Our things literary.
We're three chapters into Roanoke's lively discussion of Dar Williams' What I Found in a Thousand Towns. Here's the update on the weekly series: Forty people gathered on the Sweet Donkey patio with owners Dustin Eshelman and Ann-Maree White and host Brent Stevens. The topic: how a business can help build community, how the community can help shape… Continue reading ★ Finding Roanoke: Update and Coming Events
National Book Award Finalist for nonfiction, Strangers in their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right - A Journey to the Heart of our Political Divide will be the next title discussed by the Civil Discourse book group. (Come to the November 15 meeting and help identify a better name for this group!) By UC… Continue reading ★ Civil Discourse Book Club announces next title
In this new series, we're passing along must-read recommendations on key topics from BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke residents. To kick it off, longstanding civic leader Rupert Cutler offers five books on environmental stewardship. About Rupert: Rupert’s seemingly inexhaustible civic energy has fueled the opening of Explore Park and the beginnings of both the greenway trail… Continue reading ★ Recommended by local readers: FIVE ON environmental stewardship from Rupert Cutler
It's nearly upon us, National Novel Writing Month. Also known in its awkwardly catchy abbreviated form NaNoWriMo, November might be a productive month for you. Let's learn more with Liz Bradley, one of our municipal liaisons for the effort. BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke: First, what's the goal of National Novel Writing Month? Liz Bradley: NaNoWriMo believes that everyone has a… Continue reading ★ Liz Bradley says you can do it: National Novel Writing Month
Roanoke will soon have a new independent bookstore. Doors will open at Book No Further on October 17 at 10 AM in the 16 West Marketplace (16 West Church Street, Roanoke). In anticipation, owner Doloris Vest filled us in on what she’s learned planning and preparing for the business. BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke: Folks are… Continue reading ★ What she’s learned: Doloris Vest on the planning of Book No Further
"Roanoke’s identity as a great place to live grows from the work of individuals and organizations. But how does it all come together? The answer may be ‘positive proximity.’" From the Oct. 4 Roanoke Times. Read the opinion piece in the October 4 Roanoke Times for an overview of the Finding Roanoke discussion series based on… Continue reading ★ Finding Roanoke: Today in the Roanoke Times and Thursday night at Sweet Donkey
Artemis Journal has its roots in personal transformation and community building. The journal had gone quiet for a number of years, but following a 2014 resurgence, the energy of the longstanding creative team seems boundless. The Blue Ridge poetry and art journal has expanded its focus and reach and this year announces some new collaborations. With… Continue reading ★ On the hunt for new voices with Artemis’ Jeri Rogers and Maurice Ferguson
Visit the website of the Southwest Virginia LGBQT+ History Project and it’s immediately clear that this grassroots effort is well organized and fueled with a level of sophistication and rigor. Co-lead by Roanoke College Assistant Professor of Public History Dr. Gregory Rosenthal and Roanoke writer and organizer Rachel Barton, the History Project has accomplished a… Continue reading ★ SWVA LGBQT+ History Project ZINE highlights local art and writing
Did you miss news on the book store opening in Roanoke, or on how to volunteer for Star City Reads' Books on Wheels event? How about the scoop on the fall FINDING ROANOKE community book conversation of musician Dar Willams' What I Found in a Thousand Towns? Well, here's your opportunity to catch up. The… Continue reading ★ NEWS #4: Fall in BOOK CITY
Roanoke Valley Reads is a month away, so it's a great time to purchase and read a copy of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air. The book is available at the Blue Ridge Literacy offices on the lower level of Roanoke's Main Library. Here are some of the events being planned: Thursday, Oct. 12, 7 PM, Hollins… Continue reading ★ Dates for your calendar: Roanoke Valley Reads
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