Our things literary.
The New Connections Book Club will meet three times around a nonfiction work by Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (W. W. Norton, 2017). Meetings will be held on three Thursday evenings in April from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in the teen meeting room of the Roanoke Main… Continue reading ★ Begins Thursday 4/4: New Connections Book Club – THE COLOR OF LAW
Ed Falco and Grant Kittrell will read at Deschutes Lit on April 4 at 6:30 PM. Ferrum College Adjunct Professor of English Cameron MacKenzie pulls together this series to showcase local writers. It'll be a mix of students and more established authors and a blend of poetry and prose. Expect an hour's worth of words,… Continue reading ★ Books & Beer: Deschutes Lit 4/4
Join librarians from the Roanoke County, Roanoke City, Salem, and Botetourt libraries at the Taubman Museum of Art on Saturday, March 23, for Pop-Up Library. From 10 AM to 2 PM, librarians from across the Roanoke Valley will hold storytimes on the hour with some of your all time favorite books. There will be… Continue reading ★ Saturday 3/23: Pop-Up Library at the Taubman
At the Virginia Festival of the Book, author Mesha Maren joined Tim Poland and Robert Gipe for a panel on "Appalachia in Contemporary Fiction". We got a few questions in with Mesha Maren on her first novel, Sugar Run (Algonquin, 2018). Much of the action in Sugar Run is fueled by pills, alcohol and a search for home. The… Continue reading ★ SUGAR RUN’s Mesha Maren
There are shelves of nonfiction books subtitled with words like "forgotten", "untold", and "hidden". As a society, we've overlooked extraordinary leaders in historic moments. They are women, people of color, activists, and those fighting for change against powerful forces within entrenched systems. Fortunately, there are talented researchers and writers with the commitment to bring these stories… Continue reading ★ Book, Exhibit, Movie: Heath Hardage Lee’s untold story of the LEAGUE OF WIVES
Catch up on the latest from BOOK CITY in digest form at the Spring 2019 newsletter.
Roanoke's downtown bookstore has moved to bright new digs on the Market at 112 Market St., SE. "We learned in the move that books are heavy," said CFO Craig Coker. "And we learned that we have a lot of supporters who want us to succeed and were willing to help." The move might have only… Continue reading ★ Book No Further (than this) new location
Yellow Stonefly (Swallow Press, 2018) is a Radford University Professor Emeritus Tim Poland's second novel. Revisiting characters from his 2009 The Safety of Deeper Water (Vandalia Press), Poland takes readers to the the banks and tributaries of the fictional Ripshin River, where Sandy Holston's life is postcard peaceful, but only when she stands in waders midstream, rod in hand.… Continue reading ★ Fly Fiction with YELLOW STONEFLY’s Tim Poland
Saturday, March 16: Lit Fest at Hollins. The 59th Annual Lex Allen Literary Festival is a day of poetry, fiction and memoir. There are readings in a space that respects writers and their work. There are times for refreshments and lunch, a reception and book signings--time to connect with authors and other readers over the… Continue reading ★ Hollins Lit Fest: Saturday 3/16
If, for some reason, you haven't made the short trip to Charlottesville for the Virginia Festival of the Book, maybe this is the year. The festival, now in its 25th year, features day upon day of stimulating conversations, presentations, and readings. The folks at the Virginia Center for the Book do a great job with… Continue reading ★ Regional authors appearing at Virginia Festival of the Book March 20-24
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