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Quail Ridge Books & Music specializes in fine literature for adults and children, with a special focus on the South.
Events
02 / 10
Start: 4:00 pm
You don't have to be in Encore to come and enjoy good stories. The Encore Writers Group presents contributors reading from their 2010 anthology of short | ||
02 / 11
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02 / 12
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02 / 13
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02 / 14
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02 / 15
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02 / 16
Start: 7:00 pm
Dr. Pauletta Bracy returns for her very popular program, reviewing children's multicultural books for 2009. This is a View From Tuesday event, of special interest to educators and media specialists, but all are welcome. If you've heard Dr. Bracy before, you know it'll be a fascinating evening. Linda Beatrice Brown, author of BLACK ANGELS, also joins us to discuss her novel. In BLACK ANGELS, young children are caught in the crossfire of the Civil War. For ages 9-12. 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. | ||
02 / 17
Start: 7:30 pm
Many of the challenges facing schools are similar around the country. Dynamic Boston high school principal Linda F. Nathan presents THE HARDEST QUESTIONS AREN'T ON THE TEST: LESSONS FROM AN INNOVATIVE URBAN SCHOOL, in which she discusses schools that matter, teachers that inspire, and students who achieve. And that's what everyone wants. 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. | ||
02 / 18
Start: 5:00 pm
You've loved her COOKIES books, LITTLE HOOT, DUCK! RABBIT!, and others. Now Amy Krouse Rosenthal brings us THE WONDER BOOK, a collection of stories, poems, palindromes, and more about the quirky 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. Start: 7:30 pm
Joe Porter brings us ALL 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. | ||
02 / 19
Start: 7:30 pm
Dick Reavis brings us CATCHING OUT: THE SECRET WORLD OF DAY LABORERS. In the tradition 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. | ||
02 / 20
Start: 6:30 pm
NC State writing instructor Stacey Cochran will lead a discussion titled "Everything You Need to Know to Write and Publish Your Novel." This event is free to attend, and newcomers are welcome.
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02 / 21
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Come to Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh for a "Story Time for adults" fundraiser, featuring Angela Davis-Gardner, Celia Rivenbark, and others! Motheread, Inc. is a nationally acclaimed local non-profit organization that combines the teaching of literacy skills with child development and family empowerment issues. Join them for an adult "Story Time" with great authors, dessert and coffee - all in support of Motheread efforts to build a larger community of readers. Quail Ridge Books & Music is a proud co-sponsor of this event. Visit www.motheread.org for more information. A ticket is required. The cost is $35/person. Go to the Motheread website to print the ticket request and mail to Motheread with payment: 3008 Anderson Drive, Suite 103, Raleigh, NC 27609. Or, call Cathy James at 781.2088 or email to cjmotheread@bellsouth.net to reserve your seat today! | ||
02 / 22
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02 / 23
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02 / 24
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02 / 25
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02 / 26
Start: 7:30 pm
How can we describe Tim Dorsey's books? Perhaps if you mix Carl Hiaasen with Hunter S. Thompson, and add a dash of Elmore Leonard, you'd be getting there. Serge can be a deranged killer, but he marches to his own extreme code of honor, and is also very funny. Whenever he and sidekick Coleman hit the road, mayhem rules. When Serge and Coleman do spring break, it's sure to be a killer time! Join us for Dorsey's 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. | ||
02 / 27
Start: 9:30 am
End: 12:30 pm
Local author Zelda Lockhart (FIFTH BORN) conducts an Elders Writing Memoir workshop. Zelda Lockhart does charge a fee for this workshop. To register, email her at zelda@zeldalockhart.com . Start: 3:00 pm
Barbara Brown Taylor presents her AN ALTAR IN THE WORLD: A GEOGRAPHY OF FAITH. The author of LEAVING CHURCH shares how she learned to encounter God beyond the walls of any church and reveals concrete ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see. 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. Start: 7:00 pm
TOFU meets to practice the art of origami. New members welcome. | ||
02 / 28
Start: 3:00 pm
Many of our Sunday afternoon programs are devoted to poetry readings, and today's will be a great one. Not one, not two, but three NC poets read from their works. Author and poet Joseph Bathanti shares RESTORING SACRED ART. Bruce Lader reads from LANDSCAPES OF LONGING, and Pat Riviere-Seel brings us THE SERIAL KILLER'S DAUGHTER. 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. | ||
03 / 1
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03 / 2
Start: 5:00 pm
Attention, all 39 CLUES fans, and we know there are a ton of you out there! Peter Lerangis brings us the new Book 7 in THE 39 CLUES series: THE VIPER'S NEST! He's also author of Book 3 in the series, THE SWORD THIEF.
