BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Scholar & Scribe Bookshop, Cafe, & Wine Bar - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Scholar & Scribe Bookshop, Cafe, & Wine Bar X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://scholarandscribe.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Scholar & Scribe Bookshop, Cafe, & Wine Bar REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193630 CREATED:20251007T232656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T232657Z UID:10002672-1762281000-1762284600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Christian Fiction Book Club: Under the Magnolias DESCRIPTION:Our Christian fiction selection for November is Under the Magnolias by T.I. Lowe. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nThis night not only marked the end to the drought\, but also the end to the long-held secret we’d kept hidden under the magnolias. \n\n\n\nMagnolia\, South Carolina\, 1980 \n\n\n\nAustin Foster is barely a teenager when her mama dies giving birth to twins\, leaving her to pick up the pieces while holding her six siblings together and doing her best to stop her daddy from retreating into his personal darkness. \n\n\n\nScratching out a living on the family’s tobacco farm is as tough as it gets. When a few random acts of kindness help to ease the Fosters’ hardships\, Austin finds herself relying upon some of Magnolia’s most colorful citizens for friendship and more. But it’s next to impossible to hide the truth about the goings-on at Nolia Farms\, and Austin’s desperate attempts to save face all but break her. \n\n\n\nJust when it seems she might have something more waiting for her―with the son of a wealthy local family who she’s crushed on for years―her father makes a choice that will crack wide-open the family’s secrets and lead to a public reckoning. There are consequences for loving a boy like Vance Cumberland\, but there is also freedom in the truth. \n\n\n\nWeaving together themes of hope\, grief\, mental health\, and faith into a beautiful and moving novel\, Under the Magnolias features: \n\n\n\n\nClean Christian romance\n\n\n\nA resilient Southern heroine\n\n\n\nDiscussion questions for book clubs\n\n\n\nA playlist inspired by the book\n\n\n\n\nT. I. Lowe’s gritty yet tender and uplifting coming-of-age tale reminds us that a great story can break your heart . . . then heal it in the best possible way. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/christian-fiction-book-club-under-the-magnolias/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T203000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193630 CREATED:20251006T225749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T131605Z UID:10002666-1762281000-1762288200@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Dr. James D. Tabor DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Dr. James D. Tabor – The Lost Mary \n\n\n\nTuesday November 4th\, 6:30pm-8:30pm \n\n\n\nRevered by millions as the mother of Christ\, but rarely for her revolutionary role as the matriarch of the Jesus movement\, renowned historian James D. Tabor lifts the veil on the life of Mary. \n\n\n\nBy providing substantial historical context about her life as a single mother of eight\, Dr. Tabor argues in his newest release\, The Lost Mary\, there is more to Mary than paintings of her weeping at the foot of the cross. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor \n\n\n\n\n\nTabor’s evidence unfolds in five radical claims to provide a transformative perspective that propels Mary’s role from the womb that bore Jesus to the wellspring of his message\, making her a model of resilience that speaks across time and the “first founder” of what we now call Christianity. \n\n\n\nBut — if Mary’s role was so central\, why would the New Testament so often relegate her to the sidelines\, forever just the ethereal subject of stained glass in cathedrals? \n\n\n\nAn American Biblical scholar and retired Professor of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte\, Dr. Tabor is a captivating speaker featured on PBS\, BBC\, and the Discovery Channel. He brings history to life with vivid images\, maps\, and stories from digs in Israel and beyond. James Cameron — creator of Avatar\, Titanic\, and The Terminator — recently praised Tabor’s work\, stating that The Lost Mary is a “great leap forward in understanding and contextualizing Mary’s life\, after two millennia of her being dismissed and rewritten by patriarchal power structures.” \n\n\n\nOver the past three decades Dr. Tabor has combined his study of ancient texts with fieldwork in archaeology to correct the record and show that behind every moment are women whose voices have been silenced and that Mary is no exception. \n\n\n\nHosted by Scholar & Scribe Bookshop in partnership with The Peachtree City Library\, Friends of the Library and media sponsor The Citizen\, join us for a rich and educational discussion moderated by the Peachtree City Library Services Director\, Jill Prouty. \n\n\n\nVIP Ticket ExperienceElevate your evening with our VIP ticket\, which includes priority seating\, a curated selection of heavy hors d’oeuvres from Enzo and light refreshments. VIP Guests will also enjoy an exclusive meet & greet with Dr. James D. Tabor and a personalized book signing. VIP spots are limited and available on a first-come basis. \n\n\n\nThis event will be at The Shipyard at Town at Trilith on Tuesday\, November 4\, 6:30-8:30. We look forward to sharing this special evening with you! \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor \n\n\n\n\nAs Seen On URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-dr-james-d-tabor/ LOCATION:GA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Tabor-Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T200000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251103T001238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T040112Z UID:10002682-1762538400-1762545600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Holiday Open House DESCRIPTION:Enjoy live music and giveaways as you shop and walk down the parkway. Swing by our shop for sparkling apple cider (with and without alcohol) and a cranberry-orange biscotti. \n\n\n\nThis day only! Buy a $50 gift card for only $40. Cannot be redeemed on day of purchase. