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    Tag:  Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café

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    What’s new in food: Picklepalo­oza debuts on National Pickle Day

    Posted on November 9, 2021November 10, 2021 by Kay West

    DJ’s Pickles celebrates National Pickle Day. Plus: Iron and Oak Brisket Co. continues to craft its menu; local shops offer Thanksgiving takeout; and plenty more.

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    Local cookbooks and chefs provide inspiratio­n for cooler temperatur­es ahead

    Posted on October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 by Kay West

    Spicy soups, baked apples, buckwheat pancakes and cheesy dips are some of the recipes Asheville chefs and cookbook authors lean into as cold weather approaches.

    3.3 K views+FoodFood News

    Author Lee Smith discusses publishing during COVID-19

    Posted on April 16, 2020April 17, 2020 by Thomas Calder

    Unlike many of her readers who are currently adhering to “stay home, stay safe” mandates, the characters in Lee Smith’s latest work are unbound — they socialize, carry out illicit love affairs, spy on neighbors, find themselves institutionalized and chain-smoke (with the windows up) inside a silvery-gray fishtailed Cadillac.

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    Locally owned bookstores flourish in the region’s fertile literary landscape

    Posted on December 12, 2019December 5, 2019 by Kay West

    In WNC, say bookstore owners, size doesn’t matter so much as a deep well of literary history and residents and visitors who simply love to read.

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    Family harmony: Local practition­ers launch new book on parenting

    Posted on February 19, 2019February 15, 2019 by Virginia Daffron

    Family counselors Dayna and Jim Guido will be joined by their son, Lucio, for a book celebration and signing event at Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21. Developing The Parental Toolbox turned into a family project that’s yielding a website, podcast, e-book and audiobook in addition to the print edition.

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    Biz Briefs: Airport serves over 1 million passengers in 2018

    Posted on January 27, 2019January 18, 2019 by Daniel Walton

    Passenger numbers increased by 18.6 percent compared to 2017, assisted by new nonstop routes to destinations such as Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa, Fla. A recent economic impact study found that the airport contributes nearly $1.5 billion per year to the local economy.

    3.5 K views+BusinessCommunity NewsNewsNonprofits

    Oxford American celebrates North Carolina music with two local events

    Posted on November 27, 2018November 21, 2018 by Bill Kopp

    Isis Music Hall will be the setting for the Asheville circle, featuring Amanda Anne Platt, Tyler Ramsey, Shannon Whitworth and several others including Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen.

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    Can downtown Asheville stay weird?

    Posted on January 7, 2018January 3, 2018 by Thomas Calder

    As Asheville’s ever-increasing popularity has piqued the interest of big hotel chains and other corporate enterprises, it’s also triggered fears of homogenization and loss of essential character, raising the question: Can Asheville stay weird?

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    In ‘The Last Castle,’ Denise Kiernan tells the story of the Biltmore Estate

    Posted on September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 by Doug Gibson

    As it happens, the author has some things in common with the historic figures whose story she tells. Like Vanderbilt, Kiernan was born in New York City, and like the scion and his wife, Edith, Kiernan traveled widely (including a stint in Italy reporting on soccer for ESPN) before settling in Asheville.

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    Asheville Bee Charmer launches a honey-themed cookbook

    Posted on August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 by Gina Smith

    The downtown shop’s first cookbook features eight chapters of recipes both savory and sweet.

    3.2 K views+FoodFood NewsLiterature

    Rock ‘n’ roll veteran Steve Katz brings an evening of songs and stories to Asheville

    Posted on June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 by Bill Kopp

    Memories provide the foundation for Katz’s current “music and conversation” tour, which includes a Thursday, June 22, date at The Orange Peel. The evening before, Katz will give a reading at Malaprop’s.

    3.5 K views+ArtsMusic

    Local author weaves family history into literary debut

    Posted on May 30, 2017May 31, 2017 by Thomas Calder

    On Saturday, June 3, Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe will host the official book launch of Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt debut work of creative nonfiction, “A Tangled Tree: My Father’s Path to Immortality.”

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    Sylva native Natalie Anderson adapts the lives of African refugees into a YA novel

    Posted on February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 by Doug Gibson

    A break from the field, followed by a return to Africa, set Anderson to work on the story that eventually became City of Saints and Thieves. Working out of Kenya, she thought about writing a novel set in Nairobi that dramatized the experiences that drove refugees there from the Congo.

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    Smart bets: Lidija Dimkovska

    Posted on October 5, 2016September 23, 2016 by Kat McReynolds

    Poet and novelist Lidija Dimkovska presents the English translation of her award-winning book A Spare Life at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

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    Smart bets: Adam O’Fallon Price

    Posted on August 10, 2016August 4, 2016 by Kat McReynolds

    Price’s free reading takes place at Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café on Tuesday, Aug. 16.

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    Smart bets: Dawn Tripp

    Posted on June 7, 2016May 26, 2016 by Kat McReynolds

    Tripp presents her fictionalized biography of Georgia O’Keeffe at Malaprop’s on Tuesday, June 14.

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    Anton DiSclafani­’s new novel visits 1950s Texas high society

    Posted on June 2, 2016May 26, 2016 by Alli Marshall

    The After Party — which Disclafani will present at Malaprop’s on Wednesday, June 8 — was inspired by the River Oaks community, a wealthy neighborhood in Houston.

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    YA author Amy Reed talks about her latest book, Waking Life and HB2

    Posted on May 9, 2016May 9, 2016 by Doug Gibson

    Reed is a highly successful author of young adult novels. On Wednesday, May 11, she’ll celebrate the release of Unforgivable — her seventh novel in as many years — with an event at Malaprop’s.

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    Conscious party: Kill the Bill

    Posted on May 8, 2016May 6, 2016 by Kat McReynolds

    About a dozen authors will respond to a single writing prompt that’s loosely connected to House Bill 2 to raise money to undo the legislation. This first iteration of Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe’s new Authors for Action series takes place at Asheville Community Theatre on Wednesday, May 18.

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    Smart bets: Ellen Fischer

    Posted on May 1, 2016April 22, 2016 by Kat McReynolds

    As part of Children’s Book Week at Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café, Fischer will read her entire new work, which is filled with friendly and vibrant illustrations by Laura Wood, on Thursday, May 5.

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    Author Fred Chappell and record label founder Josh Rosenthal both give readings in Asheville

    Posted on April 11, 2016April 7, 2016 by Corbie Hill

    Fred Chappell will read from his new fantasy book at Malaprop’s on Friday, April 15. A tour in support of Record Store of the Mind, with accompaniment by local musicians at each stop, brings Rosenthal to Downtown Books and News on Thursday, April 14.

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