Waynesville-based author William Everett shares his newest book, Sawdust and Soul: A Conversation about Woodworking and Spirituality, at Blue Ridge Books on Saturday, March 21, at 3 p.m.
Press release from the bookseller:
On Saturday, Marcy 21, at 3:00 pm, Blue Ridge Books will host Waynesville author William Everett. Everett’s newest book is entitled Sawdust and Soul: A Conversation about Woodworking and Spirituality. The book was co-authored by John W. de Gruchy, who is one of South Africa’s most celebrated theologians.
William Everett has joined with a fellow woodworker in South Africa to put together a book of conversations about woodworking and spirituality. Now retired theologians, for the past 15 years, he and de Gruchy have carried on a constant conversation about the impact their shared love of woodworking has had on their lives. On visits to each other’s shops over the years they have built wood pieces together as well as talked about what they are doing and why they are doing it.
Their conversations range from the practical – safety, sawdust, and sharpening – to matters of the spirit and theology – meditation, creativity, balance, memory and loss. With its many photos, poems, and line-drawings, this book invites everyone, whether all-thumbs readers or experienced woodworkers, into a conversation about trees and wood that has been taking place for centuries as people have crafted works of art as well as usefulness.
Readers can get the book and join this conversation with Everett and local woodworkers Ed Davis, John Gernandt, and Gregory Paolini at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Blue Ridge Books.
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