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Batman 75th Anniversary Celebration
July 23, 2014 from 9am to 5pm – City Lights Bookstore
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Special Story Time Guests: Curtis Sikes and Sheena Kohlmeyer
July 26, 2014 from 11am to 11:30am – City Lights Bookstore
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Two Novels of Suspense and Romance
July 26, 2014 from 3pm to 4:30pm – City Lights Bookstore
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Terra Incognita: An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains
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Stories from Southside from before urban renewal
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Q&A about Asheville water system and the current state initiative 1 Reply
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City Lights Bookstore posted eventsSpecial Story Time Guests: Curtis Sikes and Sheena Kohlmeyer
July 26, 2014 from 11am to 11:30amBatman 75th Anniversary Celebration
July 23, 2014 from 9am to 5pm
City Lights Bookstore posted eventsAppalachian Culture Through Song and Memoir
August 8, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8pmStories that Portray the Soul of Appalachia
August 2, 2014 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionBehind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Life among the poorest is eye-openerby Rob Neufeld Enlightened and sobered by Katherine Boo’s account of political amorality and human behavior in “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity,” I was also amazed by her narrative achievement. The book is…See More
City Lights Bookstore posted eventsFinding Your Life Through Writing It
July 15, 2014 from 5:30pm to 7pmWriting Across Genres
July 8, 2014 from 5:30pm to 7pm
Dave Turner posted a blog postDoes anyone need a good proofreader?
My company, Dave Turner Creative, has just Dave Turner Creative has formed a new partnership with expert proofreader Rebecca Lang. Here are her credentials, experience and specialties:http://daveturnercreative.com/proofreadingAll the best,Dave Turner, author of Billy Ray's…See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionBook discussions in WNC, July 2014
WNC BOOK DISCUSSION CALENDAR, JULY 2014Tuesday, July 1WILD BOOK CLUB: The WILD Book Club discusses “The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer at the Battery Park Book Exchange, 1 Page Ave., Asheville, 7 p.m. Call 254-6734.BOOK DISCUSSION: “A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki is the subject of a book discussion at the Weaverville…See More
City Lights Bookstore posted eventsTwo Novels of Suspense and Romance
July 26, 2014 from 3pm to 4:30pmExplore the Waterfalls of Panthertown Valley
July 19, 2014 from 3pm to 4:30pmMary Joyce to Present Her Books
July 18, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8pm
City Lights Bookstore posted eventsRose Senehi Presents Her Latest Blue Ridge Novel
July 12, 2014 from 2pm to 3:30pmDavid Webb Discusses His Findings on Judaculla Rock
July 11, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8pmA Marine Relates His Vietnam Experiences
July 5, 2014 from 3pm to 4:30pm
Kathryn Hall posted a blog postSummer issue of GreenPrints is out!
The summer issue of GreenPrints is out! You probably know it's published right there in Fairview by Pat Stone, former longtime gardening editor of Mother Earth News! He's graciously included an excerpt of one of my favorite stories from my book Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden, which I do hope you will enjoy! He's also going to be making the book available on his site, soon! Thank you, Pat Stone! …See More
Sharon Gruber posted an eventScreening of "Stark Love" filmed in NC in 1929 at A-B Tech Ferguson Auditorium
June 21, 2014 from 2pm to 4pm
The movie, filmed in 1929 in Graham County NC, accompanies the Asheville History Center's "Hillbilly Land" exhibition.See More
Jerald Pope left a comment for Rob Neufeld"Hey Rob,
Can you make it to the reading tonight? If not, where can I send you a copy of the book?
Best to email me at <jerry@harebrandideas.com>"
Jerald Pope posted an eventJerry Pope reads New novel at Monte Visa Hotel
June 19, 2014 from 6pm to 7pm
Local artist and Swannanoa Valley historian Jerald Pope is releasing his first novel, “The Elvis Tooth.” Pope describes the book as “a comic, historical, action-packed beach book, about Black Mountain that combines real history and stories with a time travel flair,” The titular tooth, the key McGuffin in the story, was an actual tooth pulled from Elvis Presley’s mouth in Black Mountain by Dr. Love in 1975. Pope is best known locally for the “Way Back When” series of plays that ran at the Black…See More
My Short Story "Belong" Published at Word Riot
May entertain, but it is a little edgy, NSFW (not safe for work) as the kids say, so consider yourself warned: http://www.wordriot.org/archives/7026See More
Rob Neufeld posted a discussionHistoric photo--Bent Field trestle wreck, 1928
HISTORIC PHOTO Bent Field trestle wreck “We have many train wreck pictures,” says Marcy Thompson, Local History Librarian at Transylvania County Library. Railroad and logging work were dangerous occupations; and Joe Wilde, a logging crew foreman and photographer had been on site for a number of them. The wreck…See More
Greater Than the Mountains Was He by Wilma Hicks Simpson
New book with WNC connection:
Greater Than the Mountains Was He: The True Story of Johann Jacob Shook of Haywood County, North Carolina by Wilma Hicks Simpson (Tate Publishing trade paper, March 2013, 184 pages, $20.99).
Author event: 6 p.m., Fri., Dec. 14, 2012 at Blue Ridge Books.
Biography of Johann Jacob Shook, owner of the Shook House in Clyde, explaining his life and accomplishments in Western North Carolina and Methodism; written by his great-great-great-granddaughter.
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