November 04, 2026
Dear Gentle Reader,
Today at 1:30pm, Margot Lester will host the last Writers Office Hours of 2026. If you have a project in the works and need some writerly advice-- act now. Margot will resume Office Hours in February 2027.
This Saturday(November 7th at 2pm) Fearrington resident Linda Harris Sittig will discuss her latest work, Chasing the Tides, a dual-timeline novel following two women separated by generations but bound by a shared beach cottage and a family secret long kept beneath the surface.
In 1942, twenty-year-old Rory Sullivan lives with her bartender father on Coney Island, struggling with the absence of a mother who disappeared in Ireland shortly after Rory’s birth. When her father suddenly dies, Rory discovers a letter among his belongings suggesting her mother may not have abandoned her as she believed. With the world at war and little to anchor her at home, Rory decides to move to coastal Georgia, work in a shipyard building ships for the Allies in WWII, and search for her mother.
Next Sunday, November 15th at 2pm, Craig Johnson returns, bringing a guest to discuss his collection of Longmire stories, Have Courage. Actor A Martinezwill ride shotgun for Craig, having written the foreword to this collection and also portrayed the despicable casino operator, Jacob Nighthorse. To attend, purchase a copy of Have Courage from McIntyre's, and we will tuck in two tickets for you and a friend.
The Usual Suspects,
Pete, Johanna, Sarah C., Tyler, Amy, Juliana, Talia, Sarah C. and Keebe