February 22, 2012

Author Valaida Fullwood to Speak at Warren County Memorial Library

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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. [...]

Henderson Native Author Book Signing November 5 Reggie Stacks

This weekend, visit The Lotus Lounge in downtown Henderson, NC to meet the author of the recently published book Ghetto Heaven.  Reggie Stacks will be there signing books from noon to 5pm Saturday, November 5th.  The Lotus Lounge is located at 119 S Garnett St. Ghetto Heaven is about Curtis, a wealthy business man who [...]

VGCC English instructor publishes book on growing up a Boomer

Chris Brockman, an instructor of English at Vance-Granville Community College, holds a copy of his new memoir in the college library, or Learning Resources Center. (VGCC Photo)

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 [...]

Local Author Book Signing at YMCA

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 [...]

Local Author Booksigning at Hill Music Shoppe

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Mari Miller, a local author will have her book “When The Whistle Blew” available for purchase and will have her book signing at Hill Music Shoppe in Henderson on June 25th 10am-2pm. Also you can order your copy by visiting: www.winepressbooks.com www.amazon.com www.barnesandnoble.com www.booksamillion.com www.winepresspublishing.com Orders can also be made by calling 1-877-421-7323 or simply [...]

Storytelling Festival Pictures

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Last night, April 26, 2011 , H. Perry Memorial Library held a successful Storytelling Festival . The event featured great story tellers namely Cynthia Moore Brown , Willa Brigham,  Claire Ramsey and Fred Motley.   Audiences of all ages came to attentively listen and participated as the Storyteller narrated their stories to the crowd. Please see [...]

15th Annual Storytelling Festival

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H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library presents The 15th Annual Storytelling Festival on April 26,2011 at 6 PM Featured Tellers are Cynthia Moore Brown Willa Brigham Claire Ramsey and Fred Motley For more information,  please visit H. Leslie Memorial Library at 205 Brekenridge Street, Henderson, NC 27536 or log on to their website at www.perrylibrary.org

Review: Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

© 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 author to appear at book signing Friday

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.

HiH bookshelf: Small Favor

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.