The Real-Life Story Behind the Sam Blackman Mystery Series
Here's the story of how my Asheville detectives came to be.https://www.bookreporter.com/blog/2017/10/12/the-real-life-story-behind-the-sam-blackman-mystery-seriesSee More
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Rob Neufeld's discussion was featuredDave Minneman, heroic portrait
Dave Minneman and a sense of justiceby Rob NeufeldPHOTO CAPTION: Dave Minneman doing research at Pack Memorial Library. Photo by author. “One of the biggest things I did as a kid, in order to escape my father,” Asheville resident Dave Minneman says of his 1960s and 70s rural Indiana childhood, “was…See More
Julia Nunnally Duncan posted an eventJulia Nunnally Duncan at MACA Authors' Booth
October 14, 2017 from 9:30am to 1:30pm
Julia Nunnally Duncan will be signing her new books A Part of Me and A Place That Was Home at the Mountain Glory Festival in downtown Marion on Saturday, October 14, from 9:30-1:30. She will be located at the MACA Authors' booth on Main Street.See More
Rob Neufeld posted a blog postSample 8 Great Smokies Writers at Malaprop’s, Oct. 15
Writers in UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP)read atMalaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., Asheville, 3 p.m., Sun.,Oct. 15 Elizabeth Lutyens, editor of the GSWP’s Great Smokies Review, leads the Prose Master Class and will host the reading. · Ellen Carr, who works in the financial industry, will read excerpts from her novel of uneasy relationships, Unmanned. · Sarah Carter, an artist and photographer who will publish an excerpt of her novel, Jolene, Joe-Pye,…See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionEllington in Asheville--a survey
The Douglas Ellington effect: An Appreciationby Rob NeufeldIMAGE: Douglas Ellington’s original drawing for a City Hall-County Courthouse Art Deco complex. “Dear Douglas,” Kenneth Ellington wrote his brother, the 38-year old Pittsburgh architect, on May 6, 1925, “I know things are…See More
Mark de Castrique posted a blog postHow To Kill Your Reader
Danger is a crucial element in a mystery novel. A killer is on the loose and no one is safe. But sometimes the killer can be the writer, and the victim, the reader.I'm talking about when the author turns into a preacher and the story becomes a sermon. Now I am not against using a mystery novel for social commentary. Writing doesn't happen in a moral vacuum, and, after all, isn't a mystery a morality play? As fellow North Carolina author Margaret Maron said there is no topic that can't be dealt…See More
Mark de Castrique posted a videoHidden Scars - A Sam Blackman Mystery
Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson investigate a 70-year-old death that unleashes a killer.
Mark de Castrique posted a discussionBlack Mountain College as Backdrop for Mystery
My new book, HIDDEN SCARS, is released Oct 3rd. D.G. Martin notes the star of the story is Black Mountain College. http://chapelboro.com/town-square/columns/one-on-one/one-one-lost-college-still-shinesSee More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionUpcoming book--Sacred Sites for Secular Times
Sacred Sites for Secular Times: 50 Commemorative Experiences in Western North Carolina by Rob Neufeld Among the many sites dedicated to history, there are some—both overbooked and overlooked—that provide full and moving experiences. They involve a physical component, connecting to landscape; an imaginative one, entering other times and minds; and an interactive one, maintaining relevance. The entries in this book help create full experiences through descriptive…See More
Susan Weinberg posted eventsReading by Poet Vivian Shipley
November 2, 2017 from 7:30pm to 8:45pmReading by Poet Susan Ludvigson
October 5, 2017 from 6pm to 8:45pmReading by Fiction and Nonfiction Writer Randall Kenan
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Kathryn Hall posted a blog postAim for Beauty
In honor of my blog Plant Whatever Brings You Joy's 10th Blogiversary I've posted a chapter from my book Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden. This particular chapter was also excerpted in Fairview's GreenPrints magazine, which was greatly appreciated. Read more here: http://plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.com/aim-for-beauty/…See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionMcCrumb ghost-opened world in The Unquiet Grave
McCrumb sees stories behind haunting ghost by Rob NeufeldPHOTO: Sharyn McCrumb and her dog Arthur, 2017. Photo by Laura Palmer, courtesy, Sharyn McCrumb In “The Unquiet Grave,” Sharyn McCrumb once again demonstrates her mastery at turning a folktale into something larger, different, and greater.The legend of the…See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionJames Vestus Miller
