EVENTS & SCHEDULE

Join us for our popular “Eat, Drink, and Be Literary” Events on Friday November 2 or free public programs all day Saturday, November 3.

Friday November 2, Day Time
Free and open to the public.

8:00 – 10:00 a.m
Harvest to Home Summit: Guest speaker, author and travel writer Logan Ward, See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America . NC Agriculture Secretary and panelists discuss the national microtrend to eat, buy, and sell local harvests and why local Harvests to Local Homes makes sense for communities. Morehead City Elks Lodge Ballroom. 400 Miller Farm Road.

10:00 – 11:00 a.m
Abraham Galloway – Freedom Fighter. Popular local historian David Cecelski on the swashbuckling Galloway, escaped slave, Union spy, and NC’s first African American legislator. Foundation Building at Carteret Community College.

Friday November 2, Daytime
A small FEE & open to the public.

10:00 – 12:00 p.m
Poetry Workshop taught with humor and insight by Dr. Pat Bizarro. Open to the public. Continuing education credit for teachers. Carteret Community College Student Center meeting room. Register through CCC Business and Community Education 252.222.6121. $25.

11:30 – 2:00 p.m
Revenge of the Kudzo Debutantes. Lunch and a literary laugh with Cathy Holton at the elegant Dunes Club. Call Joyce Smith 252.222.6141. $25.

1:00 – 3:00 p.m
Flash Fiction Workshops taught with humor and insight by Dr. Pat Bizarro. Carteret Community College Student Center meeting room. Register through CCC Business and Community Education 252.222.6121. $25.

Friday November 2 Evening
A small FEE and open to the public.

6:00 pm
Movable Feast. Meet authors & poets at a movable feast with heavy hors d’oeuvres and great conversation. Military authors Charles Jones & Kirsten Holmstedt; thriller writers Andrew Britton & Andy Anderson; coastal gardener Barbara Sullivan renowned children’s author Joan Carris and novelist Cathy Holton; as well as Carteret County Poet Laureate Carol Bessent Hayman and poets Pat Bizzaro and Peter Makuck. Coral Bay Club. Benefits Friends of the Bogue Banks Library & Western Carteret Libraries. $35.

6:30 p.m
Civil War Insurgencies. Join Civil War authors Don Gilmore, & Paul Peterson for a special evening of great food and great conversation. Sharpies Restaurant. Benefits Friends of the Carteret County Library. $35.

6:30 pm
Local Harvest Dinner. Celebrate the bounty of land and sea with gourmet preparations featuring local harvests. Join travel writer Logan Ward and special guests for great food, great conversation, and a sumptuous feast of local and regional products. The Bistro. Benefits Carteret Community College Foundation. $40.

6:30 pm
Spirits, Mystery, Romance, and Revenge. Join paranormal investigators Haunted NC, mystery writer Ellen Elizabeth Hunter, and novelists Pam Duncan and Virginia Boyd for a spirited dinner catered by Shepard’s Point. Morehead City Train Depot. Benefits Friends of the Webb Center Library. $35.00

Saturday — Webb Center Library
812 Evans Street

Children’s Programs

10:00 a.m. Ages 3—5
Charles Leuwenberg — Captain Boz & the Rusty Bicycle
Deborah van Dyken — The Little Turkle

11:00 a.m. Ages 8—12
Joan Carris — Welcome to the Bed & Biscuit

Civil War Insurgencies: Authors in             Dialogue

Fiction and Nonfiction - Webb Center

10:00– 11:30
Join historians Paul Peterson, Quantrill of Missouri and Don Gilmore, Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border for a discussion of the Civil War as an insurgent war, a topic that resonates in the 21st Century. Lots of time for Q&A and audience discussion. Individual programs and book signings by the same authors.

Poetry Readings and Discussion:

Poets in Dialogue

10:00—11:30
Join Carteret County Poet Laureate Carol Bessent Hayman and poular North Carolina poets Pat Bizzaro and Peter Makuck for poetry readings and discussion about poets, poems, and writing poetry.

10:00-10:45
Virginia Boyd author of One Fell Swoop, A Novel in Stories. By turns hilarious and poignant, this daring, debut novel begins with the violent end of a marriage.

Listening to History

Authors in Dialogue

10:30—12:00
Listening to History; Living History. Authors in dialogue. Popular local historian David Cecelski, on “Listening to History” in dialogue with author & travel writer Logan Ward , See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America. Individual programs and book signings by the same authors.

Thrillers: Spies & Special Ops

Authors in Dialogue

11:00—12:30
Authors in Dialogue followed by individual programs and book signing.
Join author and former special operations warrior Andrew Britton & author and former CIA cold warrior Andy Anderson for a “thrilling” discussion of how their pasts shape their writing today. Individual programs and book signings by the same authors.

11:45—12:30
Pam Duncan. The Big Beautiful.
44-year-old North Carolinian finds herself in Salter Path where Cassandra sets her mind on figuring out how and why her life's gone awry.

11:00—11:45
Patti Frank. Nobody’s Mother: Life Without Kids. Carteret County’s own Patti Frank talks about living a life without kids

Authors in Dialogue

The Media, Women, and the Iraq War

1:30—3:00
Kirsten Holmstedt author of Band of Sisters about America’s women warriors and Charles Jones author of the forthcoming, Red & White or Yellow: The Military and Media at War in Iraq discuss today’s military, women in combat, and the media coverage of today’s most explosive issue. Authors in Dialogue followed by individual programs and book signing.

1:30—2:15
Author Cathy Holton, Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes sparks literary laughs with her newest book. Whether you’re a kudzu debutante or a real debutante or none of the above, you’ll enjoy the laugh.

2:15—3:00
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter. Murder on the Cape Fear. Mysteries about eastern North Carolina are her specialty. Murder On the Cape Fear is recommended by “Spirit” the magazine of Southwest Airlines. Help us convince this author that Carteret County has spirit, too, and we’d love to see a murder mystery about the Webb Center.

Saturday, Free and Open to the Public
Check the location

10:30
Coastal Gardener Barbara Sullivan at Home & Holiday Show.
Join author and coastal gardener Barbara Sullivan and learn about Garden Perennials for the Coastal South. Sponsored by the Civic Center & Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. Crystal Coast Civic Center Home & Holiday Show. 3405 Arendell Street.

EXTRA EXTRA!
Ghost Busters At Book Festival

3:00 pm Saturday, November 3
1905 Train Depot, 1001 Arendell Street
Haunted NC Paranormal Investigators Reveal Results of Paranormal Investigations of Webb Center Building. Strange occurrences have been noted at the Webb Center & HauntedNC has agreed to investigate. Hear the results.

If you have had an unusual experience at the Webb Library please call Downtown Morehead City Revitalization Association. Haunted NC would like hear it BEFORE they investigate. Call 252.808.0440.