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October 29, 2013
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!
October 28, 2013
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
October 14, 2013
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!
October 7, 2013
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.
September 25, 2013
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
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
September 17, 2013
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.
The event takes place on September 20-21 at East Carolina University, Joyner Library and Mendenhall Student Center. Learn more here.
September 3, 2013
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:
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