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Join Bookmarks and Winston-Salem Writers to hear four local authors read from their work and talk about their writing process. Authors to be announced soon at https://www.bookmarksnc.org/4on4thJan. Free event; registration required: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/4on4thjan

The Romance Book Club meets online monthly to discuss romance from consent and kissing to feminism and friendship. This month we will be joined by romance author Alyssa Cole to discuss her new novel, How to Catch a Queen, the story of an arranged marriage leading to unexpected desires. Registration: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/romance-book-club

Bookmarks is pleased to host Bookmarks favorite John Hart in an online conversation with bestselling crime author Patricia Cornwell. Hart’s new book, The Unwilling, is set in the South at the height of the Vietnam War and combines crime, suspense and searing glimpses into the human mind and soul. This is a pay-what-you-can event; attendees can either purchase a copy of The Unwilling or make a donation to Bookmarks at https://www.bookmarksnc.org/event/HartCornwell.

Bookmarks is excited to host one of our community’s favorite authors, Kristin Hannah, in an online conversation with a past favorite Festival author, Elin Hilderbrand! Hannah is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including The Nightingale and The Great Alone.  Hannah’s new book, The Four Winds, is an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America’s most defining eras--the Great Depression. You must purchase a copy…

Join Bookmarks for our quarterly book club gathering to learn about new books coming out soon, new releases, and older book favorites with Simon & Schuster Publishers. We are thrilled to be joined by Simon & Schuster’s sales team members as well as Sadequa Johnson, author of The Yellow Wife, the story of Pheby Delores Brown, a woman who was born on a plantation and promised freedom on her 18th birthday but unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of…

Join Bookmarks for an online celebration of Galentine's Day and the one-year anniversary of the Bookmarks Romance Book Club! Berkley romance authors Jane Igharo (Ties That Tether), Rachel Lynn Solomon (The Ex Talk), and Samantha Young (Much Ado About You) will join us to talk romance from consent and kissing to feminism and friendship. This is a pay-what-you-can event; purchase a discounted book bundle of all three books, any of the single titles or make a donation to Bookmarks to…

Join Bookmarks for a special Presidents' Day event! Author Lindsey McDivitt and Mike Ford, son of President Gerald Ford, will discuss the process of writing a presidential biography, read from the picture book Truth and Honor: The President Ford Story, and answer audience questions about writing a biography and growing up in the White House. This event is intended for children ages 6-10. This is a free online event; registration required: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/presidentsday

Join Bookmarks as we proclaim that “Listening Is Reading”. Learn about audiobooks and the independent audiobook model from Libro.fm, a social purpose corporation that makes it possible to buy audiobooks through local bookstores. We will also be joined by Ladee Hubbard, author of The Rib King (our January Signed First Editions Club title), who will be in conversation with the narrators of her audiobook, Korey Jackson and Adenrele Ojo. In The Rib King, Hubbard deconstructs painful African American stereotypes and…

Come ready to talk, listen, and learn in this highly interactive session! Join the North Carolina Humanities Council as they break out into small groups to discuss The Water Knife. Group discussions will be led by book leaders, who will lead you through a set of discussion questions about the book and how humanities, literature, and journalism build understanding about important issues in North Carolina. This Statewide Read is part of North Carolina Humanities’ “Watershed Moments” initiative. Free online event;…

Join Bookmarks for a lunchtime event with David Bradford and Carol Robin, authors of Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues. The authors taught interpersonal skills to MBA candidates for a combined seventy-five years in their legendary Stanford Graduate School of Business course Interpersonal Dynamics and have coached and consulted hundreds of executives for decades. In Connect, they show readers how to take their relationships from shallow to exceptional by cultivating authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty, while being willing…

The LGBTQ Book Club with Pride Winston-Salem is a public book club. Join us to discuss The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab, the story of a young woman who makes a Faustian bargain to life forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. All are welcome. To purchase a copy at our 20% book club discount, and to register, email info@bookmarksnc.org.

Join us for our monthly book trivia with Caleb! Online event; email caleb@bookmarksnc.org to register.

Join us to discuss A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende, an epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. Online discussion; email jamie@bookmarksnc.org to join.

Bookmarks is proud to host the Winston-Salem chapter of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club. Our Well-Read Black Girl Book Club discussions will always be hosted by women of color, but people of all colors and genders who would like to reflect upon the reading and writing of women of color are welcome. This month, we will be discussing The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae. Online discussion; click here to register: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/wrbg

Join Bookmarks and Winston-Salem Writers to hear four local authors read from their work and talk about their writing process. In February, we will feature Whitney Skeen, Nick Olson, Scott Gould, and Steve Lindahl. Free online event; registration required: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/4on4thfeb

The Romance Book Club meets online monthly to discuss romance from consent and kissing to feminism and friendship. This month we will be joined by romance author Beverly Jenkins to discuss her new novel, Wild Rain, the story of a female rancher who forges her own path in the wake of the Civil War. Registration: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/romance-book-club