Here's the scoop on October's Roanoke Valley Reads events. Asterisked events include the author. Get a preview: Hear Sunil Yapa with Roanoke's Brad Stephens on Big Ideas for Better Places podcast. THURSDAY, OCT 4 Thursday, October 4, 8:15 PM - Sunil Yapa Reading* at Hollins University, Francis J. Neiderer Auditorim, Richard Weatherill Visual Arts Center. Enjoy the long tradition of literature… Continue reading ★ Understanding, Empathy, and Action: October’s Roanoke Valley Reads Events
Month: September 2018
★ FIVE ON Welcoming: New homes and the paths to them (Adult titles)
This FIVE ON edition focuses on the theme of welcoming. The books are sure to inspire new connections and an appreciation for the many volunteers and organizations who make a habit of extending themselves. Marking Roanoke Welcoming Week (Sept. 14-23), the list was compiled by Roanoke Public Libraries Director Sheila Umberger and Stephanie Holladay, executive director of Blue… Continue reading ★ FIVE ON Welcoming: New homes and the paths to them (Adult titles)
★ FIVE ON Welcoming: Good reads to bridge cultures (Juvenile and YA titles)
To mark Roanoke Welcoming Week (Sept. 14-23), Roanoke Public Libraries Director Sheila Umberger and Stephanie Holladay, executive director of Blue Ridge Literacy, are sharing reading lists with us for the FIVE ON series. A national effort, Welcoming Week here in Roanoke brings together immigrants, refugees, and native-born residents to promote the benefits of welcoming everyone… Continue reading ★ FIVE ON Welcoming: Good reads to bridge cultures (Juvenile and YA titles)
★ Big Ideas for Better Places Podcast: Roanoke Valley Reads author Sunil Yapa
How does good storytelling help us listen? Can fiction help us have better conversations, or better understand the complexity of perspectives on important issues? What's the role of strong local connections in the addressing the challenges facing the globe? Sunil Yapa, author of Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, the 2018… Continue reading ★ Big Ideas for Better Places Podcast: Roanoke Valley Reads author Sunil Yapa
★ Celebrating WELCOMING WEEK with the team at Roanoke Public Libraries and Blue Ridge Literacy
September 14 - 23 marks Welcoming Week, a national effort led locally by the City of Roanoke and a dozen nonprofit organizations. Planned events will bring together immigrants, refugees, and native-born residents to promote the benefits of welcoming everyone in our community. To mark Welcoming Week, we asked Roanoke Public Libraries Director Sheila S. Umberger and Blue… Continue reading ★ Celebrating WELCOMING WEEK with the team at Roanoke Public Libraries and Blue Ridge Literacy
★ Virginia Center for the Book to host MACY, HESSE, and EYRE at OCT 23 panel of journalist-authors
Tickets are now available for the October 23 event, On the Beat: Local Journalism, Truth, and Democracy. The event is presented by Virginia Humanities, the Virginia Center for the Book, and With Good Reason Radio, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and in partnership with The Pulitzer Prizes. Three journalists and authors will participate… Continue reading ★ Virginia Center for the Book to host MACY, HESSE, and EYRE at OCT 23 panel of journalist-authors
★ September Newsletter with events listing
September book events are listed in the Back to the Books issue of the BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke newsletter. If it didn't show up in your inbox, don't worry, you can get it here.
★ Stories of the Day: Karen E. Bender explores THE NEW ORDER
Karen E. Bender explores fear, the power people assume, and the last refuges of the powerless in her story collection, The New Order, out today from Counterpoint Press. Separated by fear, the characters in the 11 tight stories feel a lot like us. They scurry for safety in a world in which cars are "big… Continue reading ★ Stories of the Day: Karen E. Bender explores THE NEW ORDER
★ Fall Readings at Hollins University
There probably isn't a better Roanoke Valley location for authors to read than on the campus of Hollins University. Whether it's before the guided mirror of the Green Drawing Room, among the publications of Hollins authors in the Hollins Room of the Wyndham Robertson Library, or in one of the auditoriums, the audience at Hollins… Continue reading ★ Fall Readings at Hollins University
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