How does a busy attorney find the time to write a book, get it published, and promote it? Join us for our April Bar Luncheon to hear three of our members discuss the joys and challenges of living in both the legal and the literary world. At the luncheon, Attorney Frank Goldsmith will moderate a discussion with Heather Newton, author of “The Puppeteer’s Daughters,” and Bill Auman, author of “If Trees Could Testify…” and Jorge Redmon, author of “Black Boy, Black Boy.”
All Buncombe Bar members are welcome to attend, and order a free boxed lunch from us, bring your lunch, or simply join us to hear the program and enjoy a complementary soft drink. We will serve sandwiches, soup or salad from Roman’s Deli, and we will have plenty of drink options. Lunch is free for the first 50 members who sign up! See below to order. We meet at the Asheville Social Hall, 81 Broadway Street, from 12:30-1:30pm.
Heather Newton’s novel “The Puppeteer’s Daughters” (Turner Publishing 2022) has been optioned for television by Sony Pictures Television. Her short story collection “McMullen Circle” (Regal House 2022), was a finalist for both the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award and the W.S. Porter Prize. Her novel “Under The Mercy Trees” (HarperCollins 2011) won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, was chosen by the Women’s National Book Association as a Great Group Reads Selection and named an “Okra Pick” by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. She teaches creative writing for UNC-Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program and Charlotte Lit, and is co-founder and Program Manager for the Flatiron Writers Room writers’ center in Asheville. She is a 1989 honors graduate of the University of North Carolina School of law, where she was an Articles Editor for The North Carolina Law Review. She is a past chair of the NC Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section. Her solo practice in Asheville focuses on ERISA disability benefits and employment law.
“The canon of books celebrating and empowering boys of color continues to grow as this book shines brightly, inspiring them to greatness by introducing the main character and readers to others who have positively impacted and changed the world. Kamanda drafts a friendly letter that begins, “Dear boy,” and takes him on a journey down a vivid road, encouraging him to shine like his elders. Every page is devoted to information on men like Colin Kaepernick, Emory Malick, and Barack Obama, and their contributions to America, while simultaneously reassuring the boy that he can dream big and work hard to gain whatever it is he envisions. The body of this story is full of excellent content illustrated in vibrant hues; the superimposed images of the classic and contemporary leaders strengthen the story. As the letter closes, the sunset glows in the background, illuminating the future path of the young male as the author’s final words breathe life into this Black boy’s journey-a journey he is sure to succeed in if he can harness the power he already has and celebrate the potential within himself. A book that educates, empowers, and enlightens-this book belongs in every library.” From Library Journals LLC, by Tanya Haynesα(c) Copyright 2011.
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