The Independent Weekly—the Triangle Area’s weekly alternative newspaper—honored four independent bookstores last week as part of their 2012 Indie Arts Awards. The Triangle’s rich literary culture once supported about 80 bookstores, and while those numbers have come down since peaking in 1992, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill is still a gold mine for any bibliophile. The Regulator Bookshop in Durham is [...]
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Congratulations to Quail Ridge Books & Music!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh was selected by The Daily Beast as one of the top twenty-five independent bookstores in the United States. Follow this link to see a photo-essay of each bookstore, including national treasures such as Powell’s (Portland), City Lights (San Francisco), and The Strand (New York City). Quail Ridge Books & [...]
On the Road Again . . .
Monday, March 2, 2009
. . . although, unlike Willie, I could, in fact, wait to get on the road again. The good news is that this week will be my last spent on the road promoting my new book, Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas. Come next week, the Network will again have my full, undivided [...]
Because I’m not just the director, I’m also a writer
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sorry, that was a weak attempt to play on the old Hair Club for Men commercials (“I’m not just the president, I’m also a client.”) But because I am a writer, in addition to being the director of the N.C. Writers’ Network, I will be out of the office the rest of this week, promoting [...]