Goodreads in North Carolina discussion

NC State's and Wake County Library's joint Read Smart program will be meeting tomorrow night (11-20-14) at 7 p.m. at the Cameron Village Library to discuss Maya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom. The discussion will be led by Dorianne Laux, professor of English at NC State.

On Thursday, December 11 (same time and place) they will be discussing Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? and on January 15 they'll be discussing Beth Macy's Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town. That discussion will be led by Steven Walker, assistant director of NC State's Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center (who is actually quoted in the book).

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? is an amazing book--sure to be an interesting discussion especially for people in their fifties dealing with their elderly parents. Hope you all enjoy it.

Yes, I'm really looking forward to it!

The Read Smart program will be discussing Roz Chast's illustrated memoir "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant" tomorrow night (Thursday, Dec. 11) at 7:00 p.m. at Cameron Village Regional Library, 1930 Clark Ave., Raleigh. Dr. Karen Bullock, head of the Social Work Department at NC State, who specializes in geriatric and end-of-life issues, will be facilitating the discussion.

Thanks for sharing these events on here!

You're more than welcome! I really love the Read Smart discussions, they're lots of fun!

The Raleigh Read Smart program will be meeting tomorrow evening, Thursday, January 15, at 7:00 p.m. at Cameron Village Regional Library to discuss Serena by Ron Rash. It's a great pick for this weather -- dark!

Dr. Marc Dudley, associate professor of English, will be leading the discussion.

Upcoming programs are:
Thursday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m.
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Croke

Moderated by Dr. Mike Loomis, Chief Veterinarian at the North Carolina Zoo and adjunct associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State

Thursday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town by Beth Macy

Moderated by Steven Walker, assistant director of NC State’s Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center

Beth Macy tells a great story in "Factory Man". I casually promoted that book today to visitors in our manufacturing facility. :-)

by Beth Macy

The next meeting of the Read Smart program will be on April 21, when we'll be discussing Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart by Carol Wall.

The February program (Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II) was unfortunately cancelled due to snow and will be rescheduled sometime soon.

All events take place at 7 p.m., Cameron Village Library

For the next Read Smart program, Dr. Rob Dunn, associate professor of biological sciences and author of the recent book The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery, will join us to discuss his book on Wednesday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. at Cameron Village Regional Library, 1930 Clark Ave. We have only had authors come a few times, so this is a great opportunity to meet the author.

Following our June book, we'll skip July but ramp back up again in August with Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II on August 27 and The Bees on September 10. For more information about those books and moderators, visit here: http://news.lib.ncsu.edu/blog/2014/11...

Upcoming fall events for the Read Smart program:
All events take place at the Cameron Village Regional Library, 1930 Clark Avenue, Raleigh.

Thursday, August 27, 7:00 p.m., Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vicki Croke
Dr. Mike Loomis, Chief Veterinarian at the North Carolina Zoo and adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, will lead the discussion (this is rescheduled from the February event that was cancelled due to weather).

Thursday, September 10, 7:00 p.m., The Bees by Laline Paull
Dr. David Tarpy, Professor of Entomology at NC State, will lead the discussion. Dr. Tarpy teaches a 200-student course every fall on how honey bees have intersected society, and will bring a fascinating perspective to the discussion of this novel.

Monday, October 19, 7:00 p.m., Euphoria by Lily King
Dr. Tim Wallace, Associate Professor and Applied Anthropologist in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at NC State, will lead the discussion about this novel loosely based on the life of the anthropologist Margaret Mead. Lily King recieved a B.A. in English literature from UNC-CH and the book won the 2014 Kirkus Prize.

Wednesday, November 18, 7:00 p.m., Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Dr. Rupert Nacoste, Professor of Psychology at NC State, will discuss this best-selling novel, named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, and BookPage.

This schedule can also be viewed here: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/events/series...

The Read Smart program just announced its January and February reads:

Wednesday, January 13 at 7:00 p.m.: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

About the book: H is for Hawk tells Macdonald's story of the year she spent training a goshawk in the wake of her father's death. Having been a falconer for many years, she purchases and trains Mabel, a young goshawk to help her through the grieving process.
Scholar: Dr. Laurel Degernes, professor of avian medicine, NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine

Tuesday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m.: Brush Back by Sara Paretsky

About the book: To help celebrate Wake County's The Big Read program of The Maltese Falcon, we will read a book in the "noir" tradition, but with a modern twist. Sara Peretsky's hardboiled private eye V.I. Warshawski doesn't let anyone stand in her way of getting to the truth.
Scholars: Dr. Deb Hooker, director, women's and gender studies and Dr. Mary Wyer, associate professor of psychology (and mystery fan!)

All events take place at the Cameron Village Regional Library, 1930 Clark Avenue, Raleigh.

As an author/artist local to Raleigh, I'm looking for venues that might like to schedule a "meet the author" presentation. My 2nd novel in the Painter Place Saga, Hugo, was just released (about Hurricane Hugo in 1989) and is available now as a Goodreads giveaway for January. For more info about me or my art and novels, you can go to my main website at www.pamelapoole.com. Looking forward to meeting more readers and writers in NC!

The next Read Smart discussion will be on Tuesday, April 19, at 7:00 p.m., when Dr. Steven Allen, professor of Economics at NC State, will be moderating a discussion of Robert B. Reich's Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few. All the details are here: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/events/series...

The next Read Smart discussion will be on Tuesday, June 28, at 7:00 p.m. Belle Boggs will be leading a discussion of Kent Haruf's beautiful novel Our Souls at Night. (It is a slim book and there are lots of copies at Wake County Public Library (in audio book and ebook, too).)

Belle Boggs is part of NC State's MFA Creative Writing faculty, and is the author of the wonderful book Mattaponi Queen: Stories (also available at Wake County Library).

7:00 pm
June 28
Cameron Village Regional Library
1930 Clark Avenue, Raleigh

Hi, everyone! Just wanted to let you know about my "Meet the Artist and Author" book signing and art event. Guests can enjoy the "Inspiring Southern Ambiance" art exhibition and meet me on Thursday, August 25. Register to win a gift basket of Southern-themed bounty from Yellow House Florals and Gifts in Fuquay Varina (basket contains a $25 gift certificate courtesy of the Yellow House and is valued at $150--see photo of it on my artist business facebook page, Pamela Poole Fine Art).

Here are the bare details:
"Inspiring Southern Ambiance" Art Exhibition and Book Signing
Thursday, August 25, 2016, from 5:30-8 pm
Garner Performing Arts Center, Garner, NC (lobby)

This event is part of a fun-filled evening for families at Garner Performing Arts Center, where food vendors open at 7 pm and Movies on the Lawn will feature "Back to the Future" at dusk.