Meet the Authors - This Saturday

(Updated June 4)

Come one, come all to the library's Local Authors Showcase!

This Friends of the Library-sponsored event takes place on Saturday, June 6, from noon until 4:00PM at the Headquarters Library in downtown Fayetteville. Meet some of the region's homegrown writers, learn about their books, ask about their publishing experiences, and help us kick off our Adult Summer Reading Club.

Here's a tentative list of participating authors and their books:

- Timothy T. Ajani, Streams of Refreshing: Inspirational Poems for Our Time

- William Billings, From Cotton Field to University: A History of Methodist University 1956-2006

- Gloria Elliott, Chip the Silent Watchdog

- Pauline Hicks Chapman, Survived to Love

- Suzanne Farrior, Froggie Babies, The Hungry Little Bunny, and A Child's World from My Point of View

- Esther Fay Holcombe, A Young Woman’s Struggle and Delights in 1857 and The Intruder

-Margaret Jefferson, Fear to Faith: A Poetic Journey

-Charles Mathews, Charlie and GI's Best-kept Secret in the Far East

- Matthew McLean, A Bewitching Summer, Shame in a Small Town, and Locked Up Freed Busted

-Shirley McNeill, Exploring Sensational You: Helping Youth Develop Character

- Edna Moore, I Refuse To!

- William Pate, Survival of The Lost Colony, the Untold Story

-Suzetta Perkins, Behind the Veil, A Love So Deep, and EX-terminator: Life After Marriage

- Reginald Pinkney, Pass It On

- Catherine Poole, Bat Boy’s Crazy Day

-Marylou Berry Roche, Fun Golf Games for Women

- Hope Roten, Overthrone

- Janine Scott-Lowe, Reflections, Inspirations

--Nora A.