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Upcoming events

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Ice Cream Social and Book Discussion

August 24, 4:00 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church, Parish Hall

​419 S Main St, Lexington, NC 27292

​​Home-churned ice-cream in multiple flavors followed by selected readings from Otherwise, I'm Fine, discussion of how the book came to be, and q&a from audience members. Zoom will be available for all who can't attend in person (sorry, no Zoom ice cream). Read the book beforehand, if possible

Copies will also be available for purchase. Please join us! Attendance is free and ice cream is plentiful (including lactose free).

For more information, call (336) 249-7211

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West Point Society of North Carolina Piedmont

September 11, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Greensboro Country Club

410 Sunset Dr, Greensboro, NC 27408

​Several decades of West Point graduates and their families and friends will gather for lunch and learning. I'll will discuss the book, particularly the 30th Infantry Division’s 1944-45 battle across Europe, and the 2014 sibling journey. My talk will be illustrated with photographs and maps and followed by a q & a session. Ticketed event, open to the public.

Contact: William. S. (Bill) Trivette 336-580-2238

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City Lights Bookstore 

October 18, 3:00 p.m.

3 E. Jackson Street, Sylva, NC

Join Barbara and fellow poet/memoirist Pat Riviere-Seel as they read and discuss the mechanics and aesthetics of writing prose after years as poets. Riviere-Seel's recent hybrid work is Because I Didn't Die.

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Scuppernong Book Store

October 30, 7.00 p.m.

304 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27401

An MFA Alumni Reading, sponsored by UNCG's writing program. I'll read select passages from the book, tell some back stories that got left out (like Rue de Sidewalk), and answer (most) any questions. Open to all! Come have a glass of wine and enjoy!

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2025 Book Club Tour!

Club of the Twelve (Lexington)

Voices Between the Lines (Lexington)

Bookies- (Seagrove)

Kristie's Book Club (Lexington)

Reviewer's Book Club (Asheboro)

Sorosis (Lexington)

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And other stops. . .

Randolph Art Guild (w/Friends of the Library)

Neuse River Writers (Smithfield)

Princeton Public Library (Princeton)

Johnston County History Museum (Selma)

Lexington Library Annex (w/Friends of the Lexington Library)

South Carolina Military Museum (Columbia, SC)

Lexington Library Memoir Writing Class (Lexington, NC)

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