Author-led Short Story Discussion “Return” and “Old Catawba” Discussion leader: Brandon Johnson

Three great Americans were been born in February, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and Julia Wolfe. On February 16th we are celebrating Julia Wolfe’s birthday and one of the most interesting mother-son relationships in American literary history. Tours throughout the day will tell her story as learned in fact and fiction. We are also getting […]

Author-led Short Story Discussion “Circus at Dawn” Discussion leaders: Dan and Ana Clare

Author-led Short Story Discussion “The Hollyhock Sowers” Discussion leader: Ellen Brown

Bruce Johnson wears many hats; craftsman, woodworker, antiques refinisher, columnist, author and television host. His latest work “Tom, Scott and Zelda: Following In Their Footsteps” is an exploration of their time spent in North Carolina, designed to be used either as a guidebook or simply as a book to be enjoyed sitting at home.

Join us and welcome Heather Bell Adams, author of “Maranatha Road.”

Join us and welcome Phillip Lewis, author of “The Barrowfields.”

Sept 12 6pm Keynote Address Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson Sept 13, 10am – 5pm “Addressing the Challenges for Cherokee Women” Susan Abram “Inspiring Stories of Asheville’s Jewish Women” Sharon Fahrer “Edith Vanderbilt” Winnie Titchener-Coyle & Meghan Forest “Lillian Clement, Leah Chiles & Women’s Sovereignty” Catherine Amos & Katherine Calhoun Cutshall “Desegregation and Race Politics at […]

Join us and welcome Dale Neal and his new novel “Appalachian Book of the Dead” The novel is a metaphysical thriller, a meditation on recovery and reincarnation, marriage and betrayal, death and rebirth, an exploration of how our fears give flesh to our hungry ghosts.

Free tours for North Carolina residents. …she gave to Luck's Lad the title of Eugene, a name which, beautifully, means "well born," but which, as any one will be able to testify, does not mean, has never meant, "well bred."