For many Americans, the month of November concludes with a Thanksgiving feast. However, for book lovers in the Charlotte area, the month also begins with a literary feast known as Verse & Vino. Sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation, the year’s Verse & Vino celebration will kick off on November 4, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. As was the case last year, this year’s celebration will be a virtual event, but it will include opportunities for attendees to gather in person.
Teleia White, the library Foundation’s Director of Individual Giving, leads the planning for this year’s Verse & Vino. In commenting on this year’s event, she said, “We’re building on the success of last year’s virtual event and adding more opportunities for live interaction and group celebrations. Verse & Vino is a critical fundraiser and this year is special because it kicks off two weeks of opportunities to celebrate and support Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, as we close Main Library and welcome the future together.”
All of the authors featured at this year’s Verse & Vino event are best-selling authors, and all have new books that they will discuss during their presentations. Janet Evanovich, a writer who is best known for her contemporary mystery novels featuring a determined sleuth named Stephanie Plum, will talk about Game On, the latest volume in her Stephanie Plum Series. Alka Joshi, a writer with deep connections to India, will talk about The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, which is set in India in 1969. Alex Michaelides, a native of Cyprus who studied at Cambridge University, will discuss his novel The Maidens, a psychological thriller involving a classics professor at Cambridge University. Heather Morris, the author of the bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz, will focus her presentation on Three Sisters, a new novel that is inspired by a true story of three sisters who escape Auschwitz and eventually make it to Israel where they struggle to build a future for themselves. Bryant Terry, a James Beard Award-winning chef and chef-in-residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, will talk about Black Food, which is both a cookbook and a celebration of Black culinary traditions. Finally, Wanda M. Morris, a prominent attorney who currently lives in Atlanta, will discuss her debut novel, All Her Little Secrets, a murder mystery set in Atlanta.
Verse & Vino is both an important fundraiser for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and a celebration of libraries, literacy, books. For more information about participating in this year’s Verse & Vino event, please click on the following link: https://foundation.cmlibrary.org/verse-vino/
As a long-time supporter of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, I believe that participating in Verse & Vino is a wonderful way to engage in our Storied Charlotte community and support our storied public library.