The Deadline for signing up for any of the Summer Book Camps 2011 at The Fountainhead Bookstore is May 27th.

These camps are for children ages 9-11, and each camp is based on a fun "Tween" book.  The Harry Potter camp only has 4 spaces left.  For a full list of available camps, visit our website www.fountainheadbookstore.com

 

 

Kevin Mcllvoy, Christine Hale, and Mark Prudowsky will read fiction, memoir, and poetry, respectively, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the back room at Posana's Café, 1 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville.   The reading is free and open to the public.



Kevin McIlvoy offers book editing through his website, mcthebookmechanic.com. He is an adjunct faculty member for the Warren Wilson… Continue

Doug Beube, a mixed-media artist working in bookworks, collage, sculpture and photography, talks at BookWorks in West Asheville, April 28 at 6pm

Since 1993, he has been curator of a private collection in New York City…

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NC Publisher Writes New Travel Mystery

 

Boone resident and CEO of Canterbury House Publishing, Wendy Dingwall, launches her debut novel, the first in a series, Hera’s Revenge: An Yvonne Suarez Travel Mystery.

 

The public is invited to meet Ms. Dingwall at Barnes & Noble, 3 South Tunnel Road, May 5th from 5-7pm.

 

Christy Tillery French, reviewer for Midwest Book Reviews, and author of the…

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Thought you might like to take a run over to my new fun blog, where the narrative is posted by my main character, the troublemaker Mattie.  She's already had a few comments added to make it look as if she's a real, live person . . . but then, maybe she is.

Mary A. Berger

I’ll be back in the classroom beginning May 14 for a series of workshops on Technology for Writers, which I’m offering on behalf of the Atlanta Writers Club.

The first workshop will focus on the nuts and bolts of file management. We’ll cover file names, folder structure, revisions, archiving and organization under the umbrella theme “If You Can’t Find It, You Don’t Own It.”

Future sessions will cover the writer’s bookshelf (a guide to reference and source materials), software…

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WCU's Fariello writes book on pottery from Cherokee

 

Anna Fariello, associate research professor at Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library and director of the craft revival project, has completed a new book , “Cherokee Pottery.”

 

The book traces the designs and patterns of Cherokee pottery as they have developed.  The 160-page book, published in March by History Press, contains both archival and new images…

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Rose & Thorn Journalspring…

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TWO WWC MFA GRADUATES RECEIVE STEGNER FELLOWSHIPS AT STANFORD



Helen Hooper, a January 2009 graduate in fiction, and Chiyuma Elliott, a January 2010 graduate in poetry, are among the 10 writers recently named as recipients of two-year Wallace Stegner Fellowships at Stanford University for 2011-2013, which includes a living stipend of $26,000 a year.



Fellows are regarded as working artists, intent upon practicing and perfecting their craft. There are no curricular… Continue

I spent an incredible eight hours Sunday with a wonderful group of writers and Richard Krevolin, a successful author of screenplays and stageplays who also teaches screenwriting at USC and UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.

He has a gift for imparting an awareness of the need for commercial success…

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