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Author and North Cross School alumna Liza Mundy will visit Roanoke on April 4. The author of Code Girls: The Untold Story of American Women Code Breakers of World War II (Hachette, 2017) will speak onstage at North Cross School with women’s history biographer Heath Hardage Lee from 2 to 4 PM. That evening Mundy will give a… Continue reading ★ Rebels with a cause: Heath Lee on groundbreaking women and Liza Mundy’s April 4 visit
Do you have a resolution to be more involved in your community in 2018? It's clear in this clip of Dar Williams and Beth Macy in conversation on Dec. 11 that building positive proximity can be a lot of fun. Here's a little inspiration: watch the clip on YouTube. ★ .
https://www.facebook.com/BookCityRoanoke/videos/284907902031590/ Click above to watch Beth Macy and Dar Williams in conversation on the BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke stage. The event was sold out, but you don't have to miss a moment. Special thanks to production team lead Denise Allen Membreno at New Moon Creative Media. Learn more about Dar Williams and What I Found in a Thousand… Continue reading ★ Dar Williams and Beth Macy from the BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke Stage
Finding Roanoke! Can't wait for next week's Positive Proximity conversation with Dar Williams and Beth Macy? Get a preview in this CityWorks' Big Ideas for Better Places conversation. Brad Stephens interviewed Dar Williams on the occasion of September's release of What I Found in a Thousand Towns. The result is an engaging, enlightening conversation and just… Continue reading ★ Big Ideas for Better Places Podcast featuring Dar Williams
Beth Macy appeared at Book No Further this weekend to celebrate the opening of Doloris Vest's new bookstore and the paperback release of Macy's second book, Truevine (Back Bay Books, 2017). In presenting the motivation behind her work, the Roanoke based author points to the unexpected heroes she's drawn to. They fight the odds—against racial injustice,… Continue reading ★ History and the art of the possible: Beth Macy at Book No Further
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
Congratulations to Dar Williams on the publication of What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, & Open-Mike Night at a Time. BOOK CITY ★ Roanoke will welcome Dar to Roanoke on December 11. Leading up to the event, we'll have chapter discussions… Continue reading ★ Dar Williams’ WHAT I FOUND IN A THOUSAND TOWNS Now Available
You can support local authors by voting in the People's Choice award categories of the Library of Virginia's 20th Annual Literary Awards. Both Beth Macy (Nonfiction: Truevine) and Elizabeth Poliner (Fiction: As Close to Us as Breathing) are in the running. Online voting is a quick process, but you do need a Google account to participate online. Alternatively a paper… Continue reading ★ Support local authors in the ‘People’s Choice’ category of the Library of Virginia’s 20th Annual Literary Awards
Book clubs can be laser focused or broadly diverse. While the Roanoke Gay Men's Book Club is tightly defined in its membership, the reading list is another matter. Titles read by the group are suggested by members in turn, and they span fiction, non-fiction, biography, mystery and science fiction. Past books include Beth Macy's Truevine, The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin,… Continue reading ★ Roanoke Readers: The Roanoke Gay Men’s Book Club
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