Literary Bookpost will host new Salisbury resident C.J. Cooper at the Saturday Salon on Saturday, March 21, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cooper’s book, “Stab of Intelligence,” was published by RockWay Press in 2007, and won first prize in the 2005 RockWay Press International Writing Competition.
A suspenseful international espionage thriller, “Stab of Intelligence” is a novel of lies, manipulation and murder in a terrorist world of weapons of mass destruction. It is a novel of mistrust among allies within and outside the CIA who are on a mission to stop distribution and deployment of weapons by a financier whose mindset is to sell as many weapons as possible, at any cost to the world, for his own personal gain. In Cooper’s tightly controlled writing, vivid and demanding characters grab readers and drag them into the dark and treacherous world of international espionage, where no one knows what to expect, and where everyone will be stunned by the surprise ending.
Prior to moving to Salisbury, where she lives in the historic West Square District, Cooper was the former editor of Pen in Hand and a four-time director of the MWA Novel Contest, as well as a part-time novel writing instructor.
Literary Bookpost is located at 119 S. Main St., downtown Salisbury. For additional information about this event and future events, call 704-630-9788 or visit www.literarybookpost. com.
Emerging writers at Barton College
WILSON ó The Barton College Creative Writing Symposium presents the fourth annual Emerging Writers Series on Monday and Tuesday in The Sam and Marjorie Ragan Writing Center on campus. The event is free and open to the public.
This year’s featured writers include Catherine Carter and Dan Albergotti. “That’s My Story” workshop, scheduled from 3-4:30 p.m. on Monday, will provide an opportunity for these emerging writers to discuss their lives, inspirations, influences and craft. An evening reading is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, from 9:30-11 a.m. is “Nuts and Bolts,” a workshop where the writers will talk about the practical, business and technical aspects of writing and publishing.
Carter lives in Cullowhee with her husband near Western Carolina University, where she teaches in and coordinates the English education program. Her first book, “The Memory of Gills,” received the 2007 Roanoke-Chowan Award from the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. Her work also has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry, North Carolina Literary Review, Tar River Poetry Review, Cider Press Review, and “Best American Poetry 2009,” among others, and has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Albergotti is the author of “The Boatloads,” selected by Edward Hirsch as the winner of the 2007 A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Shenandoah, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review and other journals. In 2008, his poem, “What They’re Doing” was selected for Pushcart Prize “XXXIII: Best of the Small Presses.”A graduate of the master of fine arts program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and former poetry editor of The Greensboro Review, Albergotti teaches creative writing and literature courses and edits the online journal “Waccamaw” at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C.
Dr. and Mrs. William M. Batchelor of Wilson have provided a sponsorship for the series that began in spring 2006.
This annual gift brings new writers to campus to speak to students and members of the community and to encourage aspiring writers.