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/holiday-open-house/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/November-Calendar-Events-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T110000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251019T162423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251019T162424Z UID:10002676-1762597800-1762599600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Special Story Time: The Trouble with Children (According to Dog) DESCRIPTION:The family dog has a LOT to get off his chest. Because\, well\, living with children can be…challenging. \n\n\n\nBetween playing dress-up\, being squeezed too tightly\, and dirty toys in Dog’s water bowl\, this canine has had ENOUGH!! \n\n\n\nWill Dog find that there are sweet moments to be cherished amidst the chaos? URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/special-story-time-the-trouble-with-children-according-to-dog/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T200000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251019T163031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251019T231634Z UID:10002677-1762624800-1762632000@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Kenja McCray DESCRIPTION:About the Author\n\n\n\nKenja McCray is Assistant Professor of History in the Department of Humanities at Clayton State University and coauthor of Atlanta Metropolitan State College\, a campus history. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nA new perspective on women’s Black Power leadership legacies \n\n\n\nAcademics and popular commentors have expressed common sentiments about the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s-that it was male dominated and overrun with autocratic leaders. Yet women’s strategizing\, management\, and sustained work were integral to movement organizations’ functioning\, and female advocates of cultural nationalism often exhibited a unique service-oriented\, collaborative leadership style. \n\n\n\nEssential Soldiers documents a variety of women Pan-African nationalists’ experiences\, considering the ways they produced a distinctive kind of leadership through their devotion and service to the struggle for freedom and equality. Relying on oral histories\, textual archival material\, and scholarly literature\, this book delves into women’s organizing and resistance efforts\, investigating how they challenged the one-dimensional notions of gender roles within cultural nationalist organizations. Revealing a form of Black Power leadership that has never been highlighted\, Kenja McCray explores how women articulated and used their power to transform themselves and their environments. Through her examination\, McCray argues that women’s Pan-Africanist cultural nationalist activism embodied a work-centered\, people-centered\, and African-centered form of service leadership. A dynamic and fascinating narrative of African American women activists\, Essential Soldiers provides a new vantage point for considering Black Power leadership legacies. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-kenja-mccray/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/13.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251019T162009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T003801Z UID:10002675-1762799400-1762803000@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Writers Guild DESCRIPTION:Unlock your writing potential through Scholar & Scribe writing workshops! Hone your writing skills and receive valuable feedback from fellow writers. Complete the form below and select “Writers Guild” to sign up! Members will take turns leading each month. If you’re interested in leading\, please let us know in the comments. \n\n\n\nSign Up URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/writers-guild-2/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/November-Calendar-Events-9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T180000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251103T002051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T040256Z UID:10002678-1762876800-1762884000@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Dog Man Release Paw-ty DESCRIPTION:Join the fun & snag your kiddo a copy of the latest epic adventure in the hit graphic novel series featuring our favorite canine superhero. Pop by the shop from 4 – 6pm on Tuesday\, Nov 11 to celebrate the release of the newest Dog Man\, Big Jim Believes. We’ll have fun games\, giveaways\, and a super secret sneak peak of what’s next to come in the series! \n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets + Preorder Your Copy\n\nGet Your Tickets Only URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/dog-man-release-paw-ty/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/November-Calendar-Events-8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251103T005741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T005743Z UID:10002738-1763490600-1763494200@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club: Postcolonial Love Poem DESCRIPTION:Our poetry selection for November is Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nWINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY \n\n\n\nPostcolonial Love Poem is an anthem of desire against erasure. Natalie Diaz’s brilliant second collection demands that every body carried in its pages—bodies of language\, land\, rivers\, suffering brothers\, enemies\, and lovers—be touched and held as beloveds. Through these poems\, the wounds inflicted by America onto an indigenous people are allowed to bloom pleasure and tenderness: “Let me call my anxiety\, desire\, then. / Let me call it\, a garden.” In this new lyrical landscape\, the bodies of indigenous\, Latinx\, black\, and brown women are simultaneously the body politic and the body ecstatic. In claiming this autonomy of desire\, language is pushed to its dark edges\, the astonishing dunefields and forests where pleasure and love are both grief and joy\, violence and sensuality. \n\n\n\nDiaz defies the conditions from which she writes\, a nation whose creation predicated the diminishment and ultimate erasure of bodies like hers and the people she loves: “I am doing my best to not become a museum / of myself. I am doing my best to breathe in and out. // I am begging: Let me be lonely but not invisible.” Postcolonial Love Poem unravels notions of American goodness and creates something more powerful than hope—in it\, a future is built\, future being a matrix of the choices we make now\, and in these poems\, Diaz chooses love. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/poetry-book-club-postcolonial-love-poem/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251103T001436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T001437Z UID:10002679-1763577000-1763580600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Romance Book Club: All Rhodes Lead Here DESCRIPTION:Our romance selection for November is All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nThe people we lose take a part of us with them…but they leave a part of themselves with us too. \n\n\n\nAurora De La Torre\, or Ora to her friends\, knows moving back to Pagosa Springs\, Colorado\, a place that was once home and is now full of bittersweet memories of her late mother\, isn’t going to be easy. Starting your whole life over probably isn’t supposed to be. \n\n\n\nBut after breaking up with her longtime\, famous musician boyfriend\, hiding out in a small town in the mountains might be the perfect remedy for a broken heart. And checking out her landlord who lives across the driveway just might cure it\, too. \n\n\n\nOnly Tobias Rhodes didn’t rent out the apartment to her\, rather it was his teenage son\, Amos. Fiercely protective of his family and distrusting of strangers\, gruff and grumpy Rhodes initially keeps little miss sunshine Ora at a distance. But over days and weeks\, long hikes and fireside chats\, Aurora breaks down his walls and soon an unbreakable friendship blossoms into a once-in-a-lifetime love. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/romance-book-club-all-rhodes-lead-here/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/November-Calendar-Events.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251103T004815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T004844Z UID:10002736-1763577000-1763580600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Memoir Book Club: I Am\, I Am\, I Am DESCRIPTION:Our memoir selection for November is I Am\, I Am\, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nThe childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year\, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And\, most terrifying of all\, an ongoing\, daily struggle to protect her daughter from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life’s myriad dangers. \n\n\n\nHere\, O’Farrell stiches together these discrete encounters to tell the story of her entire life. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and restrained emotion\, she captures the perils running just beneath the surface\, and illuminates the preciousness\, beauty\, and mysteries of life itself. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/memoir-book-club-i-am-i-am-i-am/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T200000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251103T005252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T005253Z UID:10002737-1763665200-1763668800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club: To the Moon and Back DESCRIPTION:Our fiction selection for November is To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nIn this dazzlingly powerful story of family\, ambition and belonging\, one young woman’s obsessive quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut irrevocably alters the fates of the people she loves most. \n\n\n\nSteph Harper is on the run. She has been all her life\, ever since her mother drove five-year-old Steph and her younger sister through the night to Cherokee Nation\, a place they had never been\, but where she hoped they might finally belong. In response to the turmoil\, Steph sets her sights as far away from Oklahoma as she can get\, vowing that she will let nothing