The Friends of Madison County Library will host their 9th annual author luncheon in June with bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank as the keynote speaker. Frank is a perennial fixture on the New York Times bestseller list: her first novel Sullivan’s Island was a top-10 finisher and last year’s Porch Lights landed at number 4. This year, readers are anticipating her 12th novel, The Last Original Wife, which comes out in June. The luncheon will be held Thursday, June 20 beginning at 11 am at…See More

Rose Senehi is the keynote speaker for the Friends of Madison County’s 8th Annual Author Luncheon. Senehi is the author of 6 contemporary romance thrillers including Render Unto the Valley which was recently named the Gold Medal winner in the 2012 IPPY Awards for Fiction—Southeast region.Tickets are $38 and include a plated lunch, program and booksigning by the author, a silent auction and doorprizes.See More

Popular Southern novelist Karen White will be the keynote speaker at the Friends of Madison County Library’s 7th Annual Author Luncheon where she will share her newest novel, The Beach Trees.Tickets are $35 each, and proceeds will benefit the Summer Reading program for the children of Madison County. The luncheon will be held at Homewood in the historic Montford neighborhood on Thursday, July 14 from 11 am until 2:30 pm. The cost of a ticket includes a buffet luncheon, a program and…See More

Tickets are now available for the Friends of Madison County Library 5th annual authors luncheon. Asheville author Penelope J. Stokes will be the keynote speaker for this fundraising event. Stokes is the author of several novels which she sets in and around the Asheville area. She is praised for her “innovative and compelling voice in women’s fiction” and for her “strong, well-drawn characters.” (www.penelopejstokes.com)Stokes’ latest novel, Heartbreak Cafe, is to be released in August 4. The…See More