Launch Party and Book Signing: The Diamondbacks by Sandra K. Barnidge
📅 Event Date: July 22, 2025
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Ernest & Hadley Booksellers, Tuscaloosa, AL
📚 Official Publication Date: July 15, 2025
Celebrate the launch of The Diamondbacks, a powerful and poetic debut novel by Alabama-based author Sandra K. Barnidge!
Set in River City, where everything revolves around the elegantly violent sport of warcheck, this coming-of-age story follows Terra Laclem, daughter of a warcheck legend, as she confronts family betrayal, inherited loyalties, and a mysterious bond with her town’s beloved turtle mascots. With lush prose and deep emotional insight, Barnidge explores legacy, belonging, and the quiet rebellions that lead us home.
Meet the Author
Join us at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers for an evening of readings, book signings, and conversation with Sandra K. Barnidge.
About the Author:
Sandra K. Barnidge is a Northport, Alabama–based writer with a background in journalism and creative writing. Her work has appeared in Reckon Review, Atlas Obscura, Barren, The Fiddlehead, Nimrod, and more. Originally from Wisconsin, she now writes and gardens in the South. The Diamondbacks is her debut novel.
