A quick addition to the calendar here offers another chance for N.C. readers to catch Kirsten Holmstedt talking about her […]
Today, the Washington Post runs my review of John Hart’s third — and in my opinion best — novel, The
Alexandra Sokoloff’s new novel, The Unseen, takes as its starting point a set of real-life experiments done by Dr. Joseph
This weekend’s events feature a couple of authors already profiled on this site — both on Friday, July 10. Laura
Laura Brodie‘s The Widow’s Season hits the ground running with a smart, no-nonsense sentence that pulls readers immediately into the novel’s central
Just this morning, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) announced its 2009 Book Awards. The winners are: Best Fiction: Serena
As part of my various jobs, I keep tabs on two literary festivals in the Carolinas and Virginia — and
The Oxford American, not just one of the finest magazines about the American South but one of the best publications
Emyl Jenkins already had a successful career as an antiques appraiser and nonfiction author when she tried her hand at
The North Carolina Literary Festival has announced that Anna Deavere Smith — actress, playwright and author — will deliver the
Last week, I had a rare opportunity to see a mid-morning production of a play — the Olney Theatre’s production
Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda seems to have taken a shine to a couple of North Carolina’s finest writers