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BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke is an ongoing exploration of equity and engagement at the intersection of books and place, with a central organizing question: How can our love of literature, our commitment to literacy, and a focus on the written word foster greater equity and a more engaged community?* Book conversations are an important part of… Continue reading ★ Tips for welcoming & inclusive book conversations – or – How to not be a giraffe
The Dumas Legacy Center is hosting author Calvin Alexander Ramsey at the 2019 Legacy Ball. The event will take place on Saturday, August 3, at the Hotel Roanoke. Doors open at 5:30 PM, followed by a meet and greet with the author at 6:30, and a dinner to begin at 7:30. Ramsey is the author… Continue reading ★ RSVP by July 30 for Legacy Ball
Congratulations are in order for Roanoke author Mary Carter Bishop. The paperback edition of Don’t You Ever: My Mother and Her Secret Son, comes out July 30th from Harper Paperbacks. The book will have a new epilogue, and to mark the release, Mary will be speaking at several events around Virginia in the coming months. So if… Continue reading ★ Bishop marks paperback release July 30
Identity and Action. Season one of the BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke podcast looks at how we engage with the written word in shaping our identity and then how we put that into action in the world around us. In episode two, Douglas Jackson talks with retired math teacher Ben Bazak and environmental engineer and yoga… Continue reading ★ On David Brooks’ THE SECOND MOUNTAIN: Ben Bazak & Gail Steele – Raleigh Court Library Book Club (Podcast #1.2)
It can be a busy week for book lovers, starting today with the Melrose Library ribbon cutting at 9:30 AM! July 22 ★ New Melrose Branch Library opens at 2502-D Melrose Avenue! 9:30 AM.July 22 ★ Playwrights Horizons founder Bob Moss, 7:30 PM at Mill Mountain TheaterJuly 24 ★ Karen Chase, Carrying Independence, 6 PM at Williamson… Continue reading ★ Eight book events this week…
Join Roanoke Public Libraries for an author talk with Karen A. Chase, author of the book "Carrying Independence." The talk will take place at the Williamson Road Public Library from 6 PM to 7:15 PM. Karen A. Chase is a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. An award-winning author,… Continue reading ★ Author Talk: Karen A. Chase at the Williamson Road Library 7/24
"There's long been a keep-quiet policy on women across the board in different areas. That's why I think it's important these hidden histories are told, whether they were repressed deliberately, which is the case some of the time, or a lot of the times I think it was just the cultural norm. It wasn't always… Continue reading ★ Heath Lee – Women in Action: Learning from hidden histories (Podcast #1.1)
Hear voices from BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke beginning July 18th as we kick off our first season of the podcast. Authors, readers, and city builders will explore the theme of "Identity and Action" in 12 episodes. Guests in the first season include Heath Lee, Roanoke Vice Mayor Joe Cobb, Bryan Hancock, Cathryn Hankla, and more. In each… Continue reading ★ BOOK CITY Roanoke Podcast to begin July 18
It's fun to be a fan. Unabashed enthusiasm is one of life's real joys. And when someone shares theirs with you, you feel a little lucky. You get to see them light up—as Martin Clark did on Friday evening. Book No Further was packed. Proprietor Doloris Vest described it as, "our coziest reading yet." Clark,… Continue reading ★ Roanoke readers gather for Martin Clark
Nothing seems to turn out as expected for the protagonist of The Substitution Order (Knopf, 2019). Roanoke attorney Kevin Moore has been disbarred. His wife has left him—with good cause. He's working at a Patrick County sandwich shop, "a Subway knockoff called SUBstitution," which sounds like rock bottom, but he's still got further to fall: he's being… Continue reading ★ Martin Clark brings THE SUBSTITUTION ORDER July 12th
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