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Review-a-Day for Fri, Sep 30: Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein

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Montreat College Friends of the Library--Tommy Hays, speaker at Montreat College Gaither Fellowship Hall

June 15, 2013 from 12pm to 2:30pm
June 15, 2013 Annual luncheon of the Montreat College Friends of the Library.  Tommy Hays will be speaking about his novel The Pleasure Was Mine and previewing his upcoming  What I Came to Tell You.  Lunch at 12:00 noon in Gaither Fellowship Hall.  $15.00 for lunch and speaker.  Speaker only at 1:00 pm in adjacent Gaither Chapel $10.00.  Annual dues: $15.00Reservations:  828-669-8012 Ext. 3502 or 3504See More
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As the Twig is Bent is Available Now in Audiobook

As the Twig is Bent, the original book in the Matt Davis Mystery Series by Joe Perrone Jr, is now available as an audio book from Audible.com and iTunes.  Opening Day and Twice Bitten, the second…See More
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Charles Fletcher at CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE

May 17, 2013 from 1pm to 7pm
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High Country Festival of the Book at Tweetsie Railroad, Watauga High School

June 21, 2013 at 8:30am to June 22, 2013 at 4pm
BISCUITS, BOOKS & BALLADS Join us June 21 for dinner at historic Tweetsie Railroad with NY Times Best-Selling Author, Sharyn McCrumb Tickets $50.00http://www.highcountryfestivalofthebook.com/tickets-for-biscuits-books--ballads.html    - WRITING WORKSHOP - June 21 from 8:30 - 4:00 At the Watauga County Public Library…See More
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Launch Event for Erika Marks' The Guest House at The Fountainhead Bookstore

June 4, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm
Launch Event for The Guest House by Erika Marks.  Hear Erika talk about her inspiration for this novel as she is interviewed by Valerie Welbourn, owner of the bookstore.  Afterwards there will be a Q&A session, followed by a wine reception. See More
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H. Byron Ballard Reading & Booksigning

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H. Byron Ballard Reading & Booksigning

Time: August 10, 2012 from 7pm to 8pm
Location: Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Street: 55 Haywood Street
City/Town: Asheville, NC 28801
Website or Map: http://www.malaprops.com
Phone: 828-254-6734
Event Type: reading, and, booksigning
Organized By: Malaprop's Bookstore Cafe
Latest Activity: Jul 23, 2012

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H. Byron Ballard, who serves as a ritualist and teacher for Mother Grove Goddess Temple has just published Staubs and Ditchwater: A Friendly and Useful Introduction to Hillfolks’ Hoodoo. Her book, written in an easily accessible style and filled with insights and stories, is part memoir, part workbook – and is an important contribution to the study of Appalachian folklore.  It includes “Hillfolks’ Hoodoo and the Question of Cultural Strip-mining,” the paper she delivered at “Forging Folklore,” a 2006 conference at Harvard University.  Join us for this reading and booksigning, free and open to the public. 

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