The Dixie Darlin’s, four Southern book-writing women, will be serving up helpings of down-home humor and warmth at the Callaway Conference Center of West Georgia Technical College.

Saturday evening’s free event is not just a book signing. The four give a lively presentation, peppered with advice, animation and lots of anecdotes.

Julie L. Cannon is the author of “True-love & Homegrown Tomatoes,” ” ‘Mater Biscuit,” “Those Pearly Gates” and “The Romance Readers’ Book Club.”

Karin Gillespie is the author of “Bet Your Bottom Dollar,” “A Dollar Short: Bottom Dollar Girls Go Hollywood” and “Dollar Daze,” which have been selected as Doubleday and Literary Guild featured alternatives.

J.L. “Jackie Lee” Miles is the author of three books: “Cold Rock River,” “Roseflower Creek” and “Divorcing.”

Patricia Sprinkle has drawn on her Southern heritage to write 20 mysteries in three series, including the best-selling “Thoroughly Southern” series based in the fictitious middle Georgia town of Hopemore.

The Dixie Darlin’s appearance in La-Grange is one of the highlights of the college’s summer reading program, in conjunction with the West Georgia Regional Library System, the Troup-Harris Regional Libraries and other area libraries.

“We are very excited to have the Dixie Darlin’s at West Georgia Tech,” college President Skip Sullivan said. “This is just one of several great events this summer, but it is one I think is going to be great fun for our guests. We hope they’ll enjoy the Darlin’s and get a hankering to read one of their great books.”

The program is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Attendees are eligible for door prizes, including a basket of books. Individuals wishing to participate in the summer reading program can register online at www.wgrl.net/Home/AdultSummerReadingClub.htm and pledge to read at least one book this summer. Participants who register are eligible for daily drawings, as well as the grand prize drawing.

A full listing of program events can be found at the Web site.