Our things literary.
While not locked away as tightly as Mrs. Craven's garden at Misselthwaite Manor, the summer season of the Hollins program in Children's Literature and Children's Book Illustration offers a rich and underappreciated opportunity for the community. With more than a dozen literary events spanning the six weeks from June 19 to July 28, locals can fashion their own free children's book… Continue reading ★ Roanoke’s secret garden: A summer of children’s literature at Hollins
Reynolds Homestead will host Ibby Greer for a Wednesday, June 7, author talk. Elizabeth Taylor Greer will discuss her late husband's legal history, The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 (2002). Greer edited the work. And she’s done a whole lot more. For a quick sample, we checked in with the Roanoke resident, a woman of words… Continue reading ★ Moonshine Widow Ibby Greer
Head to Tanglewood Mall this weekend for the semi-annual book sale benefitting the scholarship fund of the Roanoke Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Sending young women to college is a good cause, and you'll leave with a new stack of affordable books for your bedside table. The quantity and selection… Continue reading ★ AAUW book sale this weekend
BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke 