On Monday, September 30, 2024, Leeds Center for the Arts will introduce Winchester to its first-ever “Book Club Happy Hour” at The Hall Coffee & Social Club. The occasion will serve two purposes: introduce Clark County audiences to an impressive slate of regional authors (all published by Rabbit House Press), and to celebrate the centennial of legendary writer and wit Truman Capote, born on that day in 1924. Admission is free, and a portion of food, drink, and book sales will go to Leeds.

The event will combine some mixing and mingling with the area’s bibliophiles and bookworms along with readings from the featured authors, including: Robby Henson (Loud Water), Mike Wilson (Arranging Deckchairs on the Titanic), Elizabeth Beck (Dancing on the Page), Kyle Alvey (On Low Gap Road), Kevin Lane Dearinger (Bad Sex in Kentucky), and Rabbit House Publisher Erin Chandler, who will be reading from her latest book Bluegrass Sons: A True Crime Memoir.

The “Book Club Happy Hour” will begin at 6:30 PM with unique signature cocktails and a chance to meet the authors, followed by brief readings from the featured works, and concluding with discussion about the books and signings with the authors.