Since my interview with Michael Taeckens a few weeks back, he’s been making the rounds with a series of appearances throughout New York City, promoting the hot new anthology Love Is A Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Break-ups, Bad Relationships, and Broken Hearts. This Friday, however, Taeckens will be debuting the book on his own turf, with the first official tour stop in North Carolina. Contributors Wendy Brenner, Margaret Sartor, and Patty Van Norman will join Taeckens for a reading and signing on Friday, August 21, at 7 p.m. at Durham’s Regulator Bookshop.
This weekend also marks the start of the N.C. Literary Festival‘s “Authors on the Road” program, bringing some of the state’s leading writers to various venues in advance of the Sept. 10-13 festival. Charles F. Price, author of Nor the Battle to the Strong: A Novel of the American Revolution in the South, and Daniel Wallace, author most recently of Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician, will kick off the program on Saturday, August 22. Price appears at Pack Memorial Library at 2 p.m., and Wallace will cover the other end of the state with a 3 p.m. appearance at New Hanover County Public Library in Wilmington. For a complete list of participants, visit the NCLF “Authors on the Road” page here.
Also of note this weekend is an appearance by Mark L. Van Name with his new science fiction book, Overthrowing Heaven, the third book in his Jon and Lobo series (after One Jump Ahead and Slanted Jack). He’ll be at McIntyre’s Books in Fearrington Village on Sunday, August 23, at 2 p.m.
For more events, check out the MetroBooks Calendar at right!