get in the way of pursuing the rigorous physical and academic training she knows she will need to be accepted by NASA\, and ultimately\, to go to the moon. \n\n\n\nSpanning three decades and several continents\, To the Moon and Back encompasses Steph’s turbulent journey\, along with the multifaceted and intertwined lives of the three women closest to her: her sister Kayla\, an artist who goes on to become an Indigenous social media influencer\, and whose determination to appear good takes her life to unexpected places; Steph’s college girlfriend Della Owens\, who strives to reclaim her identity as an adult after being removed from her Cherokee family through a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act; and Hannah\, Steph and Kayla’s mother\, who has held up her family’s tribal history as a beacon of inspiration to her children\, all the while keeping her own past a secret. \n\n\n\nIn Steph’s certainty that only her ambition can save her\, she will stretch her bonds with each of these women to the point of breaking\, at once betraying their love and generosity\, and forcing them to reconsider their own deepest desires in her shadow. Told through an intricately woven tapestry of narrative\, To the Moon and Back is an astounding and expansive novel of mothers and daughters\, love and sacrifice\, alienation and heartbreak\, terror and wonder. At its core\, it is the story of the extraordinary lengths to which one woman will go to find space for herself. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/fiction-book-club-to-the-moon-and-back/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T110000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251104T000223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T000225Z UID:10002740-1763807400-1763809200@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Special Story Time: Lenora Respert\, Early Childhood Expert DESCRIPTION:Gather the little ones and join us for a joyful morning of stories\, laughter\, and imagination led by childrens author\, Lenora Respert! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/special-story-time-lenora-respert-early-childhood-expert/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,For the Kids ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/August-Calendar-Events.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T170000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251104T012127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T012129Z UID:10002741-1763823600-1763830800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Cherisse Stephens DESCRIPTION:About the Author\n\n\n\nCherisse Stephens is an award-winning author\, inspirational speaker\, and visionary leader committed to empowering individuals to live with purpose\, joy\, and confidence. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nFrom the boardroom to the living room\, the classroom to the community\, and even within our families\, leaders are rising everywhere. Let’s C.E.O. is more than a book; it’s a movement. Designed for CEOs\, entrepreneurs\, family leaders\, and vision-driven changemakers\, this powerful guide calls us to choose collaboration over competition and to build legacies that outlast us. \n\n\n\nThrough inspiring principles\, actionable strategies\, and real-life examples\, Let’s C.E.O. shows you how to: \n\n\n\n\nCover each other with encouragement and accountability.\n\n\n\nLead with vision and purpose in business\, family\, and community life.\n\n\n\nTransform competition into collaboration that multiplies impact.\n\n\n\nLeave a legacy that empowers the next generation of leaders. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-cherisse-stephens-2/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/November-Calendar-Events.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T190000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251104T031137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T040238Z UID:10002742-1763917200-1763924400@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Off-Site Author Event: Elaine Swann DESCRIPTION:We’re partnering up with Elaine Swann to provide the books for her launch party. The purchase of this book is your “ticket” for entry to Elaine’s event on November 23. Order through us\, your friendly local bookstore\, and pickup your copy at check-in at the event. \n\n\n\nPreorder Your Copy URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/off-site-author-event-elaine-swann/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/November-Calendar-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251103T010137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T010138Z UID:10002739-1764009000-1764012600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Mystery Book Club: The Missing Half DESCRIPTION:Our mystery selection for November is The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two women haunted by their sisters’ unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie. \n\n\n\nNicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four\, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka\, Indiana\, she’s just gotten a DWI\, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school\, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years—since the day her older sister\, Kasey\, vanished without a trace. \n\n\n\nOn the night Kasey went missing\, her car was found over a hundred miles from home. The driver’s door was open and her purse was untouched in the seat next to it. The only real clue in her disappearance was Jules Connor\, another young woman from the same area who disappeared in the same way\, two weeks earlier. But with so little for the police to go on\, both cases eventually went cold. \n\n\n\nNic wants nothing more than to move on from her sister’s disappearance and the state it’s left her in. But then one day\, Jules’s sister\, Jenna Connor\, walks into Nic’s life and offers her something she hasn’t felt in a long time: hope. What follows is a gripping tale of two sisters who will do anything to find their missing halves\, even if it means destroying everything they’ve ever known. