Holiday Reading List

Here are a few North Carolina books to read over the winter holidays! Many of them are good to read as a family. Explore our beautiful state while enjoying the festive season!

A North Carolina Christmas by Jan Kiefer

An Old Salem Christmas by Karen Smith

Christmas in my Bones  by W.C. Burton

Come Snow fer Christmas by Corydon Bell

The Baer’s Christmas by Bertha Moore

The North Carolina Night before Christmas by Ellen Sullivan

Twelve Christmas Stories by North Carolina Writers by RuthMoose

Nicholas Sparks Coming to the Small Screen

Over the past few years North Carolina author Nicholas Sparks has had phenomenal success adapting his novels to the big screen. Now Nicholas Sparks Prods. is pushing for the small screen. The company has sold three projects to different TV networks, and one project has been picked up by Lifetime. The new original story, Deliverance, has begun filming a pilot in Austin, Texas. Sparks has flown to Texas with his wife to watch the filming while tweeting his trip.

If you're a Nicholas Sparks fan keep an eye out for Deliverance.

Learn more about the new TV show at the links below:
Nicholas Sparks Heads to TV with Lifetime’s ‘Deliverance Creek’
Nicholas Sparks' Deliverance Creek Headed To Pilot At Lifetime

NC Writers' Network Conference

The North Carolina Writers' Network 2013 Fall Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Resort in Wrightsville Beach, November 15-17. The conference attracts hundred of authors from across the country each year. North Carolina native and New York Times Notable Books recognized author Clyde Edgerton will give the keynote address.There is still time to sign up and attend!

Find more information here.

Education Blog

The North Carolina Literary Map now has an education blog! Connect with teachers and school media specialists while incorporating North Carolina heritage into the classroom. Our first post comes from East Forsyth High School teacher Farrah Hilton's literature class and explores North Carolina folklore and ghost stories!

North Carolina Literary Map Education Blog

North Carolina Ghost Stories

 

Happy Halloween to our literary map followers! We hope you have a safe, spooky, and fun week as October comes to a close. To those looking for a good ghost story to tell around the camp fire, look no further! No place has more scary stories than North Carolina! Here is a selection of 10 ghost stories from set in North Carolina. Happy reading!

• An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts and Mysterious Occurrences in the Old North State
• Appalachian Ghosts
• Carolina Ghost Woods
• Folktales and Ghost Stories of North Carolina's Piedmont
• Haunted Historic Greensboro
• Ghost Stories and Legends of the Mountains
• Ghosts of Old Wilmington
• Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina
• North Carolina Ghosts & Legends
• The Best Ghost Tales of North Carolina

Lemony Snicket at Wake Forest University

The author of the bestselling children's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, will be touring in North Carolina this month! Don't miss the opportunity to meet him! 

Tickets available here.

Jill McCorkle at UNCG

North Carolina author Jill McCorkle will be visiting UNCG on Tuesday, October 29th. She will read from her new book Life After Life and sign copies of her books, which will be for sale. The event will take place in the Virginia Dare Room at the Alumni House, between 4:00pm and 5:30pm.

Banned Book Week!

The freedom to choose your own reading material is integral to freedom of speech and the spread of new ideas. Banned books week celebrates frequently challenged reading materials and encourages readers to broaden their horizons. The North Carolina Literary Map celebrates banned book week with a list of banned books written by North Carolina authors. These books are within the top 100 most frequently challenged books of the past decade.

BANNED BOOKS

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
• ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
• Bridge To Terabithia and The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
• The Face on the Milk Carton and The Terrorist, by Caroline B. Cooney
• Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane

10th Annual Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming

The Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming celebrates North Carolina authors and literary culture. It's a wonderful opportunity to meet and learn about NC authors. Featured writers this year include Anjail Rashida Ahmad, Wiley Cash, Paul Cuadros, Maria DeGuzmán, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Anna Jean Mayhew, Irania Macías Patterson, and Calvin Alexander Ramsey.

The event takes place on September 20-21 at East Carolina University, Joyner Library and Mendenhall Student Center. Learn more here.

BookMarks Fesitval

The North Carolina Literary Map will have booth at the BookMarks Festival in Winston Salem this Saturday! Come by and say hello! It’s a wonderful event for lovers of literature.

 

The festival features 35 authors, many of whom are North Carolina residents!

The NC Authors featured at BookMarks include:

Robert Inman 

T. Michael Martin  

Jill McCorkle   

Jason Mott 

Ann B. Ross   

Fred Bahnson

Kevin Maurer 

Kathryn Byer 

MeganShepherd 

Cindy Holby 

Virginia Kantra 

Elaine Orr 

Charlie Lovett 

Cheryl Harry 

Molly Grogan Rawls  

Learn more about the BookMarks Festival at their website!