The Warren County Memorial Library, in conjunction with the Heritage Quilters Giving Circle, will host an afternoon booktalk and book signing featuring author Valaida Fullwood and photographer Charles W. Thomas, Jr. Fullwood, who resides in Charlotte, will present her coffee table book Giving Back: A Tribute to Generations of African American Philanthropists at 2:30 p.m. [...]

Memories of his childhood have inspired Chris Brockman, an instructor of English at Vance-Granville Community College, to write his first book. Brockman’s memoir, entitled “Growing Up in Boom Times,” was recently published by AuthorHouse. He focuses on his life growing up in Oakland County, Michigan, but Brockman says the book calls up experiences that were [...]

R. J. “Bob” McCarthy, a 15 year YMCA member, will be in the YMCA front lobby August 1st from 5:30 – 7:30pm to promote his newly released book, QUARRY STEPS UP: A Tony Quarry/Carolina Mystery. 50% of the royalties from the books, sold at $11.99, will be donated to the YMCA. The YMCA is located [...]

© Claire Ramsey Used by Permission I think, with the advent of Stephanie Meyer and the Twilight Saga, together with the continued popularity of Anne Rice and the once-and-future-king of vampire stories, Bram Stoker, I can make a safe assumption: humans, especially young adult humans, LOVE the tales of the bloodsucking fiends that look at [...]

Local children’s author Elizabeth Carroll will be at the Richard Thornton Library in Oxford this Friday, June 19, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. If you have not yet purchased a copy of the novel, copies will be available at Friday’s event.

by Claire Ramsey The latest installment in the popular Dresden series, Small Favor by Jim Butcher keeps the adventure and weird geeky humor going, keeping faith with Butcher’s many fans.