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MetroBooks Calendar

Metro Magazine hosts a listing of North Carolina literary events — from the Triangle to the coast. To have your event included, email MetroBooksNC@gmail.com.

Bookstores and Other Venues

Barnes & Noble, Cary

Barnes & Noble, New Hope Commons, Durham

Barnes & Noble, The Streets at Southpoint, Durham

Barnes & Noble, Fayetteville

Barnes & Noble, Greenville

Barnes & Noble, Brier Creek Commons, Raleigh

Barnes & Noble, Mayfaire Town Center, Wilmington

Bull’s Head Bookshop, Chapel Hill

The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines

Manteo Booksellers, Manteo

McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village, near Pittsboro

Pomegranate Books, Wilmington

The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Shakespeare and Company Books, Kernersville

Calendar of Events

Friday, November 20

Fred Chappell, Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Saturday, November 21

J. K. Muta, Under Man’s Spell, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Ann Prospero, Chefs of the Triangle: Their Lives, Recipes, and Restaurants, Barnes & Noble, Fayetteville

Sunday, November 22

Anthony Horowitz, Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Adventure #8, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Saturday, November 28

Donna Strother Deekens (author) and Sandy Ball (illustrator), Christmas at Miller & Rhoads: Memoirs of a Snow Queen, Manteo Booksellers

Tuesday, December 1

Omid Safi, Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Anne Byrn, The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!, Barnes & Noble, Cary

Wednesday, December 2

Steven V. Roberts, From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and hte New Lives They Made in America, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Suzy Barille, Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle and a Yankee General, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Thursday, December 3

Sam Stephenson, The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Art Chanskey, Light Blue Reign How a City Slicker, a Quiet Kansan, and a Mountain Man Built College Basketball’s Longest-Lasting Dynasty, Barnes & Noble, New Hope Commons, Durham

Omid Safi, Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Friday, December 4

Edward Lerner, Small Miracles, Barnes & Noble, New Hope Commons, Durham

Kelly Gay, The Better Part of Darkness, Barnes & Noble, The Streets At Southpoint, Durham

Camden Noir,  Label 228, Pomegranate Books, Wilmington

Saturday, December 5

John Bemis, The Nine Pound Hammer, Barnes & Noble, The Streets At Southpoint, Durham

Stephanie Zonars, Leader of the Pack: The Legacy of Legendary Coach Kay Yow, Barnes & Noble, Brier Creek Commons, Raleigh

Wayne Sutton, How in Hell Can I Change?, Pomegranate Books, Wilmington

Sunday, December 6

Dr. Sheila Boneham, Rescue Matters! How to Find, Foster, and Rehome Companion Animals, Barnes & Noble, The Streets At Southpoint, Durham

Judith Koll Healey, The Rebel Princess, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Tuesday, December 8

Art Chansky, Light Blue Reign: How A City Slicker, A Quiet Kansan, and a Mountain Man Built College Basketball’s Longest-Lasting Dynasty, Quail Ridge Books Raleigh

Lewis Shiner, Collected Stories, Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Wednesday, December 9

Jeanette Stokes, Hurricane Season: Living Through a Broken Heart, Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Joe Maeder, When I Married My Mother: A Daughter’s Search For What Really Matters — And How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo, Barnes & Noble, The Streets At Southpoint, Durham

Thursday, December 10

Kevin Watson, editor, and contributing winners Jan B. Parker, Malaika King-Albrecht, and Ray Morrison, 2009 Open Awards Anthology, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Friday, December 11

Poetry reading by Cherryl Floyd-Miller, Exquisite Heats, Rhett Trull, The Real Warnings, and Cecilia Woloch, Carpathia, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Paula Beoun, Don’t Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, Barnes & Noble, Brier Creek Commons, Raleigh

Saturday, December 12

Valarie Schwartz, Remembering Chapel Hill: The Twentieth Century As We Lived It, Barnes & Noble, The Streets At Southpoint, Durham

Nancy Gotter Gates, Sand Castles, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Dr. Sheila Boneham, Rescue Matters! How to Find, Foster, and Rehome Companion Animals, Pomegranate Books, Wilmington

Judy Stead, The Twelve Days of Christmas in North Carolina, Barnes & Noble, Mayfaire Town Center, Wilmington

Monday, December 14

Roy Williams, Hard Work: My Life On and Off The Court, Barnes & Noble, The Streets At Southpoint, Durham

Tuesday, December 15

Allan Gurganus, “A Fool for Christmas,” Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Wednesday, December 16

Sam Stephenson, The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith From 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Saturday, December 19

Holiday Storytelling with Donald Davis, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

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