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October 17th-20th, 2018 will mark the 13th anniversary of the annual West End Poetry Festival in Carrboro, NC. Four days of poetry featuring more than 50 poets! There will be group discussions, a panel on Intersections, important readings, and amazing local food! All events are free and open to the public. The West End Poetry... Read More →
Featured readers at January's Flyleaf Books Second Thursday Poetry Reading will be Chris Tonelli and Ashley Harris. CHRIS TONELLI is the author of five chapbooks and two full-length collections, most recently Whatever Stasis (Barrelhouse Books). ASHLEY HARRIS is the author of If the hero of time was black. She has published short stories and poems... Read More →
Featured readers at the monthly Second Thursday Poetry Reading will be Earl Huband and David Manning. An open mic follows, at which poets may read one poem no more than a page long. An informal get-together at The Root Cellar next door begins at 6 p.m. 919-942-7373. www.flyleafbooks.com
2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi will present a discussion and reading with author Karen Booth about the romance novel field, how to break into publishing, and how to thrive as a novelist. Karen's latest book Tempted by Scandal will be published by Harlequin Romance on May 7.
Featured readers will be the winners of the Ninth Annual Flyleaf Books Poetry Contest: Elizabeth Jackson, Michael Gaspeny, Ralph Earle, and Donna Love Wallace. A reception begins at 2:30. An open mic follows the featured readers.
Featured readers at the monthly Second Sunday Poetry Reading will be Debra Kaufman and Katie Bowler Young. An open mic follows, at which poets may read one poem no more than a page long. An informal get-together at The Root Cellar next door begins at 2 p.m. 919-942-7373.
Moby-Dicky Herman Melville featuring Philip F. Gura, William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature Join UNC faculty leaders for a robust discussion of classic texts, ancient to modern. This reading group will meet in person on successive Wednesday mornings from 10 am to 12 pm at Flyleaf Books. Registration required. Meeting Dates: Wednesdays,... Read More →
Event address: 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Click here to register For their Community Read on Friday, November 5, the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition (OCCRC) along with the Northern Orange NAACP will be reading Devil in the Groove by Dr. Gilbert King. Support your local independent bookstore by purchasing your copy of Devil in the Groove from... Read More →
In her pitch perfect debut novel, THE KUDZU QUEEN (Regal House; January 10, 2023; $19.95 trade paperback original; $9.99 Epub), writer and Kennedy Center teaching artist Mimi Herman introduces a heroine as sharp, spunky, and courageous as Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Mattie Lee Watson’s story and character developed as Herman learned about... Read More →
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