HISTORIC PHOTO James Vester Miller James Vester Miller had been a boy when his mother, a Rutherfordton slave, had responded to Emancipation by taking her three children to Asheville and getting a job as a cook in a boardinghouse—some say Julia Wolfe’s boardinghouse, Old Kentucky Home. Growing up, Miller hung…See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionDave Minneman, heroic portrait
Dave Minneman and a sense of justiceby Rob NeufeldPHOTO CAPTION: Dave Minneman doing research at Pack Memorial Library. Photo by author. “One of the biggest things I did as a kid, in order to escape my father,” Asheville resident Dave Minneman says of his 1960s and 70s rural Indiana childhood, “was…See More
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Dr. Lin Stepp
March 12, 2016 from 4:30pm to 5:30pm – BLUE RIDGE BOOKS New York Times best-selling author will be signing latest novel WELCOME BACK, set in Maggie Valley, NC Organized by Dr. Lin Stepp | Type: bookstore, signing
October 8Saturday
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Book Signing
October 8, 2016 from 9am to 1pm – outside The MACA Building Julia Nunnally Duncan will appear with her new book A Place That Was Home at the Mountain Glory Festival in downtown Marion on Saturday, October 8 from 9-1 p.m. She will be located at the MACA booth… Organized by Susan Pyatt-Baker | Type: book, signing
December 17Saturday
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Julia Nunnally Duncan
December 17, 2016 from 11am to 1pm – MACA gift shop Julia Nunnally Duncan will sign copies of her book A Place That Was Home at the MACA gift shop in downtown Marion on Saturday, December 17 from 11-1 p.m. Organized by Susan Pyatt-Baker | Type: book, signing
April 8Saturday
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Appalachian Authors Book Signing and Reading
April 8, 2017 from 10am to 3pm – Historic Carson House Julia Nunnally Duncan will be a featured author and reader at the Appalachian Authors Book Signing and Reading to be held at the Historic Carson House on Saturday, April 8 from 10-3. She will debut… Organized by Amanda Finn | Type: book, signing, and, reading
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Sue Wasserman Book Signing
April 8, 2017 from 3pm to 4:30pm – City Lights Bookstore Asheville photographer and writer, Sue Wasserman will visit City Lights Bookstore to sign copies of her new book, A Moment’s Notice, on Saturday, April 8th at 3 p.m. Comprised of pieces about gratitu… Organized by City Lights Bookstore | Type: book, signing
May 6Saturday
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Julia Nunnally Duncan
May 6, 2017 from 9am to 11:30am – MACA Gift Shop Julia Nunnally Duncan will sign her latest books "A Part of Me" and "A Place That Was Home" on Saturday, May 6, from 9-11:30 at the MACA gift shop in downtown Marion. Organized by Susan Pyatt-Baker | Type: book, signing
May 13Saturday
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Dr. Lin Stepp
May 13, 2017 from 2pm to 4pm – Barnes & Noble, Asheville Mall at Tunnel Road Lin Stepp will sign her latest Smoky Mtn novel DADDY'S GIRL set in NC Organized by Dr. Lin Stepp | Type: book, signing
May 20Saturday
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Kalen Vaughan Johnson debuts ROBBING THE PILLARS
May 20, 2017 from 7pm to 8:30pm – Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe This signing event for my debut novel ROBBING THE PILLARS will also serve as a benefit for longtime family friend and WNC advocate for people with disabilities Organized by Gary Johnson | Type: fundraiser, bernadette, author, signing
May 27Saturday
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Dada Maheshvarananda Launches Cooperative Games book
May 27, 2017 from 7pm to 8:30pm – Malaprops Bookstore With a Foreword by noted author and activist, Bill Ayers, Cooperative Games for a Cooperative World by Dada Maheshvarananda, shows up how to work together to create unity, trust, and cooperation in m… Organized by Mirra Price | Type: book, signing
October 14Saturday
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Julia Nunnally Duncan
October 14, 2017 from 9:30am to 1:30pm – MACA Authors' Booth Julia Nunnally Duncan will be signing her new books A Part of Me and A Place That Was Home at the Mountain Glory Festival in downtown Marion on Saturday, October 14, from 9:30-1:30. She will be locat… Organized by Susan Pyatt-Baker | Type: book, signing
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