Authors Michael Beadle and Douglas Woodward will discuss their works at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. Beadle will present at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, with Woodward at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10. Beadle will show slides and discuss his new book of historical photographs of Canton. This is Beadle’s third Images of America book, having previously published books on Haywood County and Waynesville. A touring writer-in-residence and award-winning poet living in Canton, Beadle coauthored the bicentennial retrospective Haywood County: Portrait of a Mountain Community and has published hundreds of newspaper articles on the history, arts, and culture of Haywood County. The Mountain Writers Group will host their monthly meeting with Woodward as the special guest. Woodward is the author of Wherever Waters Flow: A Lifelong Love Affair with Wild Rivers. In a candid look at his whitewater roots, Woodward takes you back to the time when his paddling skills were still trying to catch up with his enthusiasm for exploring wild rivers. 828.456.6000 or www.blueridgebooksnc.com.
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Susan Reinhardt will discuss her first book, Chimes from A Cracked Southern Belle, at 7 p.m. Sept. 12, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Books Unlimited on Main Street is bringing the Asheville humor columnist to the library for a fun evening celebrating her first novel. Reinhardt wrote the bestselling book of humor, Not Tonight Honey, Wait ‘Til I’m a Size 6, followed by Don’t Sleep with a Bubba, and Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin, a best-selling collection of hilarious culinary disasters. Reinhardt helped raise funds for Macon County Public Library’s new building, which opened in 2007. www.fontanalib.org.
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Acclaimed Jackson County poet Thomas Rain Crowe will present his new book at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Jackson County Library in Sylva. The event will focus on the painter Robert Johnson/Crowe collaboration book Postcards From Peru, a project that was funded by a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Haywood County Arts Council as an affiliate with the NC Arts Council. In collaboration with Sol Negro Edicoes’s editor Marcio Simoes Thomas Crowe based in Brazil, a limitededition, bilingual book has been created based on poems and postcards that Crowe penned while on an extended trip to Peru in April of 2007. Combining postcards written to artistfriends in the United States and abroad and companion poems during Crowe’s journey in the South American country, the result is a unique and interesting view into the landscape, lives and cultures of that country. Johnson, too, spent extended time in Peru in 2011, traveling and sketching before returning home to North Carolina and creating a whole series of Peru-inspired paintings. The event is free and co-sponsored by the Jackson County Arts Council and City Lights Bookstore. A book signing and reception will follow the presentation.
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Katey Schultz will read from her short story collection Flashes of War at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Illuminating the intimate, human faces of war, this unique series of short stories by Schultz questions the stereotypes of modern war by bearing witness to the shared struggles of all who are touched by it. Numerous characters appear, like a returning U.S. soldier and pragmatic jihadist, Afghan mother and listless American sister, courageous amputee and a ghost that cannot let go. The stories capture personal moments of fear, introspection, confusion, and valor in one collection spanning nations and perspectives. Written in clear, accessible language filled with metaphors, this collection of stories brings readers closer to a broader understanding of war by focusing on individuals, their motivations, and their impossible decisions. 828.586.9499.
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