Photo by Nic Cochran Top Row: Ed Pavlic, Poetry; Chef Doug Janousek, Specialty Book; Ray Atkins, First Novel; Frederick Downing, Biography; Jack Riggs, Fiction.
Bottom Row: Ralph T. Wilson, Exec Director of GWA; Paul A. Lombardo, History; Ted Dunagan,Young Adult; Furman Bisher, Lifetime Achievement; Gail Karwoski, Children's Picture Book; Rhubarb Jones, Evening Host.
Rhubarb Jones, well
loved Atlanta radio personality and emcee of the 45th Annual Georgia
Author of the Year Awards ceremony, entertained ceremony guests with his
Southern-style anecdotes and light-hearted quips.However, when he introduced this year’s
winner of the GAYA Lifetime Achievement Award, legendary sportswriter and
author Furman Bisher, Jones reverently stated, “This man taught me how to
read.”
A unique
fusion of art and literature is currently on display at the Oconee Cultural
Arts Foundation (OCAF) Gallery in Watkinsville, Georgia: The unpublished work of
beloved author Terry Kay has been fashioned into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece by
bookmaker Peggy Pitts. The autographed, 155-page handmade book, entitled The
Greats of Cutter Cane, is not only a first edition – it’s the only edition
Unique Fusion of Art and Literature
