2008 BOOKMARKS AUTHORS

 

D.G. Martin, Honorary Chair
Host of UNC-TV’s BOOKWATCH

 

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NON-FICTION:

Dan Barefoot, HARK THE SOUND OF TARHEEL VOICES (2008)
Karl Campbell, SENATOR SAM ERVIN, LAST OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS (2008)
Justin Catanoso, MY COUSIN THE SAINT: A search for Faith, Family, and Miracles (2008)
Joe and Terry Graedon, BEST CHOICES FROM THE PEOPLE'S PHARMACY (2007 reprint)
Anna R. Hayes, WITHOUT PRECEDENT: The Life of Susie Marshall Sharp (2008)
Renata Jackson, FROM PAGE TO SCREEN
Michael Keyser
, A FRENCH KISS WITH DEATH: Steve McQueen and the Making of Le Mans (2008)
Janet Lembke, BECAUSE THE CAT PURRS: How We Relate to Other Species and Why it Matters (2008)
William A. Link, RIGHTEOUS WARRIOR: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism (2008)
Scott Nelson, A PEOPLE AT WAR: Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War (2007)
Anna Rubino, QUEEN OF THE OIL CLUB (2008)
William Winokur, THE PERFECT GAME (2008)

 

FICTION:

Nancy Atherton, AUNT DIMITY: Vampire Hunter (2008)
Mark de Castrique, BLACKMAN'S COFFIN (2008)
Julia T. Ebel
, ORVILLE HICKS: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roots
Nikki Giovanni, ACOLYTES (2007)
Orville Hicks, storyteller, ORVILLE HICKS: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roads
Craig Allen Johnson, ANOTHER MAN'S MOCCASINS (2008), KINDNESS GOES UNPUNISHED (2008)
Joyce and Jim Lavene, PERFECT POISON (2008)
Charlie Lovett, THE PROGRAM (2008)
Rue McClanahan, MY FIRST FIVE HUSBANDS: and the Ones Who Got Away (2008)
Kaya McLaren, THE CHURCH OF THE DOG (2008)
Katherine Hall Page, BODY IN THE GALLERY (2008)
J.D. "Dusty" Rhoades, BREAKING COVER (2008)
Randy Russell, GHOST CATS OF THE SOUTH (2008)
Marisa de los Santos, LOVE WALKS IN (2007), BELONG TO ME: A novel (2008)
Elizabeth Spencer, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
Denzil Strickland, SWIMMERS IN THE SEA (2008)
Bill Thompson, BACKYARDS, BOW TIES AND BEAUTY QUEENS (2008)
Omar Tyree, PECKING ORDER (2008); 12 BROWN BOYS (2008)

 

CHEFS/COOKBOOKS:

Kathleen Flinn, THE SHARPER THE KNIFE, THE LESS YOU CRY (2007)
Sallie Ann Robinson, COOKING THE GULLAH WAY: Morning, Noon & Night (2007)
Tracey Seaman and Tanya Steel, REAL FOOD FOR HEALTHY KIDS (2008)
Mark Strausman, TWO MEATBALLS: In an Italian Kitchen (2007)

 

WORKSHOPS BY (Click for additional workshop descriptions):

Quinn Dalton, "Jumpstart Your Writing Practice"
Amy Knox Brown, “Possibilities and Pitfalls of the Short-short Story”
Nathan Ross Freeman, “Characterization: Exploring Layers of Self: Film, Theatre, Spoken Word”
Joyce and Jim Lavene, "First Impressions: The Little Things that Lead to Success as a Writer"
Ed Southern, "The Writer/Author Divide: The Basics of Marketing Your Book and Yourself”

 

PRESENTERS:

Renata Jackson, "FROM PAGE TO SCREEN"

 

YOUNG READERS CORRAL:

Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin, Illustrator, THUMP, QUACK MOO: A Whacky Adventure (2008) DUCK FOR PRESIDENT (re-release) (2008)
Ginjer Clarke, BLACK OUT! ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE DARK (2008)
Carmen Agra Deedy, MARTINA THE BEAUTIFUL COCKROACH: A Cuban Folktale (& main stage)
Nikki Giovanni, GRASSHOPPER'S SONG. HIP HOP SPEAKS, LINCOLN AND DOUGLASS: An American Friendship
Ellen Bryant Lloyd, FRECKLES AND THE GREAT BEACH RESCUE

 

TEEN & YA:

Chris Crutcher, DEADLINE (TEEN ); with David Kippen, Director of Literature for the National Endowment for the Arts
LAUNCH of the Forsyth County Public Library's BIG READ of
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Scott Nelson, AIN'T NOTHING BUT A MAN: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
Glenis Redmond, performance poetry (YA)
Ben Towle, Graphic Novelist, MIDNIGHT SUN (TEEN)

 

…and StoryCorps

 
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