Raleigh talks lectures events

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Ticketed event at Jones Auditorium at Meredith College.

Best-selling author Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns) with new novel, And the Mountains Echoed, a passionate tale of the choices love inspires, and how these choices reson...

The Legacy of Freedom Symposium

The Legacy of Freedom Symposium This free two-day symposium will examine President Abraham Lincoln’s reasons for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation...

David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. Ticketed signing lines.

David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. Purchase the book from us to receive a ticket for the pre-event, and after-event signings...

Author of Assassins Gate and writer for the New Yorker George Packer, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

Tuesday, June 25, 7:30 pm Author of Assassins Gate and writer for the New Yorker George Packer, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America Three decades of change via the personal histories...

“Freedom Coming, Freedom for All: the Emancipation Proclamation in NC” lecture by Earl Ijames

Earl Ijames will speak on “Freedom Coming, Freedom for All” on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7 pm at the Visitors Center of the Joel Lane Museum House. Admission is $15 for the general public...

An encore lunch event with JILL McCORKLE, Life After Life

If you missed Jill last month or would like to hear her again, join us for this lunch-time reading...

David Gillham, City of Women

Tuesday, May 28, at noon Lunch with new author David Gillham, City of Women This moving and masterful debut brings war-torn Berlin to life, and reveals the extraordinary mettle of women tested to t...

Junie B. and Mr. Woo - Characters from 'Stupid Smelly Bus Tour' come to town! Ticketed signing line.

It's the Junie B. Jones Stupid Smelly Bus Tour! A live theatrical performance by "Junie B. and Mr. Woo" (played by actors), followed by a meet & greet and book stamping...

Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity

A journalist on the front lines of the ongoing conversation about feminism, work, and homemaking, Matchar examines the sudden uptick and interest in canning and preserving food, knitting, home-scho...

Town Meeting to Discuss Gun Violence with three local panelists

Town Meeting to Discuss Gun Violence: What can be done in media, politics and mental health; with three panelists: WRAL anchor David Crabtree, NC Congressman David Price, and scientist and philosop...

Peter Carlson, Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey

Tuesday, June 4, 7:30 pm Peter Carlson, Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey Part Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and part O Brother, Where Art Thou? The true s...

GAIL GODWIN with new novel, Flora. Ticketed signing line.

Gail Godwin, Flora...

Fierce Reads Tour. Four authors of fantasy and sci-fi for young adults join us with their new books. Ticketed signing line.

Four authors of fantasy and science fiction for young adults join us for their new books in their series', and we'll have their earlier books too. Ages 12+...

Daniel James Brown reading from his new book The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berl

Tuesday, June 11, 7:30 pm Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics History, sports, human interest, weather, suspense, desi...

Author of Skeletons of the Zahara, Dean King with new book The Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys

With the cooperation of both families King gives an informed account--both reasoned and reasonable--of the irrational.