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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

Tuesday, November 3

Michael Sandel, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Roy Williams, Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Wednesday, November 4

Annette Dunlap, Frank, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines

Lisa Brooks, The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What We Owe One Another As Citizens — And How We Can Think About It Together, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

John Bemis, The Nine Pound Hammer, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Thursday, November 5

Roy Williams, Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Stephanie Zonars, Leader of the Pack: The Legacy of Legendary Coach Kay Yow, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Matt and Ted Lee, The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Friday, November 6

Mary Akers, Women Up On Blocks: Stories, and Clifford Garstang, In an Uncharted Country, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Annette Dunlap, Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America’s Youngest First Lady, Barnes & Noble, Fayetteville

Saturday, November 7

Art Chanskey, Light Blue Reign How a City Slicker, a Quiet Kansan, and a Mountain Man Built College Basketball’s Longest-Lasting Dynasty, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Nick Bruel,  Who Is Melvin Bubble?, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Kenneth Butcher, The Middle of the Air, Barnes & Noble, New Hope Commons, Durham

Mary Akers, Women Up On Blocks: Stories, and Clifford Garstang, In an Uncharted Country, Shakespeare and Company Books, Kernersville

Sunday, November 8

Foy Edelman, Sweet Carolina: Favorite Desserts and Candies From the Old North State, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Short story writers Anne Barnhill, What You Long For, and Maureen Sherbondy, The Slow Vanishing, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Kevin Canty, Where the Money Went, Pomegranate Books, Wilmington

Tuesday, November 10

Sonya Buchanan, Saved by Grace, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Roy Williams, Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Craig Brown, Blind Justice, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Wednesday, November 11

William Ferris, Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Elizabeth Spencer, Southern Woman: Selected Fiction, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

D.G. Stern (editor), Golf A La Carte: Recipes from America’s Finest Clubs, Barnes & Noble, Cary, and Barnes & Noble, New Hope Commons, Durham

Thursday, November 12

Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, and Matt Bowers, One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina Basketball’s 2009
Championship Season
, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Mike Huckabee, A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Friday, November 13

David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Cheris Hodges, Betting on Love, Barnes & Noble, New Hope Commons, Durham

Poetry Reading: Ron Bayes, Guises, and Jean Jones, The Birds of Djakarta, Pomegranate Books, Wilmington

Saturday, November 14

Christopher Andrew, Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Ann Prospero, Chefs of the Triangle: Their Lives, Recipes, and Restaurants, Barnes & Noble, The Streets At Southpoint, Durham

David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Larry Tise, Conquering The Sky: The Secret Flights of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, Manteo Booksellers

Sunday, November 15

Matthew Aaron Goodman, Hold Love Strong, McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village

Tuesday, November 17

Fred Chappell, Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories, Bull’s Head Books, Chapel Hill

Wednesday, November 18

LeRae Umfleet, A Day of Blood: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Fred Chappell, Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

Thursday, November 19

Fred Chappell, Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh

Eve Rizzo, Clarrie Hancock, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham

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

Wednesday, December 2

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

Thursday, December 3

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

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