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Fall is a great season to spend some time in the library

By Hope Loman Rowan Public Library There’s no better indication that summer is ending and fall is quickly ...

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Book highlights big changes in NC Supreme Court

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Please hold your eye rolls. There is a new book that talks about ...

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Bestsellers (9-26-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood. 2. The Chestnut Man, by Søren Sveistrup. ...

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Finding value in financial literacy at Rowan Public Library

By Stephanie Reister Rowan Public Library September is all about reading literacy and getting your library card at ...

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Dixie Gamble comes home with new book

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Dixie Gamble will be at South Main Book Co. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, ...

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Bestsellers (9-19-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood. 2. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret ...

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‘Bookwatch’ features story of Biltmore House

Asheville author Denise Kiernan tells the story of the Biltmore House in “The Last Castle: The Epic Story of ...

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Andy Offutt Irwin is featured storyteller for Millstream’s 20th anniversary

Rowan Public Library SALISBURY — If you ask Andy Offutt Irwin what storytelling means to him, he has ...

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Bestsellers (9-12-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood. 2. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia ...

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Can wealthy family overcome their differences?

“Alex Dances,” by Mary Ann Claud. Lystra Books. 2019. $14.95. By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com This is the ...

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Books to help parents get through the school year

By Chelsea Rhae Childers Rowan Public Library The pools are closed, Rowan Public Library’s summer reading programs are over, ...

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Tuesday technology classes at Rowan Public Library

By Hannah Hemphill Rowan Public Library Rowan Public Library will offer a series of technology classes the second ...

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Bestsellers (9-5-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. Queen Bee, by Dorothea Benton Frank. 2. How to be an ...

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Celebrate with Rowan Public Library and the ‘Toy Story’ crew

By Laurie Lyda Rowan Public Library SALISBURY — Libraries have the power to take us “to infinity and ...

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NC Writers Network fall conference Nov. 8-10

ASHEVILLE — The North Carolina Writers’ Network calls this “The Writingest State”—all of it, Manteo to Murphy, Calabash ...

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Bestsellers (8-29-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. 2. Notes on a Shipwreck, ...

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Innovative technology: Adobe Scan mobile app

By Amber Covington Rowan Public Library Adobe Scan is one of the latest mobile applications that can be ...

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Mother-daughter relationships on ‘Bookwatch’

The complex and varied results of the mother-child relationships are the subjects of 28 essays edited by writers ...

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You’ll never forget your journey ‘Inland’

“Inland,” by Tea Obreht. Random House. 2019. 384 pp. By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com For an unforgettable journey ...

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Bestsellers (8-22-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. New Kid, by Jerry Craft. 2. Manny Loses His Fangs, by ...

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Sports writer Mike Lupica in Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM — Bookmarks is thrilled to present a family friendly event featuring Mike Lupica, one of the most ...

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Explore the world of ‘Supernatural’ at Rowan Public Library

By Laurie Lyda Rowan Public Library Do the elegiac lyrics of Kansas’s “Carry On, My Wayward Son” remind ...

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Rowan Public Library headquarters closed through Monday

The closure of Rowan Public Library’s headquarters branch, located at 201 W. Fisher St., has been extended through ...

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Go to the beach and write or enter a Thomas Wolfe competition

The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville is hosting its 25th Annual Writers’ Retreat at Folly Beach, S.C. (near Charleston), ...

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Bestsellers (8-15-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Bitterroots, by C.J. Box. 2. Dog Man: For Whom the ...

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Maida Heatter cookbooks stand the test of time

By Melissa J. Oleen Rowan Public Library When Maida Heatter (May-da HEAT-ter) died this past June, the world ...

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The best books of 2019 — so far

By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com About this time of year, publishers will make lists of the best books ...

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Bestsellers (8-8-19)

Rowan bestsellers South Main Book Co. 1. The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead. 2. Where the Crawdads Sing, by ...

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