

WHEN THE JESSAMINE GROWS
2024 Event Schedule
Check back often for updates!
- January 16th, 4:00 p.m., Literary Review Book Club, Westfield Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Dunn, NC
- January 23rd, 6:00 p.m., official book launch, Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, NC
- January 25th, 5:30 p.m., Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
- January 27-28, time TBA, Bookmarks, Winston-Salem, NC
- January 29th, 7:00 p.m., Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
- January 30th, time TBA, South Main Book Company, Salisbury, NC
- January 31, 6:00 p.m., Malaprops, Asheville NC
- February 1st, 6:00 p.m., Book Bound Bookstore, Blairsville GA
- March 26th, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Perquiman County Library, Hertford, NC (Janet Sandeen Book Club and open to the public)
- April 1st, 7:00 p.m., Langley Adams Library, Groveland MA (Zoom event)
- April 17th, 6:00 p.m., Bull City Ciderworks hosted by Pig City Books, Lexington NC
- May 9th, 3:30 p.m., The Thursday Afternoon Book Club, Dunn NC
- May 10, 2024, 12:30, Book & Arts Club, Martinsville VA (private event/Joan Haynes)
- May 28th, 2024, 2:00 p.m., The Preserve in Wake Forest, NC, Smith Creek Book Club
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THE SAINTS OF SWALLOW HILL 2023/2022 PAST EVENTS
November 16th, 5:00 p.m., Southern Pines Library Book Club, Southern Pines, NC (Mary Howard invite)
- November 12th, 2-3:30 p.m., Friends of the Lexington Library Annual meeting, Lexington NC
- November 11th, 11;30-2:30 p.m., GFWC Cape Fear Chapter Women’s Club Fundraiser, Cape Fear Vineyard & Winery, Elizabethtown, NC (Jan Allen invite)
- November 2nd, 4:30 p.m., Pageturners Book Club, Southern Pines, NC (Cheryl McLaughlin invite)
- October 17th, 7:30 p.m., Banbury Book Club, Westchester, PA (Zoom event)
- October 16th, 4:00 pm.-5:00 p.m., Bookfellows, South GA Regional Library (private event, Zoom, Susan Braun invite)
- October 14th, 6-9 p.m., Lit Fest, Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, NC
- October 12th, Fall Author’s Dinner, Topsail Township Friends of the Library, Topsail, NC (Flo Whitaker invite – private event)
- October 5th, 5:30 p.m., Living Water Vineyards, Book and Bottle event, Blairsville, GA
- September 26th, 6:30 p.m., Philomena Book Club, Hillsborough, NC (Johanna Wilson invite – private event)
- September 9th, 11:00-12:00 p.m., Coats Public Library, Coats, NC
- September 5th, 1:00p.m., James Library, Wentworth NC
- August 8-10, 2023 SIBA/NAIBA Tradeshow, Arlington, VA (When the Jessamine Grows event)
- August 2nd, 11:00 By the River “Southern Author series” taping, Beaufort SC
- July 12/13, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Library Administrators Council (LAC) Directors Institute, Catawba Valley Community College, Hickory, NC
- May 18th, 1:30 p.m., Winston-Salem book club, Winston-Salem, NC, (Helen Akinc invite – private event)
- May 10th, 11:30-12:00, Zoom Event with Susan Braun Book Club, GA
- April 20th, 10:30 a.m. McGees Crossroads Book Club, NC (Becky Raynor invite/private event)
- April 17th, 1:00 p.m., Shell Seekers Book Club, Seaside Methodist Church, Sunset Beach, NC (private event)
- April 18th, 11:30-12:30 p.m., Dori Branson Book Club, Zoom Call
- March 31st, ticketed event with Adele Myers, Tobacco Wives, 5:30 p.m., Silver Coast Winery 6680 Barbeque Road, Ocean Isle Beach, NC (tickets on sale at Pelican Book Store!)
