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Tribute to Kathryn Stripling Byer

October 1, 2017 from 2pm to 4pm – Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, NC

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Tribute to Kathryn Stripling Byer at Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, NC

October 1, 2017 from 2pm to 4pm

On October 1, Sunday afternoon, 2 PM, at Jackson County Library in the Community Room, NCWN and NCWN-West will honor the late Poet Laureate, Kathryn S. Byer . Everyone is invited to come. We will share her poetry and talk about her achievements and her legacy for writers and poets in NC. If Kay touched your life in some way, come and pay tribute to her. We all miss her and this is a way to share our mourning for losing her and show our appreciation for what she did for us. See More

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East Asheville history and sites

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Interview with Gail Godwin about Grief Cottage

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Julia Nunnally Duncan will be a featured Poetrio poet at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café on Sunday, August 6, at 3 p.m. Julia will be reading from her new book A Part of Me. Fred Chappell says of A Part of Me: "Duncan's every reader will be reminded of some person, place, or time important to recall in a quiet hour."See More

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Nancy Werking Poling at Pack Library, downtown Asheville

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Julia Nunnally Duncan at Marion Community Building

June 17, 2017 from 10am to 3pm

Julia Nunnally Duncan will be a featured author at the McDowell County 2017 Local Author Festival at the Marion Community Building in downtown Marion on Saturday, June 17 from 10-3. The event is sponsored by the McDowell County Public Library and is free and open to the public.See More

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There is a great new cookbook out by nationally recognized food writer Elizabeth Wiegand who has written for Southern Living, The Washington Post and many others. Her first book, "The Outer Banks Coo…

There is a great new cookbook out by nationally recognized food writer Elizabeth Wiegand who has written for Southern Living, The Washington Post and many others. Her first book, "The Outer Banks Cookbook," came out a couple of years ago & her latest book is "The New Blue Ridge Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from Virginia's Highlands to North Carolina's Mountains."

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Fall Great Smokies Writing Program Classes

It's time to sign up for fall classes in the Great Smokies Writing Program. Classes cover poetry, fiction, children's fiction, screenwriting, novel writing, and even a class on using classic cinema techniques to improve creative nonfiction. Take a look at the schedule and find your niche:

http://www2.unca.edu/agc/great.asp

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