by Patricia Langer | May 19, 2026 | Events, Meet the Author
If you missed FOLSOI’s latest NC Reads session on May 16th with acclaimed novelist Ron Rash, here’s your chance to see him! Ron joined us via video conferencing to discuss his beautiful novel, The Caretaker. UNC history professor Jen LeZotte was also part...
by Debbie Humbertson | Apr 27, 2026 | Events, Meet the Author
On April 27, a full house at Harper library, welcomed Barbara Dullaghan to discuss her book, Secrets in the Hollow. The guests enjoyed hearing excerpts from this book, as well as one that will be published shortly. What a treat! Barbara has won multiple awards for...
by Patricia Langer | Mar 27, 2026 | Events, Meet the Author
Teri M. Brown first developed an interest in Appalachian healing when her brother told her how some people can actually “talk off warts.” Apparently, it’s a thing! Teri’s curiosity led her to write Daughters of Green Mountain Gap, a beautiful novel selected by North...
by Patricia Langer | Mar 22, 2026 | Meet the Author
Maria Pease never had any aspirations to be a writer. She always had her nose in a book, but never imagined herself writing one. She says it all began when her son was ten years old and petitioning for a later bedtime. Maria, desperate to retain her quiet evenings,...
by Patricia Langer | Feb 24, 2026 | Events, Meet the Author
On Saturday, February 21st FOLSOI hosted its second 2026 installment of NC Reads, a statewide book club sponsored by NC Humanities. The program was held at Harper Library and featured the book Morningside: the 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American...
by Debbie Humbertson | Feb 18, 2026 | Meet the Author
On Friday of Superbowl weekend, Harper Library FOLSOI and Carey Henry Keefe welcomed a full house to our Meet the Author event. The attendees were treated to a presentation on Keefe’s book “A Tide of Dreams.” We learned how football, lifelong...
