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Barbara Lukavsky With The Road Home
Barbara
Lukavsky visits on Monday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m. with The Road Home: Finding My Way. It's an American woman’s journey
through grief, peril, romance and rediscovery in South Africa. If you know Out of Africa or Eat Pray Love, you'll want to discover The Road Home. This compelling memoir also explores a beautiful and exotic land.
The Fallback Plan With Leigh Stein
Leigh Stein brings us The Fallback Plan: A Novel on Friday, January 27, at 7:30 p.m. What to do when you’ve just graduated
from college and your plans conflict with your parents' plans that you, well,
get a job? Leigh has it covered in this delightful debut novel.
Cate Tiernan With YA Fantasy
Durham author Cate Tiernan visits on Saturday, January 28, at 3 p.m. with Darkness Falls: Immortal Beloved, Book 2. Darkness is another
successful blend of sarcasm, pathos and magick. Cate Tiernan is also author of the highly successful witchcraft series, Sweep. For ages 12 and up.
Join World Book Night
Want to participate in an amazing book giveaway event? QRB is happy to be a part of World Book Night 2012. We will be a distribution center for book givers to pick up their copies. The list of books to give away is terrific but the time to apply to be a giver is short - the deadline is February 1. You must be 16 to be a giver. To check out the list and get more information on being a book giver, click here.
Sharon Ewell Foster With The Testimony
Sharon Ewell Foster presents her powerful novel, The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part Two: The Testimony, on Sunday, February 12, at 3 p.m. Based on fact, she brings to life the story of one man's struggle for freedom and the redemption of his people. This is the sequel to The Resurrection of Nat Turner: The Witnesses. James Maxey With Greatshadow
Hillsborough author James Maxey brings us Greatshadow: Book One of the Dragon Apocalypse on Friday, February 10, at 7:30 p.m. It's the launch of an exciting new adventure series from a master of dragon
fantasy.
Three NC Poets In One Day
Join us for a big poetry afternoon on Sunday, January 29, at 3 p.m., with readings from three NC poets! Tony Abbott shares If Words Could Save
Us. Sara Claytor brings us Memory Bones, a collection that consistently demonstrates that she knows what makes poetry a pleasure
to read! Julie Suk reads from Lie Down With Me: New and Selected
Poems.
Naomi Benaron With Tale of Rwanda
Naomi Benaron visits on Thursday, February 16, at 7:30 p.m. with Running the Rift,
the 2010 winner of the Bellwether Prize for
Fiction. "Fearless writing: ambitious, beautiful, unapologetically
passionate." - Barbara Kingsolver. BookPage magazine praises her story
of the Rwandan genocide, showing its growth in the country over
years, and calling her decision to focus on one young runner's
perspective as "part of the book's brilliance". Taylor Stevens Brings Thrilling Innocent
Taylor Stevens brings us The Innocent, a thriller with a take-no-prisoners heroine, on Thursday, February 2, at 7:30 p.m. The bestselling author of The
Informationist returns with another thriller featuring the fearless Vanessa
Michael Munroe. If you've been at a loss after finishing Lisbeth Salander's trilogy, you have a new home.
Lisa Alther With Washed in the Blood
Lisa Alther presents Washed in the Blood, a compelling historical novel that explores the fascinating racial heritage of Appalachia with profound humanity. She'll be here on Wednesday, February 1, at 7:30 p.m. Nancy loves it and wants you to discover it. She calls it "historical fiction at its best". Kristin Hannah Returns With Home Front
Author of Night Road and many more, Kristin Hannah returns on Thursday, February 9, with Home Front. She takes a profoundly honest
look at modern marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price of war on an
ordinary American family.
