The museum

at the birthplace of novelist, Erskine Caldwell, is celebrating the anniversary

of his birth with a SouthernStorytelling Celebration April 5.

This event

features Margaret Anne Barnes and Dot Moore and is at Moreland Elementary

School. The school is a short distance from Caldwell's Birthplace and

Museum. Also featured will be Newnan's John Hickman, who has written a

Southern novel which has not yet been published.

The program

runs from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.

Caldwell is

the author of more than 50 books including "Tobacco Road" and

"God's Little Acre."

He was born

in the house on Dec. 17, 1903. It was moved to its current location on

the Moreland town square from its original rural site several years ago.

Admission to

the April 5 event is free.