- March 24th, 2023, 1:00 p.m., Lit Ladies Book Club, Raleigh, NC (private event)
- March 21, 2023, 2:00 p.m., James Boyd Book Club, Weymouth Center for Arts & Humanities (private event)
- March 11, 2023, 12:00 p.m., Feast of Authors, Nineteen Restaurant, 513 Country Club Drive, Hampstead, NC ***ticketed event – tickets for sale at Quarter Moon Books! (call or drop by)
- March 8th, 2023, 4:00 p.m.-5:00p.m., Sampson Community College Campus, Clinton, NC (open to the community
- February 10th, 2023, 12:30 p.m., Book & Arts Club, Martinsville, VA (private event)
- January 26, 2023, 3:30 p.m., Cosmopolitan Book Club, Dunn, NC (private event)
- January 22nd, 2023 6:00 p.m., Dawn Johnson Book Club via Zoom
- January 21, 2023, 10:00 a.m., Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Teacher’s Org Meeting, 300 N. Roxboro St. Durham, NC 27701 (private event)
- January 19th, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Third Thursday Book Club via Zoom (Diane Carroll invite)
- January 12th, 2023, 11:00 a.m., Cornelius Pearson Campbell Book Club, Lillington, NC (private event)
- January 12th, 2023, 6 p.m., Caswell Beach Book Club, via Zoom
- January 2nd, 2023, 1:00 p.m., Zoom call, Univ. Wisconsin/Milwaukee Book Club (private event)
- November 19th, 1:00 p.m., In Conversation with Robert Gwaltney, Author of The Cicada Tree, Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, NC
- November 17th, 2022, 10:00 a.m., Moving On Circle of Friends Book Group, Denver, NC (private event)
- November 6th, 2022, 6:30 p.m., Links Brook Community, Murrells Inslet, SC (private event)
- October 29th, 2022, 12:00-1:00 Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, LA
- October 26th, 2:00-3:30 p.m., The Longleaf Alliance Conference, Wilmington, NC
- September 27th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., The Preserve of Wake Forest, Wake Forest, NC (book club/private event)
- September 16th, 4:00-5:30 p.m., Featured Author at On The Same Page Literary Festival, Ashe County, NC
- July 27th, 7:00 p.m., Del Webb Transitions Book Club, Wake Forest NC (private event)
- July 15th, 11:00 – 1:00, book club event, Dunn NC (at my home, private event)
- June 22nd, 11:00 – 1:30, Del Webb Traditions in Wake Forest, Wake Forest, NC (private event)
- June 15th, Rowan County NC Writers Summer Series (virtual event) Registration: bit.ly/NCAUTHORS
- June 14th, 1:00 p.m. Bluffton Book Club, Bluffton SC (virtual/zoom event)
- June 11th, 1:00 p.m., Quarter Moon Books, Topsail Beach, NC
- June 9th, 7:00 p.m., Banbury Book Club, Raleigh, NC (to be re-scheduled – private event)
- May 18th, 1:00 p.m., Wednesday Book Club, Cary NC (private event)
- May 15th, 4:00 p.m., 4 L’s Book Club, Harbor Village Yacht Club, Hampstead, NC (private event)
- April 30th, 7:00 p.m., Lit Fest Cocktail Party @ Norse Brewing Company, sponsored by Page 158 Books
- April 27th, 5:30 p.m., Charlotte Reader’s Podcast, host Landis Wade, (virtual/FB Live Event)
- April 26th, 6:30 p.m., Read Between the Wines Book Club, New Bern, NC (private event)
- April 24th, 1:00 p.m., Sisterhood Book Club, Macon, GA (private event)
- April 12th, Book Exchange Book Club, Marietta GA (private event/Zoom)
- April 2nd, 2:00 p.m., Friends of the Library Spring Meeting, Hopewell, VA.
- March 24th, 3:30 p.m., Cosmopolitan Book Club, Dunn, NC (private event)
- February 28th, 11:00 a.m., Farmgirl Book Club, part of MaryJanes Farm Magazine, FB Event/Chat
- February 26th, 1:00 p.m., Burke County Public Library, Morganton, NC (virtual event)
- February 25th, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Wonderland Book Club, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC (private event)
- February 25th, 2:00 p.m., The Templeton of Cary, Cary NC (private event)
- February 15th, 1:00 p.m., DESIDERATUM PODCAST interview (to be taped), Theresa Bakken, podcaster/host
- February 12th, 2:00 p.m., Page 158 Books, Wake Forest, NC
- February 4th, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Litchfield Books, Pawley’s Island, location TBD
- January 31, 7:00 p.m., Langley-Adams Library, Groveland MA (virtual event)
- January 29, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., The Broad Street Deli & Market (book signing)
- January 25th, 7:00 p.m., THE SAINTS OF SWALLOW HILL book launch, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC