Join Ben Steelman of Star-News to discuss notable works by local and regional authors. Meetings are held in the WHQR gallery space at 7:00 p.m.
Unless otherwise noted, the authors will join us. WHQR is located at 254 N. Front Street, downtown Wilmington, take
the elevator to the 3rd floor. Light refreshments are served.
Save the date!! Monday, July 13th
Where:The WHQR Studios When:Monday, July 13th at 7pm
Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast Guests: Author Joseph Funderberg and Publisher Daniel Ray Norris
About the Book
Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast captures
the spirit and history of surfing at Wrightsville Beach and
Carolina Beach in a colorful, engaging and unique way. Skipper
was recently nominated for induction to the East Coast Surfing
Hall of Fame. About the Author
Joseph "Skipper" Funderberg is a renownCapeFearCoast pioneer surfer and
waterman. He is known for his humor, perseverance and unsinkable nature. He
grew up on the CapeFearCoast,
started his apprenticeship in surfing in the mid 1950s, played around with
balsa surfboards in the late 1950s and then helped popularize stand up surfing
by the early 1960s. Skipper has been writing about surfing for over forty years
and serves as the native CapeFearCoast's preeminent surfing historian. He currently resides on the CapeFearCoast with his wife and two children. About the Publisher, Daniel Ray Norris
Skipper is joined
by his publisher and fellow author, Daniel Ray Norris. Daniel's first
book is heralded as an extremely creative and
colorful retrospective of CarolinaBeach and the surrounding
area. Before publishing history books he wrote his share of scientific
documents and articles while he was pursuing degrees in Biology and Tropical
Marine Ecology. Daniel is a college Biology teacher, avid photographer, graphic
designers and lives in CarolinaBeach on the intracoastal
waterway, where he considers it to be "the best place on earth."
Save the date!! Monday, Aug. 10th
Where:The WHQR Studios When:Monday, July 13th at 7pm
Cecilia's Harvest by Blonnie Wyche
About the Book
This is Blonnie's second novel. Her first book titled "The Anchor," is a young-adult historical novel about a ColonialBrunswickTown during the Stamp Act protests.
"Cecilia's Harvest" carries the story ahead a decade to the American Revolution
as a teenage girl finds herself married -- and pregnant -- and WIDOWED -- and
trying to run a broken-down plantation outside Wilmington, mostly by herself. About the Author
Blonnie Bunn Wyche is a returning guest here at Prologue. She is an award-winning short fiction writer, retired school
teacher, and "ghost writer" of a book about ghosts on the Battleship North Carolina.
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