October 8, 2024 | Posted by Kelley Fitch

Dear Gentle Reader,

First, please let us thank you for the donations in the green tip jar going to Triangle Mutual Aid, helping our fellow North Carolinians in the Southern Appalachians in the wake of Hurricane Helene. McIntyre’s is a drop off site for water, diapers, and other items on their list. With the change in seasons and cooler temperatures arriving, Mutual Aid has added new clean working clothes to the list. Sadly this situation will be with us for the foreseeable future.

It is on! Our luncheon with Toni Tipton Martin, Morgan Bolling, KC Hysmith and Leoneda Inge in the Fearrington Barn to discuss When Southern Women Cook on Thursday, November 7th at 11:30am.  When Southern Women Cook is a first-of-its-kind cookbook featuring more than 300 America’s Test Kitchen recipes and fascinating insights into the culinary heroes of the American South. Tickets are $125, and include a signed copy of When Southern Women Cook, delicious buffet luncheon, wine, tax and gratuity.

Cozy Con South is this Saturday, October 12th in the Fearrington Barn.

COZY CON SOUTH 2024 SCHEDULE 

10AM                  DOORS OPEN
10:30AM             MURDER MYSTERY PLAY
11:00AM             PANEL 1: CAREER COZIES: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMATEUR SLEUTHS AND THEIR JOBS, FT: ELLERY ADAMS, VALERIE BURNS, LYNN CAHOON, ROZ NOONAN
12:00PM             LUNCH BREAK
1:00PM                PANEL 2: ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS IN MYSTERIES, FT: COLLEEN CAMBRIDGE, TRACI HALL, DARCI HANNAH
2:10PM                PANEL 3: CULINARY KILLERS: THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD IN CULINARY COZIES FT. WINNIE ARCHER, MAYA CORRIGAN, KRISTA DAVIS, LEE HOLLIS
3:15PM                MURDER MYSTERY PLAY DENOUEMENT
4:00PM                END

Games, swag, books and fun await you. Tickets to attend are $10. and can be purchasedhere.

And next Thursday, October 17th at 6:30pm, we are bringing back Book Club Night. Woohoo! It has been a few years, but the time seems right to take an evening before the holidays to talk books. The McIntyre’s staff will present titles old and new to get your book groups talking. And you do not have to be in a book group to attend–  you can come to just talk books. We are pouring wine and offering a rare 20% discount on book purchases throughout the evening. And we even have some bags of books to giveaway. Tickets are $10.

Next weekend we hve a double header. Saturday, October 19th at 11am, Aran Shetterly visits us to discuss Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul, an unflinching look at the all but forgotten though no less shocking 1979 racial tragedy that divided Greensboro, NC, and the nation Then at 2pm, Michele Tracy Berger returns to discuss her collection of stories, Doll Seed, with Gary Phillips. If you’re a fan of Octavia Butler, Dean Koontz or Kelly Link you’ll enjoy this debut short story collection. Playful and provocative, these speculative stories cover a wide territory including sci-fi, contemporary fantasy, weird, horror and magical realism.

Finally, Libro.FM is running a sale through October 13th. Libro.fm is the audio book supplier for independent bookstores., Today, Libro.fm partners with more than 3,000 bookstores around the world to sell audiobooks and has members in 90 countries and counting.. When you sign up, you can designate your favorite indie bookstore and they will will benefit from your support. Check them out!

The Usual Suspects,

Pete, Johanna, Sarah, Tyler, Beth and Keebe