Page 3 of posts tagged: quail ridge books

Friday Quick Updates, Monday edition: Alice Hoffman, Megan Shepherd and The Lovestruck Tour, and the Nevermore Film Festival

Posted on 2014-02-17 at 15:51 by montsamu

Monday, February 17, 2014: Tonight sees the first of two events with magical realist Alice Hoffman in the Triangle, ahead of Megan Shepherd, Megan Miranda, and the rest of "The Lovestruck Tour" later this week. Hoffman's new book is The Museum of Extraordinary Things, set in the New York City of the early 1900s, and after launching the book at the Savannah Book Festival this past weekend she's at Raleigh's Quail Ridge Books tonight at 7:30 pm, ahead of a second event in the area at McIntyre's Books in

Posted in Friday Quick Updates | Tagged alice hoffman, flyleaf books, karen russell, malaprops bookstore, megan miranda, megan shepherd, mysticon, nevermore, quail ridge books

Coming to Town, post-visit edition: Deborah Johnson for The Secret of Magic

Posted on 2014-02-14 at 17:34 by montsamu

Mississippi author Deborah Johnson has spent the last few weeks on tour, since the publication of her second novel, The Secret of Magic, in print and ebook from Amy Einhorn Books. From Mississippi, through Alabama, Georgia, and this weekend in western North Carolina with events in Boone and Winston-Salem, leading up to two events this past week in the Triangle Area: Monday night at Quail Ridge Books at 7:30 pm and Tuesday night at Flyleaf Books at 7 pm. The novel is an historical fiction set in Mississippi

Posted in Coming to Town | Tagged deborah johnson, flyleaf books, quail ridge books, the secret of magic

Coming to Town: Carrie Vaughn for Dreams of the Golden Age, interviewed by James Maxey

Posted on 2014-01-13 at 13:0 by montsamu

As the author of the "Kitty Norville" urban fantasy series Carrie Vaughn has built a career and a following, and her origin story as a writer includes the 1998 Odyssey Writing Workshop and a long string of short story publications, including a Hugo Award nomination for "Amaryllis" and multiple appearances in George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards superhero book series. In 2011, Tor published her superhero novel After the Golden Age, and now Vaughn is out on tour for the January 7, 2014-published sequel, Dreams of

Posted in Coming to Town | Tagged after the golden age, carrie vaughn, dreams of the golden age, james maxey, quail ridge books

News: Quail Ridge Books to host author Carrie Vaughn on January 17, 2014

Posted on 2013-11-06 at 20:43 by montsamu

Well, well, well. It's early November and already our fantastic local bookstores are working on 2014 events, the first of which on my calendar -- other than illogiCon of course! -- is now set for Friday, January 17, when Raleigh's Quail Ridge Books will host author Carrie Vaughn at 7:30 pm.

[caption id="attachment_2625" align="alignnone" width="211"] Author photo by Timothy Siobhan[/caption]

Vaughn is the author of the Kitty Norville urban fantasy series (from Kitty and the Midnight Hour in 2005 through K

Posted in events | Tagged carrie vaughn, quail ridge books