2025

Join me at Page & Palette for their Sunday Open House kicking off the Holiday Season.

Join me at the Unitarian Fellowship this Sunday!

Alan Samry

Read my Mobile Bay Magazine articles!

Tuesday Book Review: April 1, 2025 10:30 AM Fairhope Public Library

Alan reviews Papa’s Own Girl, a novel by Marie Howland. Alan’s review coincides with the 125th Anniversary of the Fairhope Public Library. Howland books and home served as Fairhope’s first free public library.

Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts Wolff Cottage

For the month of May, I will be the Writer-in-Residence at the Wolff Cottage, located behind the Fairhope Public Library. The Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts was founded in 2004 by local writers seeking a place for visitors to escape to create or retreat to complete a writing project. It’s my honor to be one of many fine writers to have a month’s stay. More about what I’ll be working on in April!

2024 Alan’s Next Fairhope Book Signing Events

Join me Thursday November 7th, for the annual Taste of L.A. at the Fairhope Piggly Wiggly.

Sunday November 24 is Page & Palette’s Holiday Open House. I’ll be selling and signing books from 1:00-3:00 PM. Stop by and say hi.

2023

Here’s the latest! Co-authored with Gabriel Gold-Vukson. Available July 31! Each page is a pair of images, one past and the other present with a brief detail about the photographs. Pre-order through Barnes & Noble, Amazon or by calling or stopping by Page and Palette Bookstore.

2022

This book is a collection of my Fairhope Living articles
I’ve always wanted to share my love of Fairhope history. Join me for a walking tour!
Check out the website for more information.
I’m writing Legends, Histories, and Neighborhood stories for Fairhope Living!

2021

I started my walking tours. Also got an essay published in Libraries: Culture, History, and Society on my librarian experience during COVID.

2020

I was proud to publish three books in 2020. Available to read for free on Internet Archive are The Cape Cod House and Architectural Studies: Montgomery Hill Baptist Church and Bayside Academy. I’m very pleased with the success of Clay City Tile: Frank Brown and the Company that Built Fairhope. It’s a local history book that I enjoyed writing and continue to research. I post Clay City Tile news and information here. 

I’m still proud of my first book, Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs, which was published in 2018. Click or touch here to purchase a book. I  continue to blog every other month at Stump the Librarian . I post on a range of subjects, but mostly around books, writing, librarianship, and amputees.