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Frank Thompson
April 19, 2016 at 6pm to April 19, 2017 at 7pm – Yancey History Association
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Tim Barnwell’s Newest Vistas Book
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Ron Rash to Present His New Novel
October 2, 2016 from 1pm to 2:30pm – Jackson County Public Library
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City Lights Bookstore posted eventsRF Wilson’s Mystery Series
October 15, 2016 from 3pm to 4:30pmDarnell Arnoult and Keith Stewart Joint Reading
October 8, 2016 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionGreen Fly Cafe at Transylvania Tannery
Memories of The Green Fly, a tanners’ cafeby Rob Neufeld PHOTO CAPTION: Workers at the Rosman Tannery hold some of their tools, including an applicator. Can you help identify the tools and their uses? Photo courtesy of the Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room, Transylvania County Library. My…See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionThe Risen by Ron Rash
Ron Rash's haunting dream-of-guilt novelA review and an interviewby Rob Neufeld(This article appeared in slightly shorter form, with a different author photo, in the print edition of the Asheville Citizen-Times, Sept. 18, 2016) RON RASH EVENTS: Ron Rash talks about his new novel, “The Risen," at:UNC Asheville’s Humanities…See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionCommonwealth by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett fosters a fierce little tribeby Rob Neufeld After hobnobbing with hostage-takers in “Bel Canto” and chewing the bark with Amazonian drug-takers in “State of Wonder,” Ann Patchett has, in her new novel, “Commonwealth” (HarperCollins), planted herself in suburban living rooms. Despite…See More
City Lights Bookstore posted eventsRon Rash to Present His New Novel
October 2, 2016 from 1pm to 2:30pmTim Barnwell’s Newest Vistas Book
September 30, 2016 from 6:30pm to 8pmKatherine Soniat Poetry Reading
September 24, 2016 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionForest Unseen author at Burnsville lit fest
Nobody observes more closely than Burnsville keynoterby Rob Neufeld One of my favorite science writers—David Haskell—is coming to Burnsville for the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival this weekend. His book, “The Forest Unseen”—about his minute observation of a square meter of East Tennessee forest…See More
City Lights Bookstore posted eventsJoint Poetry Reading
September 3, 2016 from 3pm to 4:30pmNetWest Open Mic
September 16, 2016 from 7pm to 8:30pmCoffee with the Poet with Richard VanderVeen
September 15, 2016 from 10:30am to 12pm
James D. Loy posted a blog postNew podcast
Hi folks: As you may know, Hendersonville's Ken Butcher regularly posts interviews with NC authors on his website, themiddleoftheair.com. I was honored recently to do one of these podcasts and some of you might find it interesting. All the best.See More
Rodney Page posted a discussionNew Novel
THE FOURTH PARTNERSet on Georgia’s Golden Isles, Eccentric homicide detective Leroy Meriwether is drawn into a 25-year-old cold case…and all he wants to do is coast to retirement and restore his ’65 GTO.Presumably consumed by alligators after a boating accident, Billy Howell’s body was never found. Twenty-five years…See More
Julia Nunnally Duncan posted a photo
A Place That Was Home
Chronicling a Western North Carolina woman's experiences from the 1960s to the present, the twenty-one personal essays in A Place That Was Home vividly depict a regional world in which families lives, work, and worship and others suffer from dire…
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionFamily of Earth by Wilma Dykeman
Wilma Dykeman’s discovered memoir is essentialby Rob Neufeld Fresh insight into the power and pertinence of the writing of Wilma Dykeman, Southern Appalachia’s preeminent spokesperson, comes to us through her posthumously published memoir, “Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood” (UNC…See More
William Roy Pipes posted a blog postThe Sinister Smile, A Sequel to A haven for Willa Mae by William Roy Pipes
THE SINISTER SMILE, an adult fiction thriller complete at 63,500 words and featuring William and Willa Mae Lawrence, and Howard Thomas. Howard, the affluent son of a wealthy and influential family, who is suspected of feigning insanity to avoid capital punishment for murdering Willa Mae’s mother plus three others.The novel begins with William and Willa Mae visiting Howard Thomas, a patient who had been in a mental hospital for almost thirteen years. His psychiatrist thought him to be…See More
City Lights Bookstore posted eventsDanny Johnson to Present His Debut Novel
September 8, 2016 from 6:30pm to 8pmAnn Hite to Present Her New Novel
September 3, 2016 from 3pm to 4:30pmNetWest Open Mic Night
August 26, 2016 from 7pm to 8:30pm
Lockie Hunter posted eventsEighth Annual Queer Girls Literary Reading
August 28, 2016 from 6pm to 7pmJuniper Bends August literary reading (poetry and prose)
August 19, 2016 from 7pm to 8pm
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Ron Rash keynotes Spring Literary Festival----his poetry reveals his careerRon Rash’s celebrated career can be viewed through his poetry Author keynotes literary festival by Rob Neufeld In his early… Started by Rob NeufeldLatest Reply |
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Interview with Ron Rash on occasion of 2016 Selected & New PoemsSomething unseen stirs the words in Ron Rash poems by Rob Neufeld Ron Rash, award-winning novelist and short story writer, is… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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Interview with Erik Larson about Dead WakeInterview with Erik Larson, March 14, 2016, on occasion of release of trade paper edition of Dead Wake Interviewer, Rob Neufeld Erik Larso… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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James Sturm expands scope of graphic novelsJames Sturm blazes cartoon path to a new world by Rob Neufeld Why is it that when an author combines pictures with words, the… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean--Appalachian Outsiders tell allSouthern Appalachian outsiders tell all by Rob Neufeld “Who was that woman...on the trail, the rain-matted one, the one cover… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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Like Dracula, the Gothic imagination appears era after eraGothic keeps coming back in new forms by Rob Neufeld Gothic is a word with a history. The shadowy style became th… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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Joseph Bathanti, Poet Laureate, writer in many forms, at Wolfe HouseJoseph Bathanti, laureate and brother-to-all, speaks by Rob Neufeld As North Carolina’s current Poet Laureate, Joseph Bathant… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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Interview with Francine Prose, April 16, 2014Interview with Francine Prose, April 16, 2014, on occasion of publication of Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 Interviewer: Rob Neuf… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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12 Authors pay homage to Wolfe with rockersTwelve authors pay homage to Wolfe with rockers by Rob Neufeld (Photo of Ben's deathbed room by Henry Neufeld) When it comes… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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 Darby has been nominated for...The People’s Book Prize is an annual (UK Literary Award). Titles are nominated by Publishers, and are voted on by the public. The prize is… Started by William Roy Pipes |
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Three WNC writers: Amberg, Owens, and McIlvoyThree August 2013 WNC author stories Hickory poet Scott Owens’ new book Scott Owens, a prominent poet in these parts, has a new book com… Started by Rob Neufeld |
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