Former Senator to read from thriller
Bob Graham, former U.S. senator and former Florida governor will be in Sylva next week to promote his first novel,…
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Cherokee author shares rare Native American recipes
Cherokee cookbook author and Native American food expert Johnnie Sue Myers will be at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville at…
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Author shares Hillbilly Tales
Whittier resident and author Patricia Graham will read from her book, Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains, at 7 p.m.…
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Haywood County Friends of the Library annual book sale
The sale features DVDs, CDs, vinyl, puzzles, books on tape/CDs, and of course books in every category. More than 50,000…
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Liberals: Demonic or Liberating
“Look left and right, and be careful.” Your mother probably said those words to you when you were learning to…
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Poets read from latest works
City Lights in Sylva presents a reading featuring the poetry of Kathryn Byer and Susan Lefler at 7 p.m. on…
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Murder, sex and celebrities — 1920 style
Well, kind hearts, as they used to say back in the Jazz Age, this one is “the bee’s knees.” Set…
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Rash finishing new book
Western Carolina University faculty member and writer Ron Rash is putting the final touches on his new novel even as…
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Book signing at the Smoky Mountain Firecracker Fest
Local author Barbara Dumas Ballew will be available to sign copies of her novel, George’s Creek to Georgia, July 1…
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A new take on the Paris of the ‘20s
Paris in the 1920s attracted multitudes of American writers and artists. Drawn to France by a sense of adventure, by…
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Poet Series continues featuring the poetry of Catherine Carter
Catherine Carter, a WCU professor and poet, will read from and discuss her collection of poetry, Memory of Gills, at…
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Stories of local pioneers
Author Hattie Caldwell Davis will read at the Haywood County Library in Waynesville at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 19,…
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Waynesville library offers new Southern book series
Friends of the Haywood Library will offer a new series, Discovering the Literary South, the Louis D. Rubin Jr. Series,…
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Anti-hero investigator brings tension to thriller
Jo Nesbo’s protagonist, Inspector Harry Hole, is a daunting piece of work. A chain-smoking manic depressive and an alcoholic, Harry’s…
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Book club to hold inaugural meeting
A new book club will meet at Southwestern Community College’s Cashiers Center starting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14. The…
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Father’s Day picks for the reader
Father’s Day, the third Sunday of June and so falls this year on June 19, sports a peculiar history. Although…
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Library book sale
The Friends of the Library will hold its annual book sale Thursday, June 9, though Saturday, June 11, at the…
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Author explores hidden local history
Author Alice Sink will read from her new book, Hidden History of the Western North Carolina Mountains, at 1 p.m.…
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Liar's Bench moves to WCU venue
The Liar’s Bench has been adopted by the Mountain Heritage Center The one-year anniversary of The Liar’s Bench will be…
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Crowe and Dawson release children’s book
Jackson County writer Thomas Crowe and illustrator Marilyn K. Dawson will celebrate the publication of their children’s book, The Wake…
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The story of a modern-day oracle
Occasionally, books are published in the U. S. that can best be described as “oddities” which acquire a kind of…
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Learn local plants with botanist and author
Botanist Tim Spira will present a program based on his new book, Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Applachian…
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C.S. Lewis’ love story and its lessons
Nearly 50 years have passed the death of C.S. Lewis — he died of illness in 1963 on the same…
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Cancer survivor reads from memoir at City Lights
Bryson City resident Jane Spotted Bird will read from her recently published memoir, Still Here: Dancing to the Beat of…
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Author to speak on the publishing
The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will host an afternoon with Kim Michele Richardson, author of The Unbreakable Child:…
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A thinking person’s crime novel
Kind hearts, allow me to introduce Police Detective, Harry Hole. Let me warn you in advance, he is an alcoholic…
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Book Brigade Buddies to move the last of the library books
Jackson County residents who love the public library are called to join Book Brigade Buddies and help move the last…
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Book falls flat in telling of Hemingway
So ends Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, his memoir of his years as a young writer in Paris. This book…
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Satirical writer to read debut novel
Alex Kudera will read from his new satirical novel, Fight for Your Long Day, at 7 p.m. on May 6…
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An agnostic searches for answers
For Christians, Easter is a moveable feast day — this year the celebration fell about as late in the spring…
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Poet to read from new prose collection
Asheville writer and poet Holly Iglesias will read from her new collection, Angles of Approach, at 7 p.m. on Friday,…
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Franklin headlines book club meet in Sylva
Cyrano’s Book Club will meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, in the Senior Citizen’s Center in Sylva. The…
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Holman’s novel dubbed compelling, tantalizing
When I was a teenager, I became addicted to a late-night horror movie host named Bestoink Dooley. Based in Atlanta,…
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‘Catman’ pens new cat book
Harold Catman Sims has published a new book titled Kevin Tames the Bullies. Sim operates the Catman2 no-kill cat shelter…
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Bart Ehrman to read at Blue Ridge Books
Author Bart D. Ehrman will read from his latest book, God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most…
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A Southern siren among Manhatten’s literati
In A Ticket to the Circus: A Memoir (978-1-4000-6794-7, $26), Norris Church Mailer gives an account of her marriage to…
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Thomas Rain Crowe to Read from New Poetry Collection
Tuckasegee poet Thomas Rain Crowe will be at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 8,…
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Sentimental story is also very memorable
The Memory of Running is a “road book.” In some respects it resembles what critics in the 19th century called…
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Poet captures WNC culture in new book
Jackson County resident Thomas Crowe will read from and sign copies of his new collection of poems, Crack Light, at…
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Author discusses adventure on the Appalachian Trail
Jennifer Pharr Davis will discuss her book, Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, at 6 p.m. on Saturday,…
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Biography recounts the life of a quiet hero
In “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare wrote: “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have…
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Library launches website
The Friends of the Macon County Public Library (FOL) have unveiled a new informational web site, MaconLibraryFriends.org. The site showcases…
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Teens invited to voice their views
The teen friends of the library meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, at Marianna Black…
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Book discussion looks at our influence on the planet
Ahead of Western Carolina University’s upcoming literary festival, the Macon County Public Library will host a book discussion on Alan…
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Stephen King collection gets the thumbs-up
At the conclusion of this collection of four novellas: Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King adds an “Afterword.” In acknowledging…
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Mystery author gives reading
Author Leanna Sain will give a reading at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville from 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.…
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Poems, nonfiction readings at City Lights in Sylva
City Lights Bookstore in Sylva will feature local authors of poetry and nonfiction in the coming week. Coffee with the…
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Hiking the Pacific Coast Trail with Skywalker
Some The Smoky Mountain News readers may remember a review here several seasons ago of Bill Walker’s Skywalker: Close Encounters…
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Library offers books for sale
Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library will have hundreds of books, DVDs, CDs and other media on sale from 9 a.m.…
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Love, devotion and a restless journey
The great kite of the crucified Christ loomed and caused the crowd to vibrate. Like a pyre before him, the…
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