CHAPEL HILL -- Ann Shearer will lead a discussion of author Pete Hamill's book "North River" at the next Books Sandwiched In at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 4 in the conference room on the lower level of the Chapel Hill Public Library.
Books Sandwiched In is a book discussion group open to the public which meets the first Wednesday of most months at the library, at 100 Library Drive. Visitors may bring a lunch and share thoughts on the current reading selection. Sponsored by the Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library, the group provides copies of current titles which are available for check-out at the circulation desk on a first-come, first-served basis. The year's list of books can be found on the Friends web site at www.friendschpl.org. Information on membership in the Friends is also on this site.
Migration book discussion
CHAPEL HILL -- Niklaus Steiner, director of the Center for Global Initiatives at UNC Chapel Hill, will be at the Bull's Head Bookshop in UNC Student Stores Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. to read from his new book "International Migration and Citizenship Today."
International migration has emerged in the last decade as one of the world's most controversial and pressing issues. This thought-provoking textbook seeks to offer the reader a more nuanced and knowledgeable understanding of the complex economic, political, cultural, and moral concerns that arise when people move across borders seeking admission into other countries.
The Bull's Head Bookshop is in the UNC Student Stores on the campus of UNC. All events at the Bull's Head are free and open to the public. Call 962-5060 for questions.
Price to discuss memoir
CHAPEL HILL -- Reynolds Price will discuss his recent memoir "Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back" on UNC-TV's "North Carolina Bookwatch" today at 5 p.m.
In "Ardent Spirits: Leaving Home, Coming Back," Price's highly anticipated third volume of memoir, the award-winning author covers his time at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and the years leading up to the publication of his first novel, "A Long and Happy Life."
The six years of his life covered in "Ardent Spirits," from the autumn of 1955 to the early summer of 1961, are marked by intense stretches of what Price calls "the rarest human privilege -- prolonged joy." The first three years of this period were spent at Oxford, where Price experienced his first chance at both sustained writing and rewarding love. He was back at Duke University for the second three years, and there he was financially strapped but intellectually fulfilled as he completed his novel.
'Flash Fiction' anthology
CHAPEL HILL -- Marianne Gingher, associate professor of English and comparative literature at UNC, will be at the Bull's Head Bookshop Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. to read from her new book "Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-five of North Carolina's Finest Writers." Gingher originally was scheduled to read Oct. 21, but that session was rescheduled because of fall break.
This collection gathers short-short stories -- none longer that 1,800 words -- by some of North Carolina's best contemporary writers, among them Russell Banks, Doris Betts, Orson Scott Card, Fred Chappell, Sarah Dessen, Haven Kimmel, Robert Morgan, and others.
Bull's Head is in the UNC Student Stores on the campus of UNC. All events at the Bull's Head are free and open to the public. Call 962-5060 for questions.
-- Compiled by Cliff Bellamy
