Brazilian native and Charlotte resident Marli Seiburger will return to Literary Bookpost for an encore book signing on Thursday, May 19, from noon until 2 p.m.
Weather permitting, Seiburger will be set up under her hat in the sun outside the front entrance to the shop.
ěDiamonds and Mildewî is an exciting story about family legacy and diamonds. It reveals how ambition charms many lives as well as how fast money determines the course of misery.
The saga of the Merlenes dynasty starts in the streets of Paris in the 19th century and hastens extravagantly throughout America, Brazil, South Africa and Greece.
Literary Bookpost is at 110 S. Main St. For additional information about this event, call 704-630-9788 or visit www.literarybookpost.com.
Jan Karon discussion and signing
Jan Karon, the New York Times best-selling author of The Mitford Series, will be in Asheville on June 6 for a discussion and book signing at the Grove Park Inn from 7-8:30 p.m., in the Wilson Room. Copies of her books will be sold at the event, including her latest bestseller, ěIn the Company of Others.î
A former resident of Blowing Rock, Karon is giving a benefit appearance for The Writersí Workshop, a non-profit literary center founded in 1985. Proceeds will help fund free writing classes for youth. Tickets bought in advance are $15; $20 at the door. To order tickets, email writersw@gmail.com, or call 828-254-8111.
On June 4, The Writersí Workshop is hosting a Founderís Day Barbecue on Saturday from 4-7 p.m. The public is invited to celebrate their 26th year as Ashevilleís literary center. Guests may bring a dish to share, books for sale and a poem or short story to read. Please RSVP at least 48 hours in advance by emailing writers@gmail.com, or calling 828-254-8111.
New book on Regulators
ěFarming Dissenters: The Regulator Movement in Piedmont Carolina,î has just been published by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. Author Dr. Carole Troxler steps back more than two decades before the Battle of Alamance (May 16, 1771) to examine the issues and the context that fostered the Regulator Movement, which grew from frustrated backcountry residents who were badly treated by local officials. It is the story of local government more interested in its needs than those of its constituents and of settlers steeped in the Dissenter religious culture who drew on its political orientation to risk activism often cited as a prelude to the American Revolution.
It is available online at http://nc-historical-publications.stores.yahoo.net/3505.html
Poetry Society meets May 21
The North Carolina Poetry Society holds its annual Awards Day Meeting Saturday, May 21 at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m., and activities begin at 10 a.m. The main program features readings by the winners of the 2011 Adult and Student NCPS Contests. We plan to adjourn by 3 p.m. Box lunches will be available for sale until 10:15 a.m. For more information, visit http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org.