FINDING POWER IN POETRY: In poet Elizabeth Meade's poem, "Way of Small Warriors," she writes: "I want to be like grass/growing through cracks/in the concrete — reaching/
for light, even when sitting in darkness."

Asheville Wordfest returns following last year’s hiatus

Posted on April 13, 2017April 10, 2017 by Thomas Calder

On Tuesday, April 18, Asheville Wordfest returns. The six-day series will feature over 25 local wordsmiths, sharing their works at venues throughout downtown Asheville.

Reception for the ninth annual American Booksellers Association Winter Institute in Seattle. Photo from Publisher's Weekly, on Pinterest

Book learning: ABA’s Winter Institute comes to Asheville

Posted on January 23, 2015February 2, 2015 by Alli Marshall

It may be a closed industry event, but, having to do with books, booksellers and the publishing industry, ABA’s Winter Institute is bringing a “powerhouse of authors” to Asheville — a number of which will appear at public readings.

It’s all cosmic theater: Tom Robbins in WNC

Posted on September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 by Alli Marshall

Photos by Alicia Funderburk, taken at Robbins’ Malaprop’s Bookstore reading and book signing on Saturday, Sept. 13. According to author Tom Robbins, he didn’t hit his stride as a novelist until Jitterbug Perfume. It was his fourth novel, published in 1984; Robbins was 52. Not that there’s a right age to hit one’s stride as […]

Five (or more) questions with Colin Meloy on ‘Wildwood Imperium’

Posted on February 8, 2014February 8, 2014 by Hayley Benton

Decemberists frontman and author Colin Meloy and illustrator Carson Ellis will read from the newest in the Wildwood Chronicles series, Imperium, at a book signing hosted by Malaprops on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m.