Celia Miles' new novel, sequel to Sarranda, is available in paper and Kindle
http://www.celiamiles.comSarranda's Heart: A Love Story of Place is now available in regional independent bookstores and on Kindle, soon on Amazon.See More
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Weekly Storytime
May 25, 2013 from 11am to 12pm – City Lights Bookstore
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Dielle Ciesco to Read and Perform Healing Tonal Music
May 25, 2013 from 3pm to 4:30pm – City Lights Bookstore
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Kathryn Byer and George Ellison Reading and Reception
May 31, 2013 from 7pm to 8:30pm – City Lights Bookstore
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White Oak Road hosted parties and harbors ghosts
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Best Books of 2012
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Book Reviews
Review-a-Day for Fri, Sep 30: Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein
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Sue Diehl posted an event
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
Joe Perrone Jr. posted a blog postAs 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
CHARLES C FLETCHER posted an eventCharles Fletcher at CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE
May 17, 2013 from 1pm to 7pm
CHANNEL 5 TV BOOK INTERVIEWhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EmQs44hI1cESee More
Marsha Walpole posted an eventHigh 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
Malaprop's Bookstore Cafe posted eventsMARGARET COUCH COGSWELL BOOKMAKING DEMO & SIGNING
June 29, 2013 from 3pm to 5pmTRAVIS NICHOLS READING & SIGNING
June 28, 2013 from 7pm to 9pmSHEILA HETI READING & SIGNING
June 27, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm
The Fountainhead Bookstore posted eventsMary Alice Monroe to Speak
July 7, 2013 from 5pm to 6pmLaunch for new Sam Blackman Mystery
July 2, 2013 from 5:30pm to 7pmBook Camp
June 11, 2013 from 9am to 1pm
Rob Neufeld's Blog – April 2012 Archive (6)
Storyteller does nature woman show for Muddy Sneakers, June 2
The Wild One: An Evening Salon with Frannie Oates, Bard
Frannie Oates, award-winning actress, writer, educator and storyteller shares how the WNC mountains have been a refuge and inspiration. A native of Asheville, NC she has called Henderson County her home for the past twenty-plus years. Many remember her performance last year as Daisy Werthan in Hendersonville Little Theatre’s Driving Miss…
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Added by Rob Neufeld on April 27, 2012 at 1:40pm — No Comments
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2012
The LAT Book Prizes were awarded April 20 to:
Novel: Alex Shakar, Luminarium
Mystery/Thriller: Stephen King, 11/22/63
First Fiction: Ismet Prcic, Shards Young Adult: Pete Hautman, The Big Crunch
Biography: John A. Farrell, Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned
Current Interest: Daniel…
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Gloria Houston receives honor, gives talk Apr. 27
Award from Women's Clubs to Gloria Houston
Author Gloria Houston has been selected as the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Author by the General Federated Women’s Clubs of North Carolina for the body of her work. She will present the Bramlette Patterson address at the North Carolina State Convention in Greensboro on Friday. 27 April.
The Lucy Bramlette…
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Liars Bench show, April 19, presents story of last Swain County hanging
Liars Bench Presents Hangman, Hangman Slack Your Rope
at WCUs Mountain Heritage Center, April 19
(from April 12, 2012 press release. Contact: Gary Carden gcarden498@aol.com Carl Iobst 828.269.7844.)
The unjust hanging of Jack Lambert to be centerpiece of second Balsam Chronicles show
Gary Carden of The Liars…
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Blue Ridge Bookfest, May 18-19, features Kostova program, lotsa authors, and workshops
4th Annual Book Festival in Flat Rock offers keynotes, workshops, and book fair
The Blue Ridge Bookfest, May 18- 19, in the Blue Ridge Conference Hall, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, features:
An author show with Elizabeth Kostova and emcee Rob Neufeld, May 18, 6:30 p.m. (Ticketed receprtion precedes at 5:30.)
A talk by Kostova, 1 p.m., May 19.
Presentations by Joseph Bathanti, Georgia Bonesteel, Wayne Caldwell, and…
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Book discussion series at Haywood County Library
LET’S TALK ABOUT IT @ HAYWOOD COUNTY LIBRARY
from press release
This spring and summer Haywood County Library offers two Let’s Talk About It series. Last summer when Dr. Merritt Moseley led two of our book discussions, we found out that he has a special interest in Jane Austen and we found out that many of you would like to do an Austen series. So Dr. Moseley is creating a series for the NC Humanities and…
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