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/mystery-book-club-the-missing-half/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T140000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251204T010232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T010233Z UID:10002752-1765022400-1765029600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Sherman Kew DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the season on December 6th with local author Sherman Kew and An Ornament Story. It’s a charming holiday adventure about a lost ornament\, a brave quest\, and the magic of finding your way home. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-sherman-kew/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/December-Calendar-Events-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T160000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251204T005800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T005835Z UID:10002751-1765029600-1765036800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Sucheta Rawal DESCRIPTION:Pack your imagination — we’re going on an adventure! Meet Atlanta’s own Sucheta Rawal\, the travel writer behind the Beato Goes To series\, as she shares stories that whisk readers across cultures and continents. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-sucheta-rawal/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/December-Calendar-Events.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T140000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251109T225636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T223511Z UID:10002680-1765627200-1765634400@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Liz Mannchen DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming author Liz Mannchen to Scholar & Scribe for an engaging conversation and a warm\, community-focused event. Come connect with a wonderful storyteller and explore the inspiration behind her work. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/an-evening-of-music-storytelling-with-liz-mannchen/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/November-Calendar-Events-12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T160000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251204T013941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T013942Z UID:10002753-1765634400-1765641600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Ralph Ellis DESCRIPTION:We’re honored to welcome retired AJC journalist Ralph Ellis\, author of The Accident Report. With decades of reporting experience\, Ellis brings sharp insight and a storyteller’s eye to real events\, weaving truth\, tension\, and humanity into every page. Join us for a thoughtful\, engaging conversation with a writer who knows how to uncover the story beneath the story. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-ralph-ellis/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/December-Calendar-Events-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251217T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251217T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251207T224021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T224023Z UID:10002756-1765996200-1765999800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Memoir Book Club: Men We Reaped DESCRIPTION:Our memoir selection for December is Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\n“We saw the lightning and that was the guns; and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops\, it was dead men that we reaped.” -Harriet Tubman \n\n\n\nIn five years\, Jesmyn Ward lost five young men in her life-to drugs\, accidents\, suicide\, and the bad luck that can follow people who live in poverty\, particularly black men. Dealing with these losses\, one after another\, made Jesmyn ask the question: Why? And as she began to write about the experience of living through all the dying\, she realized the truth-and it took her breath away. Her brother and her friends all died because of who they were and where they were from\, because they lived with a history of racism and economic struggle that fostered drug addiction and the dissolution of family and relationships. Jesmyn says the answer was so obvious she felt stupid for not seeing it. But it nagged at her until she knew she had to write about her community\, to write their stories and her own. \n\n\n\nJesmyn grew up in poverty in rural Mississippi. She writes powerfully about the pressures this brings\, on the men who can do no right and the women who stand in for family in a society where the men are often absent. She bravely tells her story\, revisiting the agonizing losses of her only brother and her friends. As the sole member of her family to leave home and pursue higher education\, she writes about this parallel American universe with the objectivity distance provides and the intimacy of utter familiarity. A brutal