September 21

ROCK KERSHAW of Gallery C (Quail Ridge Shopping Center) in Raleigh will speak on the life and works of artist Louis Orr. This will be a special program for the Friends, who have worked for the past two years to complete the display in the library's Assembly Room of 16 prints of old Wilson sketched by Mr. Orr.  The program is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21 at 7:00 PM.

September 23

THE EASTERN NC LITERARY HOMECOMING will sponsor Dr. Rebecca Godwin in a presentation of Josephine Humphreys' book, No Where Else on Earth, a winner of the Southern Book Award for Fiction.   The book is set in Robeson County during the Civil War.  The program is scheduled for Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 PM.

October 7

THE FRIENDS' ANNUAL BANQUET will be held on Thursday, October 7.  Guest speaker will be Suzy Barile, great-granddaughter of former Gov. David Swain.  She will read from and discuss her book of family history, Undaunted Heart, The True Story of a Southern Belle & a Yankee General.  Tickets will go on sale September 13.

October 27

MARIANNE GINGHER has rescheduled her March program, which was cancelled due to weather, for Wednesday, October 27.  She will focus on her recently completed work, Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-Five of North Carolina's Finest Writers, and provide insights from her experience as director of the UNC-CH's Creative Writing Program from 1997-2002.  The program will begin at 7:00 PM.

December 9

ANNUAL STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON

Programs will be held in the Assembly Room of the Main Library at 7:00 PM.  All programs are open to the public and free of charge, with the exception of the Annual Banquet.