On Saturday, May 4, The Pages of the Pines Festival returns for the third year to the Southern Pines Public Library. Authors will be on hand to sell their books and chat with readers from 10 to 2 p.m. inside the library and outside on the grounds. Over 30 authors have signed up to participate. They will be coming from all over Moore County, as well as a few from Fayetteville and the Triangle area.
Many genres of writing will be represented including children’s books, inspirational and devotional books, memoir, mystery, poetry, and more.
“This event is a great way for the public to support the talented and creative community right here in our backyard,” says event organizer Laurel Holden. “Plus, the authors get a chance to work on marketing themselves and their books.”
On Sunday, May 5 starting at 2:30 p.m., authors Donna Everhart, Marybeth Whalen, and T.I. Lowe will be at the library for a fun and informative Author Chat. These authors will share their experiences with the world of publishing, plus give some insight into their writing and research processes.
Donna Everhart is a USA Today bestselling author known for vividly evoking the challenges of the heart and the complex heritage of the American South in her acclaimed novels When the Jessamine Grows, The Saints of Swallow Hill, The Moonshiner’s Daughter, The Forgiving Kind, The Road to Bittersweet, and The Education of Dixie Dupree. She is the recipient of the prestigious SELA Outstanding Southeastern Author Award from the Southeastern Library Association and her novels have received a SIBA Okra Pick, an Indie Next Pick, and two Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books selections. Born and raised in Raleigh, she has stayed close to her hometown for much of her life and now lives just an hour away in Dunn.
Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is the author of This Secret Thing, as well as Only Ever Her, When We Were Worthy, The Things We Wish Were True and five previous novels, which have sold over half a million copies. Her tenth novel Every Moment Since will be out Oct. 1.
Marybeth and her husband Curt are the parents of six children, ranging in age from young adult to teen. A native of Charlotte, Marybeth now calls Sunset Beach home. You can find out more about her, including a link to the pantyhose commercial she starred in at the age of five, via her linktree.
T.I. Lowe is an ordinary country girl who loves to tell extraordinary stories. She is the author of nearly twenty published novels, including her recent bestselling and critically acclaimed novel, Under the Magnolias, and her debut breakout, Lulu’s Café. She lives with her husband and family in coastal South Carolina.
For more information about the event, visit https://sites.google.com/view/pages-of-the-pines/home, call the library at 910-692-8235, or email Laurel Holden at [email protected]. The Southern Pines Public Library is located at 170 W Connecticut Avenue in Southern Pines.
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