Alabama Booksmith

When University of Alabama English professor Don Noble was asked by the Alabama Center for Public Television & Radio in 1988 to host a series of interviews with writers, he agreed without hesitation. Since venturing into television, Noble has hosted hundreds of episodes of Bookmark, the Emmy Award-winning literary interview program.

On Bookmark, Noble engages writers in a thoughtful and extended discussion about their lives, creative influences and, of course, their literary works. He says if it works it looks like a conversation, rather than a formal interview or an interrogation. Noble interviews journalists, poets, novelists, and screenwriters for the series.

In addition to his television work, Noble does book reviews for Alabama Public Radio. He also edited and wrote the introduction to Climbing Mt. Cheaha: A Collection of Stories by Emerging Alabama Writers from Livingston Press. And now Don has edited A State of Laughter: Comic Fiction from Alabama.