Village Calendar

SPOILER ALERT: Bren McClain is the first author that Pete invited back BEFORE her event ended, which was seconded by the lucky few in the audience. DO NOT MISS OUT! A novel of courageous parental love and the instructive, healing bonds that form between humans and animals. Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer’s quest to find her “mama bone” after she is left to care for a boy who is not her…

“In addition to his fine ear, Chitwood has a sure touch with aphoristic wisdom…” – Poetry “Chitwood seems to be a Buddhist who hails from Appalachia, or he’s a motorcycle-riding philosopher taking dictation from nature, writing its gospel with his trusty crowquill pen.”—Amy Gerstler In Search and Rescue, Michael Chitwood seeks what the pagan Celts called the thin places, the spots where otherworldliness bleeds into the everyday. Beginning with childhood, the poet meditates on the intersection of the sacred and…

After a perilous journey from Prague, the penniless and exhausted Kohut family—Willy, Sophie and Pavel—reach Paris. They are desperate to find a way to join relatives in London but with Germany threatening to invade Holland and Belgium, routes across the Channel are blocked. France starts to mobilize her army and strengthen defenses. The Allies declare war on Germany. Hoping to earn some money and find an escape route, Willy signs up with the reconstituted Czechoslovak army based in the south…

PLEASE NOTE: ONLINE SALES HAVE CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT, BUT BOOKPASS TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. TO PURCHASE, PLEASE CALL THE BOOKSTORE AT 919-542-3030. McIntyre’s Books welcomes Cecile Richards on Sunday, April 15th at 2pm in her only planned North Carolina appearance for her new book, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead–My Life Story. She will be in conversation with Michele Tracy Berger, Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at UNC. Tickets are $30 and…

Join Children’s Book Buyer, Sarah, for storytime with our littlest readers — babies, toddlers and preschoolers are welcome! This week’s theme is Get in the Garden! Contact the bookstore with any questions at 919.542.3030. About Sarah Carr, Children’s Book Buyer With 30 years of experience selling books, including being a longtime employee at McIntyre’s, Sarah was an obvious choice to take over the role of Children’s Book Buyer. If you need assistance with selections for children, she is your go-to…