Our things literary.
A longtime resident of BOOK CITY, Roanoke Vice Mayor Joe Cobb has a poem in his heart. To celebrate National Poetry Month, he recited a bit for us and talks about what it means to him. Watch him here and then join other BOOK CITY residents at 7 PM on Monday, April 29, for Poetry… Continue reading ★ Poetry by Heart with Roanoke Vice Mayor Joe Cobb
In Roanoke and beyond, we're building a BOOK CITY. Across the region, leaders and readers are working to increase literacy rates. Residents are writing books and using literature to improve the world around them. It's about artistic effort, building an inclusive community, and coming together in words. Meet some of our City Builders and let… Continue reading ★ Welcome to BOOK CITY
Roanoke Author Invasion (RAI) hosted more than 150 readers through the doors of the Holiday Inn Tanglewood in its first hour on Saturday. The event, spearheaded by Liz Long, brings nearly 70 writers to the region from across the East, and a quick parking lot survey revealed license plates from Ohio, North Carolina, Kentucky, and… Continue reading ★ Roanoke Author Invasion draws writers and readers
At Saturday's free Roanoke Author Invasion, Jane Fenton will join nearly 70 other writers of contemporary and paranormal fiction in selling books and greeting fans. Fenton is based in Ferrum and is the author of the Repo Girl series. Fenton's series has more than 200 positive reviews on Amazon, which landed it on multiple Amazon bestselling… Continue reading ★ REPO GIRL’s Jane Fenton at Roanoke Author Invasion Saturday (4/6)
Christiansburg attorney Oneida Huntington has started an LGBTQ book club through the Southwest Virginia LGBT Memorial Library. The library houses, cares for, and lends books on LGBTQ+ subjects at the Roanoke Diversity Center. Gathering to discuss some those books just makes sense. But indeed, nothing happens without someone to lead the effort, organize folks, do… Continue reading ★ City Builder: Oneida Huntington rallies an LGBTQ+ Book Club
Poetry can reach us in surprising ways, and to celebrate National Poetry Month, we’re coming together in a casual and fun meet-up to share those poems we hold in our hearts. Perhaps a poem has surprised you with insight, lifted you, or made you laugh at just the right time. Try committing it to memory… Continue reading ★ It’s National Poetry Month: Try Poetry by Heart
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
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