Events and Appearances by Don Keith

PUBLICATION DAY! Proud to announce the official release today, September 15, 2026, of GOODNIGHT FROM BERLIN, book #3 in the A Call to War Series that I am writing with co-author Elaine Hume Peake. I'll allow the first line of the book's description to entice you: "A gripping tale of moral courage in the shadow of victory—where the end of war begins history’s most perilous reckoning."

This historical novel does take place at the end of WWII in chaotic France and Germany, a tense, dramatic time in history and a in a setting most people know little about. And the book continues to tell the story of US Army bomb demolition Captain Edward Hume and his ragtag squad as their potentially deadly duty gives them a most unique of war and its brutal effect on all those affected by the deadliest and most destructive conflict in world history. But it is not all war and battles. The books include drama, pathos, romance, and even humor, all featuring characters you will come to know and care about...pro and con!

Note: though this is the third book in the series, you DO NOT necessarily have to have read the other two first. Each book stands on its own. Of course, we don't mind if you read the others, too! And after reading GOODNIGHT FROM BERLIN, we are sure you will want to.

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Don Keith co-author Elaine Hume Peake will hold an event in the Nashville, Tennseess, area in support of books in their A Call to War Series. The speaking and signing event will take place on the evening of Thursday, August 13, 2026, at Belle Maison, a French-themed store, located at 443 Cool Spring Blvd, Suite 105,
Franklin, TN. Peake will be speaking and signing copies of the first two releases in the authors' A Call to War Series of historical novels, The Kaboom Boys and The Blacksmith of Dachau. Copies of both books will be available for purchase at the event.

Author Don Keith, writer of the Hunter Killer Series, the A Call to War Series, and the Tides of War Series of novels, will speak to the Fairfield High School alumni luncheon. The event, on Wednesday, August 12, at 11 AM will be held at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Hoover, Alabama. Don will not only talk about his books and the films made from them but also about his days in broadcasting in the Birmingham, Alabama, and Nashville, Tennessee, areas at WVOK Radio, K-99 FM, and more.

Don Keith and Elaine Hume Peake will join Pacific Northwest writers' group The Wordherders for a presentation. Members can join the Zoom event beginning at 6:30 PM PDST.

Speaking and booksigning event at Williamson County Public Library, Franklin, Tennessee. Don and co-author Elaine Hume Peake talk about THE KABOOM BOYS and THE BLACKSMITH OF DACHAU and other projects. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the authors.

Official book release day for DARKEST BEFORE DAWN, the second book in THE TIDES OF WAR SERIES from best-selling authors George Wallace and Don Keith. Those who have pre-ordered the book will see it listed in their Kindle e-book devices on this day or paper edition purchasers will receive their copy.

Author Don Keith will be attending the Impact Book Festival, presented by the Impact Arts Council at the Fultondale Event Center, 2980 Hawkins Ln, Fultondale, AL, on Saturday, April 18, 2026 from 10AM to 3PM. Don will have copies of his recent books available for purchase and signing including HUNTER KILLER, THE KABOOM BOYS, THE BLACKSMITH OF DACHAU, and ARGENTIA STATION. Click HERE for more info.

Award-winning former broadcaster and now award-winning author Don Keith will be a part of a special event for "Legends of Broadcast." The Alabama Historical Radio Society sponsors the annual event to honor radio and TV broadcasters from Alabama and around the Southeast USA. This year's event will be on Thursday, April 16, 2026, starting at 10 AM at the society's museum and workshop, 1801 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd in Birmingham, Alabama.

The facility includes a state-of-the-art shop, an extensive electronics library, a broadcast and communications equipment museum, and a fully functional 1960s radio broadcast studio.

Montevallo will host the 2nd Annual Backyard Book Fest on Saturday, March 14, 2026 from 10:00 - 3:00. It will take place in the Pecan Grove of Orr Park located at 940 Island Street.  

The Backyard Book Fest will feature vendors who are selling book themed crafts, accessories, authors, and more.  The day will  include a full schedule of events, with story-times, trivia, book themed costume contest, featured author talks, games, and make & take crafts. And of course, the perfect opportunity to find a new favorite author or book. Proceeds of the event benefit the Parnell Memorial Library Foundation that works to enhance the offerings to the community by the Parnell Memorial Library, as well as building expansion projects.

Among those who will be attending is award-winning and best-selling Alabama author Don Keith. He will have his latest releases available for purchase and autographing, and will also conduct a forum at 1:30 on writing to be published and read, highlighting the many ways authors can have their works published and made available for purchase by readers.

"I am especially excited about helping support this festival and Parnell Memorial Library," Keith says. "As a kid, I found my interest in reading and writing through the St. Clair County library's bookmobile. Then my first novel, THE FOREVER SEASON, received the Alabama Library Association's "Fiction of the Year" honor in 1997, and one of my latest, THE KABOOM BOYS, has just been named one of the best books of 2025 by The Library Journal."

Best-selling and award-winning author Don Keith, who is also an active amateur radio enthusiast, will be attending and exhibiting at the annual BirmingHamfest ham radio event. The hamfest takes place March 6 and 7, 2026, at the Trussville Civic Center, 5381 Trussville-Clay Road, Trussville, Alabama. Keith will have copies of his amateur radio books available as well his other works, including HUNTER KILLER, a military thriller that was the basis for the hit motion picture starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman, THE KABOOM BOYS, a WWII historical thriller, and ARGENTIA STATION, the first book in a new series of submarine thrillers set in World War II. 

Don Keith, who holds the amateur radio call sign N4KC, has been an active ham radio enthusiast for most of his life and credits the hobby for a long, successful career in radio broadcasting. His amateur radio books that will be available at the BirmingHamfest event will include RIDING THE SHORTWAVES, GET ON THE AIR...NOW, and THE AMATEUR RADIO DICTIONARY. If attendees already have copies of any of Keith's books, the author says he will be happy to sign and enscribe them if they bring them to the Birmingham amateur radio event.