{"id":239554,"date":"2026-04-20T22:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239554\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:27:07","slug":"tallahassee-native-author-discusses-new-book-and-upcoming-word-of-south-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/239554\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee native, author discusses new book and upcoming Word of South Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Tallahassee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wordofsouthfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/wordofsouthfestival.com\/\">Word of South Festival<\/a> is a literature and music festival that blends authors and musicians to explore the intersection of storytelling and songwriting. It features diverse authors, poets and musicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">One of the featured authors at this year\u2019s Word of South is R.L. Akers, a Tallahassee native and the author of more than twenty published volumes of fiction spanning multiple genres, including fantasy, science fiction, murder mystery and young adult.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He joined our Ava Van Valen at Eyewitness News at 4 to discuss the festival and his new book. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/04\/20\/tallahassee-native-author-discusses-new-book-upcoming-word-south-festival\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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