Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - Signing Line at 5:30 pm, Talk begins at 6:00 pm (limited capacity- click here to order your book & reserve your seat) Please confirm closer to the event--all in-person events are subject to COVID-19 contingencies. This will be in-person with limited seating. Flyleaf will offer seating for up to thirty-five in-person guests, with priority access given to folks who purchase the book. If you preorder a copy through Flyleaf, please use your order comments to indicate whether you would like 1-2 seats held for you at the in-person event. "Pious Ambitions is a judicious, readable, and timely book in every way. What a pleasure to meet a latter-day heroine whose faith and a heady portion of ambition left a legacy for a university and our region."—Edwin G. Wilson, Wake Forest provost emeritus and professor of English Mary Tribble is a senior advisor for engagement strategies at Wake Forest University. Maria Henson joined Wake Forest University as associate vice president and editor-at-large in June 2010. She oversees Wake Forest Magazine, teaches journalism and serves on Advancement’s senior leadership team

Thursday, January 27, 2022 - Signing Line at 5:30 pm, Talk begins at 6:00 pm. Visit the Flyleaf Books website to reserve a place and order your book. Please confirm closer to the event--all in-person events are subject to COVID-19 contingencies. This will be in-person with limited seating. Flyleaf will offer seating for up to thirty-five in-person guests, with priority access given to folks who purchase the book. If you preorder a copy through Flyleaf, please use your order comments to indicate whether you would like 1-2 seats held for you at the in-person event. A sweeping history of the hidden world below the Holy City—a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval Andrew Lawler is the author of the bestselling The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and the acclaimed Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, and Smithsonian. He is a contributing writer for Science and a contributing editor for Archaeology. Lawler's work has appeared several times in The Best of Science and Nature Writing.

Call for teachers/instructors… If you are interested in teaching a workshop at The Creative Goat, we will be having an informational session at our new store location on January 29 at 11 am. For more information or to submit a proposal, stop by the Creative Goat website.

We’re throwing a puzzle swap party! Come by the store on Feb. 12 for the chance to swap your, gently used, puzzle for another one. You can bring in your puzzles early—we'll issue you a 'used puzzle credit' that you can use on the official day of the swap. PS: all of our new puzzles will be 10% off that day.

(Most reservation times have been booked as of 2/9/2022. Consider ordering a meal from 39 West.) Serving a three-course menu, 5 - 9 pm. Reservations suggested.

The first class is to get you started into the world of resin. Since resin can be tricky and it's not a cheap product, its best to learn and try avoiding expensive mistakes. Learn how to use two-part resin with the easy, proven methods of an artist with resin experience. You will be amazed with how you can use resin as a quick and simple way to make unique items. By the end of this class, you will feel confident you have the skills and knowledge to make your own distinctive resin goodies to add to your collection, give to others or even sell!

A vivid and moving novel based on the incredible life of real estate magnate Josephine N. Leary—a previously untold story of passion, perseverance, and building a legacy after emancipation in North Carolina. Josephine N. Leary is determined to build a life of her own and a future for her family. When she moves to Edenton, North Carolina from the plantation where she was born, she is free, newly married, and ready to follow her dreams. As the demands of life pull Josephine’s attention—deepening her marriage, mothering her daughters, supporting her grandmother—she struggles to balance her real estate aspirations with the realities of keeping life going every day. She teaches herself to be a businesswoman, to manage her finances, and to make smart investments in the local real estate market. But with each passing year, it grows more and more difficult to focus on building her legacy from the ground up. Moving and inspiring, Josephine Leary’s untold story speaks to the part of us that dares to dream bigger, tear down whatever stands in our way and build something better for the loved ones we leave behind.

Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. If he’s lucky, he’ll get a job at the hospital cafeteria. If he’s extra lucky, he’ll earn more than minimum wage. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his great-great-grandfather’s beat-up old fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach. Together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition—the Olympics of classical music—the violin is stolen, a ransom note for five million dollars left in its place. Ray will have to piece together the clues to recover his treasured Strad…before it’s too late. With the descendants of the man who once enslaved Ray’s great-great-grandfather asserting that the instrument is rightfully theirs, and with his family staking their own claim, Ray doesn’t know who he can trust—or whether he will ever see his beloved violin again. Brendan N. Slocumb was born in Yuba City, California.