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Tara Gold has never experienced a book challenge during her four years as a media coordinator at Riverside High School in Durham. But preparing for one…
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The free event will include a wide range of panels for adults and children.
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The 19th annual Bookmarks Festival of Books & Authors kicks off Thursday evening and continues through the weekend.
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Author and NPR Weekend Edition Sunday host Ayesha Rascoe talks with WFDD's David Ford about her new book HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience.
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A Winston-Salem bookstore and local youth organization are hosting an event this weekend featuring a panel of Black authors and a writing workshop for teens. Their goal is to empower young people.
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Chappell grew up in the mill town of Canton in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. In a documentary about his life, “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever,” he said he carried the mountains with him whenever he went. He spent most of his career in Greensboro, writing and teaching in the graduate-level creative writing program he helped build.
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There’s been a surge in attempts to censor books in libraries across the country this year. Now the High Point Public Library is responding with a new…
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At the end of the year, Santa isn't the only one making a list. NPR has released its compilation known as "Books We Love" since 2013. This year it's over 350 titles sourced from your favorite NPR personalities and those whose voices you might not hear, but whose work, you certainly have — editors, producers, and more.
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North Carolina author Megan Miranda grew up avidly reading her mother’s mystery and thriller novels. That early immersion in the genre has paid off.…
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We like to think summer reading gets better with age! Our staff is always reading something new (for leisure or for the WFDD Book Club), and so we asked…
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El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros is a festival for both English and Spanish-speaking residents of Greensboro. The holiday was first founded by Pat…