Springtime Pages and Programs
The Plateau’s twin libraries offer an entire suite of programs to illuminate the magic and majesty
of the season.
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New Looks at Our Local Libraries
The twin libraries have used the Quiet Season to spruce up their interiors and their grounds.
Libraries for A Better You
Both local libraries are offering free resources to monitor and maintain good mental and emotional health.
Fabulous Fall with Fontana
If you’re reading this, you’re learning. Continue this trend with regular visits to Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library and
Hudson Library.
Past Meets Modernity
For author Michael Almond, the conflicts at the core of The Tannery continue to simmer just below the surface of modern American life. He’ll talk about his work and the themes that animate his writing with a pair of events at local libraries.
Harrowing Horrors at the Hudson | Highlands NC
Murder and mayhem make their way to the Plateau in author Christopher Swann’s rural-noir A Fire in the Night. He’ll appear at Hudson Library at 12:30 P.M. Saturday, September 25, to talk about A Fire in the Night and his two previous novels.
Read & Feed Your Brain
The twin libraries celebrate new novels that resonate with this corner of Western North Carolina and celebrate the freedom to read controversial works that are under threat of removal.
A Visit with Karen White
Author Karen White’s new novel spotlights the residents of London during the Blitz and the way their experiences resonated through the decades. She’ll talk about The Last Night in London and her life as a writer in a pair of free presentations – July 9 and 10 at Albert-Carlton Cashiers Community Library and Hudson Library in Highlands.
Somewhat Back to Normal
Come on in! Hudson and Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library are back to normal and offering new services (like these neat Take and Make kits) for their patrons.
Timely Summer Read: Author Mary Alice Monroe
Author Mary Alice Monroe will illuminate the timely and timeless lessons embedded within her new novel, The Summer of Lost and Found, with a pair of presentations, May 28 and 29.
Events
Books & Bites: Virginia Beach with American Landmark
Virginia Beach will talk about her new nonfiction book American Landmark: Charles Duell and the Rebirth of Middleton Place. Middleton Place is the birthplace of a Declaration of Independence signer and the home of a First Continental Congress president. It was also home to hundreds of men, women and children enslaved by the Middletons. American Landmark weaves together myriad biographical stories, introducing us to an array of protagonists – both white and Black – who have been associated with Middleton Place for the last three centuries.
Books & Bites: Katherine Reay with The London House
Join us for the first Books & Bites event of the Summer 2022 season. Successful author Katherine Reay will talk about her latest historical fiction novel, The London House.
Mary Alice Monroe at Hudson Library
Highlands Hudson Library; Beloved author Mary Alice Monroe returns to Hudson Library to talk about her newest release, Search for Treasure. Lunch bites will be provided by the Hudson Library Board. Reservations required; call 828-526-3031 to reserve your seats.
Author Michael Almond at Hudson Library
Almond is scheduled to share his book and to speak at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Library at a community event hosted by The Friends of the Library on October 22 at 3:00 P.M. He will also speak at a Books and Bites public event at the Highlands Hudson Library on October 23 at 12:30 P.M.
Author Kristin Harmel at Hudson Library
Kristin Harmel: September 4, 12:30 P.M., Hudson Library, Books & Bites – Harmel will discuss her latest release: The Forest of Vanishing Stars. Reservations are required.
Author Kristin Harvey at Hudson Library
Meet Author Kristin Harmel as she discusses the craft of writing at the Hudson Library in Highlands, NC.
