First Lady’s Book Club

We are thrilled to invite all Guild Members - and Potential Members -  to First Lady's Book Club events where authors share insights on their best-selling novels.

These events are incredible perks for being a member of the Ladies for Literacy Guild, a dynamic group of women serving as literacy ambassadors in our community, so please bring a friend or two and encourage them to join the Guild - or give the gift of membership!

How to Attend

Become part of the conversation, join the the Ladies for Literacy Guild to sign up for exclusive book club events!

  • Become a Members of the Ladies for Literacy Guild here.

Meet Our Next Bestselling Featured Author

Anne Byrn, New York Times Bestselling Author, Book Club Featured Guest

Anne Byrn is a New York Times bestselling food writer and cookbook author based in Nashville, Tennessee, where she learned to cook and bake as a child alongside her mother Bebe. Every holiday shared with her large extended family of cousins offered infinite opportunities to bake. For fifteen years she was the food editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and she attended La Varenne École de Cuisine in Paris, receiving an advanced certificate. But while raising three children and cooking for a busy family she embraced some shortcuts and wrote the bestseller, The Cake Mix Doctor, one of Southern Living magazine’s top 100 cookbooks of all time. She is also author of Baking in the American South, American Cake and Skillet Love. When she isn’t baking and gardening, Anne writes a weekly newsletter called Between the Layers on Substack.

Anne Byrn, New York Times Bestselling Author, Book Club Featured Guest

Ladies members were invited to a live demonstration of charcuterie board making from Culinaire founder and chef Barbara McKnight. Former chef of the Bush family, guided guests on how to craft the perfect board based off of best-selling book, On Boards.

What people are saying…

“First Lady’s Book Club is an exciting way to meet authors.  Each event is different in it's own way and gives one a ‘backstory’ view of the book being represented. Come join us and bring a friend!”

— Stick Delaup, Co-Vice President of Membership of the Ladies for Literacy Guild

First Lady’s Book Club Over the Years

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