Melanie Sue Bowles with Renea Winchester

Name: Melanie Sue Bowles with Renea Winchester
Start: 2025-05-10T15:00:00-04:00
Location: 3 East Jackson Street, Sylva, NC, United States, North Carolina 28779

Schedule

Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

3 East Jackson Street, Sylva, NC, United States, North Carolina 28779 | Sylva, NC

Melanie Sue Bowles will be in conversation with Renea Winchester at City Lights on Saturday, May 10th at 3:00pm. Melanie and Renea will be talking about their books, publishing, and Melanie's work at the Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary.
Melanie Sue Bowles is the founder of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary. In operation for nearly 35 years, this is one of the most successful, longest existing facilities for at-risk horses in the United States. Melanie has written numerous feature articles for equestrian magazines; she is also the award-winning author of three nonfiction books about some of the horses and other animals who have found their way to the sanctuary. More recently, Melanie has written two inspiring novels for middle graders, or as Melanie prefers to say, "For ages 8 to 108." - LIBERTY BISCUIT and the stand-alone sequel LITTLE PEARL.
Renea Winchester is a daughter of Appalachia who began her writing career in Georgia where she penned several non-fiction works including, Farming, Friends & Fried Bologna Sandwiches (Mercer University Press) which was nominated for the prestigious SIBA award, earned Renea a Georgia Author of the Year, and received the endorsement from The Pulpwood Queens, the largest book club in the country. Renea is the recipient of the Wilma Dykeman Award, the Appalachian Writer’s Award, and the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for women who elevate the world.
Renea has served on the Atlanta Writers Board, Georgia Writers Association, and judges multiple literary awards. In April 2020, Firefly Southern Fiction released Outbound Train. Set in her hometown of Bryson City, North Carolina, in 1976, Outbound Train is a triumphant story of perseverance and hope despite the harshness of poverty. The novel released internationally titled, De l’autre côté des rails.
Renea is passionate about literacy, Appalachian Heritage, preserving rare seeds, fiercely defending libraries, cultivating endangered plants, and meeting new friends.