FROM STAFF REPORTS

MONTEVALLO — The Unchained Tour, on a mission to celebrate independent bookstores, will spread its message in Montevallo on Jan. 18.

The tour, which features several acclaimed storytellers, will be at Eclipse Coffee and Books in Montevallo Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Showclix.com.

Storytellers include Annie Duke, a poker champion and the author of “Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker,” among other books; fiction and comic book writer Tim Manley, who is also a mentor with PEN American’s Writers In Prison Program; Michaela Blei, a storyteller, writer, educator, and doctoral candidate who coaches storytelling in the New York City area; Peter Aguero, the leader of New York City’s improvised storytelling rock band, The BTK Band.

Christopher Paul Stelling, a Brooklyn-based songwriter, is the musician for the tour.

To find out more about the tour, visit Theunchainedtour.org.