McIntyre’s Books Author Events

Andrew Taylor-Troutman, This is the Day

What does a slab of bacon have to do with marital fidelity? Who wrote the Chicken Dance? Why are there two days to celebrate eating ice cream for breakfast? Did Jesus have a tattoo? This Is the Day is a yearlong journal of observing national...

26 Apr

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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NCPS April Poetry Reading with Kenneth Chamlee, AE Hines, and Michael Hettich

Our monthly poetry series cosponsored by the North Carolina Poetry Society continues… Kenneth Chamlee’s latest collections are The Best Material for the Artist in the World, a poetic biography of 19th century American landscape painter Albert Bierstadt (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2023), and...

27 Apr

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Betsy Small, Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is often sensationalized as a place of extreme violence and suffering—of blood diamonds, child soldiers, war amputations, and Ebola and now the highly addictive drug Kush. Before Before captures daily life in a different country, one Betsy Small first encountered as a Peace...

10 May

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Spring Book Club Night

You asked, and we’re responding. We had so much fun at last fall’s Book Club Night that there was clamoring for holding this event more often. Join us for a fun evening where the McIntyre’s staff presents book recommendations for intrepid readers. You don’t have...

15 May

6:30 pm - 7:45 pm

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Jim Lampley with Art Chansky, It Happened! A Uniquely Lucky Life in Sports

From Jim Lampley, HBO’s ringside face and voice of boxing, comes a first-person, blow-by-blow account of the evolution of sports television chock full of famous names, history-making events, and never-before-told stories from the world of sports. Jim Lampley’s story is a 50-year travelog of an...

17 May

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Brendan Slocumb, The Dark Maestro

From the author of The Violin Conspiracy and Symphony of Secrets comes a mesmerizing page-turner about a musical virtuoso who’s forced into hiding when his family runs afoul of a ruthless criminal organization—and how he uses music to bring his enemies to justice Curtis Wilson...

17 May

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Poetry Reading with Joan Barasovska, Unblessed, Unsung, and Maria Rouphail, this small house, this big sky

After Maria Rouphail and Joan Barasovska read from their new books, they will discuss their beloved craft: their influences, how they work, and poetry in today’s world. Joan Barasovska serves on the Board of the North Carolina Poetry Society and hosts a poetry series at...

18 May

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Craig Johnson, Return to Sender *Ticketed event*

Walt Longmire is back after the escapades of First Frost and encounters one of his most baffling cases in Wyoming’s brutal and unforgiving Red Desert. When Blair McGowan, the mail person with the longest postal route in the country of over three hundred mile a...

01 Jun

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water *Ticketed Event*

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY We are delighted to welcome back Dr. Abraham Verghese for a special event on Wednesday, June 4th at 7pm to celebrate the...

04 Jun

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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CrimeScene Killer Cocktail 2026

McIntyre’s Books is thrilled to announce the biennial return of CrimeScene Mystery Bookfest on Friday & Saturday, February 6 & 7, 2026. McIntyre’s Mystery Guru Pete Mock is the emcee and creator of the weekend. Pete reads something on the order of 200+ mysteries a...

06 Feb

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

McINTYRE'S BOOKS

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CrimeScene Mystery Bookfest 2026

McIntyre’s Books is thrilled to announce the biennial return of CrimeScene Mystery Bookfest on Friday & Saturday, February 6 & 7, 2026. McIntyre’s Mystery Guru Pete Mock is the emcee and creator of the weekend. Pete reads something on the order of 200+ mysteries a...

07 Feb

All Day

THE FEARRINGTON BARN

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