Events

Science reporter Rebecca Skloot brings to light the story a poor tobacco farmer whose cells, taken without her knowledge, became one of the most important tools in medicine. Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Lionel Shriver returns with her new novel, SO MUCH FOR THAT.  This is the newest work from the author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and THE POST-BIRTHDAY WORLD. Book clubs, take note - her works give you much to discuss.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Lee Smith returns with MRS. DARCY AND THE BLUE-EYED STRANGER, her new collection of new and
selected stories. It's always a fabulous night when Lee visits.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

It's a great night for history buffs. NC State history professor and author James E. Crisp brings us HOW DID DAVY DIE AND WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH? The author of SLEUTHING THE ALAMO brings us new insight into this Texas hero.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

The Edgar Award-winning and best-selling author Harlan Coben brings us his new CAUGHT.  Get ready for more roller coaster chills in this explosive new stand-alone thriller.  SIGNING LINE TICKET EVENT - receive a ticket for the signing line with the purchase of CAUGHT.  Click here for information on ticketed events. 

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Come in for a special Saturday morning Storytime!  Darren Farrell presents DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB.
What happens when you fib?  Two friends find out the consequences in this hilarious picture book. For ages 4 and up.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

TOFU meets to practice the art of origami.  New members welcome.

Attention, history buffs!  Allen Paul brings us KATYN: STALIN'S MASSACRE AND THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH.  It's one of the
least-known tragedies of the 20th century: Stalin's annihilation of
15,000
Polish officers and massive deportations of Poles to Siberia.  Paul's story is told through
the lives of three Polish families.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Kathleen Grissom brings us her debut novel, THE KITCHEN HOUSE.  Working as an indentured servant
alongside slaves on a tobacco plantation, Lavinia, a 7-year-old Irish orphan,
finds her light skin and situation placing her between two very different worlds
that test her loyalties.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Randi Davenport presents THE BOY WHO LOVED TORNADOES, a  beautifully written and profoundly moving true story of the effects of mental illness on a family. 

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Dana Sachs brings us THE LIFE WE WERE GIVEN: OPERATION BABYLIFT, INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION,
AND THE CHILDREN OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM.  With sensitivity and
balance, Sachs presents multiple perspectives on the human cost of war,
international adoption and aid efforts, and U.S. involvement in
Vietnam.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL investigative reporter, returns with a new book of true crime in Raleigh.  EVIL NEXT DOOR: The Untold Stories Of A Killer Undone By DNA  details the true story about the  2002 rape and murder of Stephanie Bennett in North
Raleigh.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Join us when Jefferson Bass brings us the newest Body Farm novel, THE BONE THIEF. Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.
Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility — the Body Farm — a quarter century ago. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist and writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm. 

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

You always knew it was good to eat your veggies.  Now Nan Chase widens your options with  EAT YOUR YARD! EDIBLE TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, HERBS, AND FLOWERS FOR
YOUR LANDSCAPE.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

It's another great Sunday afternoon poetry program!  Three NC poets share their works with us.  Nancy Carter reads from NEAR THE END OF THE RAINY SEASON,   Peter Makuck brings us LONG
LENS, and Scott Owens reads from PATERNITY.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

You don't have to be in a book club to
come to our spring Bash. But if you are in one, you'll want to be here
tonight. Get suggestions from our staff on great books to discuss. Wine
& cheese, giveaways, and guaranteed fun. Come early—Bash always
draws a crowd.

Attention animal lovers: here is an evening not to be missed.  Jonathan Balcombe brings us his SECOND NATURE: THE INNER LIVES OF ANIMALS. Balcombe, an animal behaviorist, draws on the latest research, observational studies and
personal anecdotes to reveal the full gamut of animal experience.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

You don't have to be in a book club to
come to our spring Bash. But if you are in one, you'll want to be here
tonight. Get suggestions from our staff on great books to discuss. Wine
& cheese, giveaways, and guaranteed fun. Come early—Bash always
draws a crowd.

Jim Dodson brings us golf and a bit more in A SON OF THE GAME: A STORY OF GOLF, GOING HOME AND SHARING LIFE'S LESSONS, now in paperback.  Golf writer and journalist Dodson weaves together both these journeys, wrapped in a story of homecoming and the love of an ancient game. 

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

The tax forms are in.  Now come and relax.  Bland Simpson, one of the Red Clay Ramblers, brings us his THE INNER ISLANDS: A CAROLINIAN'S SOUND COUNTRY CHRONICLE.  This "witty, informed, energetic" guide to natural and human history of the region is 
new in paperback.  Bland Simpson will also perform music from the area.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

We're delighted to welcome  back Ann Ross, with her newest entry in the  MISS JULIA series:  MISS JULIA RENEWS HER VOWS.  Come in early to grab a seat and catch up with this beloved character from a North Carolina author. 

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

Come for a special Science Saturday program with Dr. Rob Jackson!  His day job is Nicholas Chair of Global Environmental Change and a professor in the Biology department at Duke University.  But our Children's department knows him through his wild, funny, and often nature-related poetry.  He'll share his poetry from his new WEEKEND MISCHIEF and his full-of-animal-facts ANIMAL MISCHIEF, and tell a bit about that 'day job'!  For ages 5-10.

Kim Wright presents LOVE IN MID AIR, an honest look at modern-day marriage. This is an intelligent, sexy, absorbing novel. It is sponsored by Raleigh Write 2 Publish, as their monthly meeting.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators invites budding authors and illustrators of children's books to their annual "Schmooze".  Middle
grade author John Claude Bemis (THE NINE POUND HAMMER) will share how he comes up with creative ideas,
and will present hands-on activities for writers to stimulate creative thinking.
Anyone interested in writing for children and teens is encouraged to
attend.

One of our big hits of 2009 was THE SWEET BY AND BY.  Todd Johnson returns with his acclaimed debut novel about a
licensed practical nurse and the people she encounters, set in NC.  Now in
paperback.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.