At McIntyre's Books
McOctober
It’s fall, y’all. Here are our happenings!
First of all, for the kiddos – storytime with our own fantastic Sarah Carr! Stories, songs and all around fun for babies, toddlers and preschoolers with Miss Sarah and occasional friend.
- Tuesday, October 3rd at 10:30 AM: Forest Friends!
- Tuesday, October 10th at 10:30 AM: Falling Leaves!
- Tuesday, October 17th at 10:30 AM: get down at our Hog Wild, Sandra Boynton Dance Party!
- Tuesday, October 24th at 10:30 AM: Apples & Pumpkins!
- Sunday, October 29th at 6 PM, 6:30 PM, and 7 PM: Pumpkinfest Spooky Storytime!
- Tuesday, October 31st at 10:30 AM: have the littles wear their costumes for Halloween!
Saturday, October 7th at 11 AM
Denise Kiernan – The Last Castle
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girls of Atomic City comes the fascinating true story behind the magnificent Gilded Age mansion Biltmore—the largest, grandest residence ever built in the United States.
Also- stroll on over to Dovecote from 10 AM to 6 PM to check out their trunk show with New Form Perspective.
Sunday, October 8th at 2 PM
James Benn – The Devouring: A Billy Boyle Novel
A murder mystery in wartime Switzerland reveals Swiss complicity with the Nazis and profiteering during World War II.
If murder makes you peckish, head over to Roost Beer Garden for some pizza and live music with Pete Pawsey from 3 to 6 PM.
Saturday, October 14th at 11 AM
Diane Chamberlain – The Stolen Marriage
In 1944, 23-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina, a small town struggling with racial tension and the hardships imposed by World War II.
If you’re in the market for some beautifully designed jewelry, Dovecote will be having a trunk show with Ann Lightfoot from 10 AM to 6 PM.
The Goat will have a wine tasting at 3 PM, the Tokyo Rosenthal will be playing live at Roost from 5 to 8 PM.
Tuesday, October 17th at 7 PM
Panel Discussion with Bronwen & Francis Percival
Bronwen, cheese buyer at London’s famed Neal’s Yard Dairy, along with her co-author and husband Francis, acclaimed food and wine writer for The World of Fine Wine, join Alison Martin from the Livestock Conservancy, Alexander Kast from Chatham County’s KastHuis Cheese, and home dairy farmer Kendy Sawyer from Hinesite Farms in Virginia, for what’s certain to be a lively discussion concerning artisan traditions, the farming of rare breeds of cattle (such as heritage Milking Devon cattle from VA), and the ever-increasing industrialization of food production. Bronwen and Francis Percival co-wrote Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese. Note that there will be cheeses to sample!
Thursday, October 19th at 4 PM
Bookends Book Club discusses Amusing Ourselves to Death
All are welcome to our open book club- this month’s non-fiction reading lies at the intersection of popular culture, the press, and American politics.
Saturday, October 21st at 11 AM
Wiley Cash – The Last Ballad
The New York Times bestselling author of the celebrated A Land More Kind Than Home and This Dark Road to Mercy returns with this eagerly awaited new novel, set in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina in 1929 and inspired by actual events. Join Wiley Cash for a special in-conversation event with Bronwen Dickey, author of Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon. Book signing to follow.
Also, just across the parking lot: The Corinne Collection will be holding a clothing trunk show at Dovecote from 10 AM to 6 PM, and The Goat’s weekly wine tasting starts at 3 PM.
Sunday, October 22nd at 2 PM
NC Arts Council Fellowship Reading
McIntyre’s Books welcomes some of the NC Arts Council’s newest literary fellowship recipients with an afternoon of readings, book signings and conversation. Authors include: Bryn Chancellor (fiction), Elisabeth Corley (poetry), Travis Mulhauser (fiction), Trace Ramsey (creative nonfiction), and Julie Steinbacher (fiction).
Brien Barbour will be playing live at Roost from 3 to 6 PM- grab a brew!
Sunday, October 29th at 2 PM
NCPS Reading Series
Join us for readings by local poets Priscilla Webster-Williams, Susan Adler George, and Aruna Gurumurthy.
Pumpkinfest will be afoot from 5-8 PM: Fearrington’s gardeners and chefs will put their creative skills to work on over 80 beautiful, silly, and sometimes even spooky, jack o’ lanterns sourced from Porter Farms and vendors from the NC State Farmers’ Market! Roost will serve pizza by the slice, along with wine and beer, and Eric Sommer will be sharing his live guitar tunes there from 6-8pm. The Fearrington Granary will be open for dinner with a limited menu from 5-8pm, The Goat will be serving ghoulish goodies including sweets, sandwiches and to-go salads.
McIntyre’s Books will host spooky storytimes at 6, 6:30 and 7pm with Sarah.
October, out!
– Kelley, McIntyre’s Bookseller
