Literary Trails of North Carolina
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007
3 p.m.
Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh
We are delighted to announce the release of our guidebook, Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains, focusing on the literary history and inspirational landscapes of western North Carolina.
A reading and book signing with author Georgann Eubanks is scheduled at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 3 p.m. Mary B. Regan, Executive Director of the N.C. Arts Council will also speak.
Literary Trails of the North Carolina mountains is a cultural tourism project of the N.C. Arts Council and is available in both a print and web edition. The book, published by UNC Press, was printed in association with the Arts Council.
Written to showcase the brilliant array of writers associated with the western part of the state, the guide encourages readers to explore the landmarks that inspired many of the state’s writers.
The guide comprises eighteen half-day and one-day tour itineraries which take travelers through the landscapes of Sequoyah, Thomas Wolfe, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Kay Hooper, Robert Morgan and Wilma Dykeman, among others.
North Carolina literary history is featured from the William Bartram Trail followed by Inman, the protagonist of Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain, to the little town of Celo, where novelist Anne Tyler spent part of her childhood and started writing stories. A stop at Sonny’s Grill on Main Street in Blowing Rock affords a chance to try fried liver mush—favored by one of Father Tim’s parishioners in Jan Karon’s “Mitford” series of novels.
If you would like more information, please visit www.ncliterarytrails.org or www.ncarts.org.
We look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
Other book signings are scheduled at the following locations across North Carolina:
McIntyre’s Books
Sat., Nov. 2, 2 p.m., Farrington Village
Regulator Bookshop
Thurs., Nov. 8, 7 p.m., Durham
Thomas Wolfe State Historic Site,
Fri., Nov. 9, 7 p.m., Asheville
Smoky Mountain Book Fair and City Lights
Sat. Nov. 10, Sylvia
Blue Moon Books
Sat., Nov. 24, 1 p.m., Spruce Pine
The Book Shelf,
Mon., Nov. 26, 3 p.m., Tryon
Malprops
Thurs., Nov. 29, 4 p.m., Asheville
Black Bear Books in Boone
Fri., Nov. 30, 5 p.m.
Skyland Books
Sat. Dec. 1, West Jefferson
Fireside Books,
Fri., Dec. 7, 5 p.m., Forest City
Joseph Beth Booksellers
Sat. Dec 8, 1 p.m., Charlotte
Filed under: Cultural Tourism, Folklife, Literature
If you haven’t gone to a booksigning, do it! Georgann Eubanks, the author, makes the destinations in the guidebook come to life. She has so many phenomenal stories about the places she researched for the book. You leave the signing event feeling as if you know a bit more about the writers and the places they loved.
This is a great book/guidebook for literary tourists such as myself. Wonderful details throughout, both obscure and profound. I always wondered where in N.C. Walker Percy set his novel, “The Second Coming.” Anne Tyler’s upbringing in the Celo Community provides new insight into her fiction. I look forward to the next book in the series.