Join us for a special event featuring Jasper Rabbit of Creepy Tales! From overly helpful crayons to petrifying underwear, Creepy Tales features the humorous (and spooky) message of bravery from Aaron Reynolds. The event features stories, Creepy crafts, and the opportunity to meet Jasper Rabbit and dive into the pages of his delightfully creepy world! Co-sponsored by Malaprop’s Bookstore.

Join us to discuss this month’s book: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk This is a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting. Participants may come in person to the North Asheville Library or participate via Zoom.

The Enka History Book Club reads historical fiction and non-fiction. We’ll be discussing, Nottingham by Nathan Makaryk. Books are available for pick up at the library in large print and regular print. The group meets in the community room and newcomers are always welcome.

Join us for a book discussion hosted by the Friends of the Skyland/South Buncombe Library! This month we will be reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. The book is available in both physical and digital editions through Buncombe County Public Libraries, and we will also have a few extra.

Author Annette Clapsaddle: Review of book ‘Even As We Breathe’. Also exhibit ‘Cultures and Conflicts: The 350-Year History of Native Americans and Presbyterian Missions.’ Historical novel follows Cherokee boy working at Grove Park Inn while navigating cultural divides.

Please join us at The 2nd Act in Hendersonville, NC for our first monthly book club meeting that strives to read books that create a closer knit and more inclusive community! We will meet virtually and in person monthly to discuss a book, so read the book and then join in the discussion in person or online every third Thursday. All are welcome! At the end of each meeting we will vote on the next book! The virtual club meeting will be in Zoom format and will meet 2.5 hours after the in-person meeting (8:00pm EST). After the meeting there is live acoustic music so stay and enjoy the vibe with your new friends! Put us down on your calendar for every third Third Thursday!

The first book is going to be called Disability Visibility.

Synopsis from the back cover: One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.

From Harriet McBryde Johnson’s account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love. Preview:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51456746-disability-visibility
Message me for the Zoom link to the online meetup. Thanks!

Book Discussion of Superman’s Not Coming by Erin Brockovich and Suzanne Boothby and cleanup of Hominy Creek and Hominy Creek Road with Asheville Greenworks.

Books to Action is a book club that explores nonfiction books centered on key issues facing our community. The book discussions take place in conjunction with a community service project, educational field trip, or presentations from local experts.Newcomers are welcome. This book club is geared towards participants ages 16 and older.

Registration is required and can be found here: ashevillegreenworks.vomo.org…

Your local library can help you acquire a copy of the book. If you need assistance, please call (828) 250-4700.

Author event with Marie Bostwick: 5 p.m., Lake Lure Inn, US 64, Lake Lure. $30 includes book discussion of ‘Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly’ and meal. Call 828-287-6392 or mail check to Friends of the Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bill’s Creek Road, Lake Lue, NC 28746.

Foodie Book Club

Crime and Politics Book Club

Join us as we discuss, The Guncle by Steven Rowley.  We will meet in person at the Weaverville Library with the option to join the discussion via ZOOM.  Only ZOOM participants need to register.  Copies of this title are available at the Weaverville Library while supplies last. Newcomers are always welcome.

Join other literature lovers to discuss your favorite books at the library! This month’s pick is The Other Dr. Gilmer, by Benjamin Gilmer.

We’ll be discussing “West With Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge. Books are available for pick up at the library.
All newcomers are welcome to participate and no registration is required. Join us!

Fierce Poise is a dazzling biography of one of the 20th century’s most respected painters, Helen Frankenthaler, as she came of age as both an artist and a woman in the vibrant art world of 1950s New York. Brought to vivid life by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov, this book comprises a portrait as bold and distinctive as the painter herself.

Read Fierce Poise in advance and join museum staff for a book conversation followed by a gallery talk featuring Frankenthaler’s artwork Book of Clouds, on view in SECU Collection Hall, level 3. Books are available at your local library as well as Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café for a 10% discount.

The Malaprop’s Book Club, hosted by Jay Jacoby, explores a diverse selection of fiction and nonfiction books determined by member suggestion. Click here to see a full schedule of what the club is reading. Club attendees get 10% off the book at Malaprop’s!

The club meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM. The club will meet virtually until further notice. To join the club, please email [email protected]

Madison C. Brightwell (a Weaverville resident) will read from and discuss her new novel – The World Beyond the Redbud Tree.

This novel was written by Brightwell during the COVID pandemic as a response to what she saw as a world that needed some healing and hope. The novel is set partly right here in Weaverville, and partly in a fantasy parallel universe, in which our teenage heroine, Charli, discovers a Utopian world where different and better choices were made – a world in which the native peoples were embraced by the white colonists and not destroyed by them, which created a harmonious and peaceful society. Madison hopes to inspire readers of the book to think about how we can all contribute to making the world a better place.

This event will feature…

An interview with the author,
Q&A with the audience,
A performance of an extract from the book by local actors,
Local musicians, and
A book signing by the author at the end of the evening.

SAHC’s annual Roan Highlands showcase will feature five outings, ranging from easy to difficult: 1 – Roll n’ Stroll at Rhododendron Gardens 2 – Challenge Hike on the Hackline Trail 3 – Waterfall Hike on Little Cove Creek Preserve, with Pathways to Parks 4 – Hampton Creek Cove Loop Hike 5 – Birding at Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area Be sure to join us at the Nilsen Homestead at SAHC’s Little Cove Creek Preserve for afternoon refreshments and a conservation celebration. FREE for all participants, but registration on hikes may be limited. Be sure to register early!

Please join us at The 2nd Act in Hendersonville, NC for our first monthly book club meeting that strives to read books that create a closer knit and more inclusive community! We will meet virtually and in person monthly to discuss a book, so read the book and then join in the discussion in person or online every third Thursday. All are welcome! At the end of each meeting we will vote on the next book! The virtual club meeting will be in Zoom format and will meet 2.5 hours after the in-person meeting (8:00pm EST). After the meeting there is live acoustic music so stay and enjoy the vibe with your new friends! Put us down on your calendar for every third Third Thursday!

The first book is going to be called Disability Visibility.

Synopsis from the back cover: One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.

From Harriet McBryde Johnson’s account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love. Preview:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51456746-disability-visibility
Message me for the Zoom link to the online meetup. Thanks!