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The Joy of Reading
Written By: Marlene Osteen | Issue: August 2024
Reader’s Delight! The twin libraries are hosting “authorized” events throughout August. It’s all free and everyone is invited.
This month, our local libraries are celebrating the joy of reading by hosting events with beloved authors. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to connect with the literary pulse of the Plateau.
Meet The Authors
Diane McPhail, Follow the Stars Home
August 21, 12:30 P.M., Hudson Library
August 24, 2:00 P.M., Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library
Diane McPhail, an artist, minister, therapist, and acclaimed hometown author, launches her new book. Billed as a historical romance novel, the book is a captivating reimagining of a fearless woman who braves violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America.
Read more on page 118.
Dr. James Costa: Darwin and the Art of Botany
August 2; 11:00 A.M.: Hudson Library
Charles Darwin is best known for his work on the evolution of animals, but in fact a large part of his contribution to the natural sciences is focused on plants. Executive Director of the Highlands Biological Station, evolutionary botanist and science historian James Costa brings his expertise to each entry, situating Darwin’s words in the context of the knowledge and research of the time.
Maggie Bailey, Quilty as Charged
August 23, 11:00 A.M.: Hudson Library
The launch of Bailey’s latest novel – a delightful cozy mystery that follows Lydia Barnes, the owner of a fabric store in Georgia. With her business struggling, Lydia decides to host a sewing retreat at her friend Fran’s mountain home. In between sewing lessons and quick lunches, a severe winter storm approaches. When Fran’s body is discovered, murder is the only explanation, and the remaining six attendants are all suspects.
Susan Posey, A Weave of Old and New
August 9, 3:00 P.M.: Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library
The much-requested sequel to A Home on Wilder Shores. In 1753, the Welsh sisters Ardath and Gwyn return to their Philadelphia home from their adventures on the Great Wagon Road and the North Carolina frontier.
Read more on page 120.
Katherine Reay, The Berlin Letters
August 14, 3:00 P.M.: Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library
Katherine Reay is a national bestselling and award-winning author of several novels and one work of nonfiction. In this, her latest novel, she returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East German prison.
Read more on page 56.
