
At McIntyre's Books
Gentle Reader – January 28, 2025
Dear Gentle Reader,
Tickets are now available for Our State’s Book Club Night in the Fearrington Barn on Thursday, March 20th at 7pm. Join the Our State Book Club, in partnership with McIntyre’s Books and Fearrington Village, for an evening of conversation and community as we launch our first literary event of 2025. Savor light hors d’oeuvres, enjoy a glass of wine or beer, and settle in for an unforgettable evening as New York Times best-selling author Wiley Cash leads an engaging conversation and audience Q&A with National Book Award-winner Jason Mott and beloved writer and poet Judy Goldman. To purchase tickets, click here.
Next Wednesday, February 5th, Margot Lester welcomes you to consult on your writing projects at her Writers’ Office Hours which premiers at a new time 1:30-3:30pm. She also welcomes her friendDuncan Murrell to join her during this month’s Writer’s Office Hours. Duncan is a freelance editor of fiction and nonfiction books, with special emphasis on literary fiction, historical fiction, speculative fiction, memoirs and biographies. Formerly an acquisitions editor at Algonquin Books, he acquired and published dozens of books, including several bestsellers as well as edited seven New York Times bestselling books on the top ten list, ghostwritten two national bestsellers, and consulted with the University of Georgia Press.
If you are working on a memoir, writing project or are stuck on a class assignment, Margot is your go to. Her Writers’ Office Hours are free and a great way to get unstuck.
On Saturday, February 6th Elaine NeIl Orr will discuss with Diane Chamberlainher new novel, Dancing Woman. Elaine Neil Orr, born in Nigeria to expat parents, brings us an indelible portrait of a young female artist, torn between two men and two cultures, struggling to find her passion and her purpose. She is the author of five books, including the novels A Different Sun and Swimming Between Worlds and is a faculty member at North Carolina State University and at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing, Spalding University.
Diane Chamberlain is the New York Times, USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author of 27 novels.
Andrew Lawler returns on Saturday, February 15th at 11am to discuss his latest work, A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution. As the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775, dramatic events unfolded in Virginia that proved every bit as decisive as the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill in uniting the colonies against Britain. Virginia, the largest, wealthiest, and most populous province in British North America, was led by Lord Dunmore, who counted George Washington as his close friend. But the Scottish earl lacked troops, so when patriots imperiled the capital of Williamsburg, he threatened to free and arm enslaved Africans—two of every five Virginians—to fight for the Crown. Andrew Lawler is the author of the national bestseller The Secret Token, about the lost colony of Roanoke, and the award-winning Under Jerusalem.
New books are arriving all the time. Drop by and let us recommend a great read to you!
The Usual Suspects,
Pete, Johanna, Sarah, Tyler, Amy and Keebe