of The Banner News in Bernice, Louisiana, on January 31, 2019, under the headline, “Historian and Arkansas-Native Publishes New Book, South of Little Rock, That Explores Racial Tensions of the 1950s South.”
South of Little Rock was featured on the front page of the News-Times in El Dorado, Arkansas, on December 24, 2018. Read the story.
The Finger Lakes Times of Geneva, New York, carried a story about George Rollie Adams and South of Little Rock on December 13, 2018, under the headline, “Former president of The Strong Museum publishes new book.”