world rendered beautifully\, Jesmyn Ward’s memoir will sit comfortably alongside Edwidge Danticat’s Brother\, I’m Dying\, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life\, and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/memoir-book-club-men-we-reaped/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251217T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251217T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251207T224510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T224512Z UID:10002757-1765996200-1765999800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Romance Book Club: The Plight Before Christmas DESCRIPTION:Our romance selection for December is The Plight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nThe Plight Before Christmas is a full length\, second chance\, Christmas themed romance and most definitely on SANTA’S NAUGHTY LIST! \n\n\n\nClark Griswold was onto something\, at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug-another breakup\, a broken toe\, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get-I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ\, happ\, happiest Christmas EVER. \n\n\n\nWhen Mom insisted that we all gather at my Grandparent’s ancient cabin for an old school family Christmas\, I fully intended to get into the holiday spirit with the help of the three wise men\, Johnnie Walker\, Jack Daniels\, and Jim Beam. But those boys did absolutely nothing to offset the shock or temper the sting of seeing my EX on our doorstep the first day of our holiday soiree. \n\n\n\nApparently\, Santa missed the memo\, and this elf is pissed. \n\n\n\nStuck for a week with the man who obliterated my heart nearly two decades ago\, I did the only thing I could do and put on my game face\, thankful for the home advantage. \n\n\n\nI knew better than to drink that last cup of eggnog. \n\n\n\nI knew better than to get tongue tangled beneath the mistletoe with the only man to ever break my heart. \n\n\n\nI knew better than to sleep with Satan’s wingman on the eve of the Lord’s birthday. \n\n\n\nI could blame the nog. I could blame the deceitful light blue eyes\, thick\, angelic hair\, and panty evaporating smirk…but mostly\, I blame Eli because he always knew exactly which of my buttons to push. \n\n\n\nI foolishly thought a family Christmas filled with nostalgia was going to turn my inner Scrooge around\, but this year’s festivities went up in flames. Leave it to the ghost of my Christmas past to be the one to light the match. \n\n\n\nFa la la la la\, la FML. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/romance-book-club-the-plight-before-christmas/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251218T200000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251207T224815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T224854Z UID:10002758-1766084400-1766088000@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club: Amity DESCRIPTION:Our fiction selection for December is Amity by Nathan Harris. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and sister\, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom\, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage. \n\n\n\nNew Orleans\, 1866. The Civil War might be over\, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago\, the siblings were separated when their old master\, Mr. Harper\, took June away to Mexico\, where he hoped to escape the new reality of the postbellum South. Coleman stayed behind in Louisiana to serve the Harper family\, clinging to the hope that one day June would return. \n\n\n\nWhen an unexpected letter from Mr. Harper arrives\, summoning Coleman to Mexico\, Coleman thinks that finally his prayers have been answered. What Coleman cannot know is the tangled truth of June’s tribulations under Mr. Harper out on the frontier. And when disaster strikes Coleman’s journey\, he is forced on the run with Mr. Harper’s daughter\, Florence. Together\, they venture into the Mexican desert to find June\, all the while evading two crooked brothers who’ll stop at nothing to capture Coleman and Florence and collect the money they’re owed. As Coleman and June separately navigate a perilous\, parched landscape\, the siblings learn quickly that freedom isn’t always given–sometimes\, it must be taken by force. \n\n\n\nAs in his New York Times bestselling debut The Sweetness of Water\, Nathan Harris delves into the critical years of the Civil War’s aftermath to deliver an intimate and epic tale of what freedom means in a society still determined to return its Black citizens to bondage. Populated with unforgettable characters\, Amity is a vital addition to the literature of emancipation. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/fiction-book-club-amity/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251229T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251229T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251207T225323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T225325Z UID:10002759-1767033000-1767036600@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Mystery Book Club: Local Woman Missing DESCRIPTION:Our mystery selection for December is Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nIn this smart and chilling thriller\, master of suspense Mary Kubica\, author of Just the Nicest Couple\, takes domestic secrets to a whole new level\, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried. \n\n\n\nPeople don’t just disappear without a