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. | ||
03 / 3
Start: 10:00 am
We have a special author Storytime event this morning! Come in for Stephen Swinburne, author of many preschool books. Today he shares WHOSE SHOES? Have fun guessing which footwear goes with which occupation. 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. Start: 7:30 pm
Kelly Cherry brings us GIRL IN A LIBRARY: ON WOMEN WRITERS AND THE WRITING LIFE. Poet, memoirist, fiction writer, and critic Cherry has assembled a retrospective collection of essays on writing, reading, and life. 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. | ||
03 / 4
Start: 7:30 pm
It's always a treat when the talented Chris Bohjalian visits. Now the author of THE DOUBLE BIND (a book club favorite) returns with SECRETS OF EDEN. Written with his trademark compassion and explosive revelations, you will love EDEN as much as his MIDWIVES, SKELETONS AT THE FEAST, and others. This event is co-sponsored by InterAct. SIGNING LINE TICKET EVENT - receive a ticket for the signing line with the purchase of SECRETS OF EDEN or any of his books. 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. | ||
03 / 5
Start: 7:30 pm
Join us when author George Bishop discusses his new novel, LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER. This is a coming of age debut novel that captures a sense of time and place with a distinct and inviting voice. A mother candidly reveals her life to connect with her teenage daughter. 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. | ||
03 / 6
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03 / 7
Start: 3:00 pm
It's one of our well-regarded Sunday afternoon poetry programs. Anthony Abbott shares NEW & SELECTED POEMS 1989-2009, while Larry Johnson reads from VEINS. 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. | ||
03 / 8
Start: 7:30 pm
So many of you have asked, and now your wish has come true. Jodi Picoult visits with her new HOUSE RULES. TICKETED EVENT - receive a free ticket with the purchase of HOUSE RULES, or the purchase of any of her other books. This program will be at Meredith College, Jones Auditorium. Click here for a map of the Meredith campus. Click here for information on ticketed events. Please note: for this event, tickets cannot be separately purchased. Doors will open about 1 hour before the event. The auditorium has open seating; your ticket does not have an assigned seat. We will take Jodi Picoult books and tickets to Meredith within a couple of hours of her event. If you have a book/ticket to pick up and it is close to event time, go directly to Meredith. There is no need to come to the bookstore first. Depending on the crowd size, Jodi Picoult may not be able to personalize HOUSE RULES. That decision, and whether she can sign backlist books, will have to be made at the event. She will not be able to personalize backlist books due to time constraints. Bring your cameras. Photography is allowed. For pictures taken at the signing table, the person must stay in front of the table. | ||
03 / 9
Start: 7:30 pm
Thomas Barrie presents THE SACRED IN-BETWEEN: THE MEDIATING ROLES OF ARCHITECTURE. The
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. | ||
03 / 10
Start: 7:30 pm
Wayne Caldwell brings us REQUIEM BY FIRE, his sequel to the popular Cataloochee. Here he spins the stories of Scots-Irish hill folk against the larger backdrop of the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a rich and thought-provoking read. 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. | ||
03 / 11
Start: 7:30 pm
How many hats can one man wear? Find out when Peter Hedges visits with his new novel, THE HEIGHTS. Excellent writing and real characters - but what else would you expect from the Academy Award nominee author/screenwriter/director of numerous films There will be a drawing for free movie passes, courtesy of Colony Theater. You must be at the event to enter. 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. | ||
03 / 12
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