Books

Author Sharyn McCrumb breathes new life into an old southern struggle
[Jul. 16, 2004] In an all-new episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, airing Sunday, July 18, at 5 PM on UNC-TV, critically-acclaimed author Sharyn McCrumb shares the Civil War chronicles set in the Southern mountains in her latest novel Ghost Riders. Her extraordinary tale reveals more about a war that was fought farm-to-farm, neighbor-to-neighbor in a part of the South that never wanted to leave the union.
Also: NC Book Watch
Also: UNC TV

Books about adoptions
[Jun. 4, 2004] About a year ago my husband and I decided to adopt a child from Russia. For Jacob, then four, this was just another way to add to our family. The thought of a ready-made little brother or sister was helping all of us, perhaps especially Jacob, heal from the late-term miscarriage we’d suffered that winter. He was excited. By Adrienne Ehlert Bashista

Picture Books to Love
[Feb. 28, 2004] To all of you have ever read a children’s picture book and said to yourself, ‘I can do that,’ I’m issuing a challenge: try it yourself. Once you do you will discover that picture book writing – that is, good picture book writing – is one of the hardest kinds of writing there is. I’ll admit that I’ve been guilty of making that foolish statement myself. The results weren’t pretty. By Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Also: Book Talker

Former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith to sign new book at Fearrington
[Feb. 9, 2004] Coach Dean Smith and business guru Jerry Bell will sign copies of their new book The Carolina Way:Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching at McIntyre's Books in Fearrington Village on February 13. By Cowell, Rebekah

Honorable Mentions, part 1
[Feb. 9, 2004] The Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and Prinz awards are the most prestigious awards in the field of children’s literature. The various committees announced the winners for 2003 earlier this month. But there’s a whole host of other worthy books and authors that have been given honorable mentions for those awards. By Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Also: Book Talker

Author events at Fearrington's McIntyre bookstore
[Jan. 29, 2004] Haven Kimmel will read from her new novel, Something Rising: Light and Swift in the Fearrington Barn and Blake Crouch will read from his new book Desert Places: A Novel of Terror. . By Rebekah Cowell

Baby board books you can sink your teeth into
[Jan. 22, 2004] For parents of babies and toddlers, no explanation of the words “board book” is necessary, but for the rest of you, a board book is a book of very few pages that is made out of hard cardboard to stand up to ripping, stomping, and chewing. Especially chewing. By Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Also: Book Talker

If You Like Harry Potter… Then Try These New Fantasy Novels
[Jan. 6, 2004] Now that we’re well into winter the excitement about the newest Harry Potter has died down. The next installment's rumored release date isn’t until 2006! Fortunately, I have some suggestions for all the fantasy junkies out there. By Adrienne Ehlert Bashista

Secret Life of Bees author to visit Chatham
[Jan. 5, 2004] Chatham County readers will meet the woman behind the book when Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees, speaks at the Fearrington Barn on Saturday, January 10 at 11 a.m. and signs copies of her first novel that has been the "Community Read" here for four months. By Brad Kosiba
Also: Friends of the Pittsboro Library