Cool Summer Reads Summer’s in the air, and with it comes summer reading. Ah, the words alone conjure up images of endlessly sunny days lost in perfectly crafted books. And to get ready for the long, lovely days of summer, you can purchase any of these e-books for just $1.99 from June 1 through JuneContinue reading

For the launch of the paperback release of Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, author Lee Smith did a series of book events around North Carolina at our favorite local indie bookstores – Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, The Regulator in Durham, McIntyre’s in Pittsboro, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, and The Country Bookshop inContinue reading

I made the mistake of picking up Lee Smith’s latest collection of short stories, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, the week before a huge test in my Prehistoric Life class.   I should have known that after twelve novels, four collections of short stories, and multiple awards, Lee Smith would be dangerous to my grade. Continue reading

April 21, 2011 – The circus came to town Or at least it seemed like it: The Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth was larger than life on the big screen, here in Chapel Hill at the Lumina Theater. The Thursday before the Friday premiere of the Water For Elephants movie (based on SaraContinue reading

Last Tuesday, the Algonquin staff had the wonderful opportunity to attend two of our interns’ Honors Fiction Reading held on the University of North Carolina campus. Blog Intern Susannah Long and Editorial Intern Danny Nowell have both spent the majority of their senior years hard at work on their theses in fiction, the culmination ofContinue reading