The Our State Book Club is conjuring up something special this October! We’re partnering with McIntyre’s Books and Fearrington Village for a spellbinding evening of conversation with internationally best-selling author Elizabeth Kostova, whose gothic thriller The Historian is our October Book Club selection.

Join us at The Barn at Fearrington Village for light hors d’oeuvres, wine, and coffee as The New York Times best-selling author Wiley Cash leads a lively discussion and audience Q&A. Discover the eerie inspirations behind The Historian, explore its chilling ties to folklore and history, and meet Elizabeth for a book signing after the event. Costumes are encouraged!!! Click here to get your tickets.

Join Wiley and his buddy Silas House to celebrate the release of House’s new novel Dead Man Blues. Click here to get a ticket to this free, virtual event.

Join Wiley and his daughters Early and Juniper at Pomegranate Books for an hour of spooky tales to celebrate a new collection of North Carolina ghost stories. The anthology features a new retelling of the Maco Light story by the Cash writers. Books will be available to purchase and a book signing will follow the event.

Join Wiley in-person or virtually for a reading and discussion of his novel The Last Ballad to celebrate his role as the 2025-2026 Patrick Henry History Fellow at the Starr Center at Washington College. Wiley will talk about writing and researching The Last Ballad as well as the novel he just finished and a new one he’s writing in his role as the Patrick Henry Fellow. Click here to learn more and find the link to livestream the event.

Join Wiley and other authors at the Cape Fear Book Festival with the New Hanover County Public Library. More details to come.

Join Wiley and several beloved authors for a fundraiser at Page 158 Books to support childhood literacy. Click here to learn more and register.

Join Wiley for Adult Story Hour in support of the Cape Fear Literacy Council at Bill’s Brewing Co. and Taproom at 4238 Market Street. Get tickets and learn more at this link.

Join Wiley and fellow authors Jill McCorkle, Megan Church, Caroline Cleveland, and Heather Frese at the Cape Fear Vineyard and Winery in support of the Cape Fear Women’s Club. Get tickets here.

Join Wiley at the Charlotte Center Forum at the McColl Center when he’s interviewed by friend and fellow author Judy Goldman at a lecture where Wiley tries to answer the question “Does Modern Literature Have Anything to Say?” Tickets available here.

Join Wiley for a reading and book signing at the Marshall branch of the Madison County Public Library.

Join Wiley in-conversation with author David Joy with music by David Childers. Click here for more information and to get tickets.

Join Wiley for a special live taping of the Our State Book Club Podcast with author Kristy Woodson Harvey at Silver Coast Winery. Get tickets here.

Join Wiley for a keynote talk in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.

Join Wiley for an in-conversation event with Erik Larson to celebrate the release of his new book The Demon of Unrest. Get tickets here.

Join Wiley Cash for a conversation with Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, a man who Coach John Thompson wrote about as being “such a phenomenal scorer, if he missed shots, he thought it was the rims and not him.” Cash and Floyd will discuss what it was like to play under Coach John Thompson as the Georgetown basketball was on the rise, what it was like to face hometown rival James Worthy and UNC in the National Championship in 1982, and what Coach Thompson’s mentorship meant to him both during and after his fourteen-year NBA career. OLL Manheim Room on the campus of UNC-Asheville. This event is part of the Fall 2023 Common Word Community Read. For more information click here.

Join Wiley when he hosts the filming of his brother Cliff Cash’s live comedy special at historic Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington, NC. Tickets will sell out so click here.

Join Wiley for a lecture by Dr. Adam Rothman, the director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies and co-editor of the recent book Facing Georgetown’s History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, which details the university’s history of enslavement and its recent efforts to confront its past. In his autobiography, Coach John Thompson writes about Georgetown’s slaveholding legacy, especially the sale of 272 enslaved people in 1883 that was made to save the financially struggling university. Aside from tracing the descendants of the 272 individuals, Dr. Rothman’s research explores how institutions and communities confront their shameful pasts. OLLI Manheim Roon on the campus of UNC-Asheville. This event is part of the Fall 2023 Common Word Community Read. For more information click here.

Join Wiley for a virtual in-conversation event with Dr. Benjamin Gilmer, author of The Other Dr. Gilmer. Click here to find out more.

Join Wiley when he welcomes North Carolina’s own Steep Canyon Rangers from the stage at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. Click here for tickets.

Join Wiley for a reading and book signing at the Rourk Branch of the Brunswick County Public Library.

Join Wiley for a craft talk on When the Lights Go Out by John Vercher. The event is open to members of This Is Working. Click here to find out more about this online community of writers.

Join Wiley at the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors when he’s in-conversation with Helen Ellis, author of Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge. For more information click here.

Join Wiley and several student-athletes for a robust discussion about the pressures and expectations of life as a student-athlete at UNC-Asheville. You might know these young people from the classroom, the court, or the community, but you might not know the full complexity of their lives and the responsibilities and challenges they face every day. OLLI Manheimer Room on the campus of UNC-Asheville. This event is part of the Fall 2023 Common Word Community Read. For more information click here.

Join Wiley for a virtual book talk with the High Country Writers at the Watauga County Public Library. For more information click here.

Join Wiley for an in-conversation event with National Book Award winner Charles Frazier to celebrate the launch of his new novel The Trackers. More information to come.

Join Wiley for the Friends of the Joyner Library Annual Banquet. Find more info. here.

Join Wiley for “Mental Health Behind Bars: The Role of Mental Health in the U.S. Legal System,” a lecture on the ways in which mental health is overlooked and underserved in the courts by Dr. Laura Jones, Associate Professor of Health & Wellness and Athletics Mental Health Coordinator. This event is part of UNC-Asheville’s Common Word Community Read. The spring selection is The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice by Dr. Benjamin Gilmer. Click here for more information.

Join Wiley and a number of other authors for Hub City Writers Project’s Delicious Reads. More info. to come.