trace… \n\n\n\nShelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after\, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter\, Delilah\, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen\, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers\, the case eventually goes cold. \n\n\n\nNow\, eleven years later\, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her\, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find… \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/mystery-book-club-local-woman-missing/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251230T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251230T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251207T225716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T225718Z UID:10002760-1767119400-1767123000@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club: A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost DESCRIPTION:Our poetry selection for December is A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nThe early works of beloved poet Robert Frost\, collected in one volume. \n\n\n\nThe poetry of Robert Frost is praised for its realistic depiction of rural life in New England during the early twentieth century\, as well as for its examination of social and philosophical issues. Through the use of American idiom and free verse\, Frost produced many enduring poems that remain popular with modern readers. A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost contains all the poems from his first four published collections: A Boy’s Will (1913)\, North of Boston (1914)\, Mountain Interval (1916)\, and New Hampshire (1923)\, including classics such as “The Road Not Taken\,” “Fire and Ice\,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” This handsome leather-bound volume is an elegant addition to every poetry lover’s shelf. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/poetry-book-club-a-collection-of-poems-by-robert-frost/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260106T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260106T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251207T230128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T230129Z UID:10002761-1767724200-1767727800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Christian Fiction Book Club: Firefly Diaries DESCRIPTION:Our Christian fiction selection for December is Firefly Diaries by C.C. Warrens. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\n“The world whipped around her in a dizzying funnel of lights and shouts\, people in uniforms pressing in from all directions. Noelle sat motionless in the street\, barely able to breathe. His little body was too still. Too broken.” \n\n\n\nNoelle’s world shattered that night\, like the pieces of headlights scattered across the dark street. There was no rebuilding her life around the grave of her child. \n\n\n\nAdrift in her grief\, Noelle finds herself drawn to an old house as rundown and weary as her spirit. She might not be able to mend her own brokenness\, but maybe she can restore this abandoned structure to its former beauty. Determined\, she throws herself into a renovation project with the unexpected help of a local. But she soon learns that her new home comes with a blood-stained history and a chilling reputation. \n\n\n\nWhen she stumbles across a diary written by a child with a disturbing life\, and a teenage girl vanishes from the village\, clues leave Noelle wondering if her house might somehow be connected. Someone — or something — wants her gone\, but she has no intention of leaving without discovering the truth. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/christian-fiction-book-club-firefly-diaries/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T140000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20260116T014354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T022508Z UID:10002783-1768651200-1768658400@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: ST Tangirala DESCRIPTION:About the Book\n\n\n\nWhen the sun erupts\, a plane falls and the fight to survive begins. \n\n\n\nA rare\, catastrophic solar flare cripples global communications and sends Celestine Airlines Flight 24 plunging into the unforgiving Austrian Alps. Among the wreckage\, Steve Turner\, a young American sports executive\, wakes to find himself one of the few survivors. By his side is Oliver\, a six-year-old boy from the UK whose family perished in the crash. \n\n\n\nCold\, injured\, and cut off from the world. With a dying father’s last words ringing in his ears\, Steve clings to a single promise: get Oliver home. Yet as they battle hunger\, grief\, and the terrain itself\, the greatest threat may not be the mountains-it may be losing hope. \n\n\n\nSolar Fury: Lost in the Alps is a gripping disaster thriller of survival\, sacrifice\, and the unbreakable human will to keep a promise. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-st-tangirala/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/13.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260117T170000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20260116T013804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T022453Z UID:10002782-1768662000-1768669200@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Author Event: Lisa James DESCRIPTION:About the Author\n\n\n\nLisa James is a Northern native living in the South\, a poet and author\, devoted mother\, and survivor whose journey shapes her work. She is a millennial small business owner and PMI-certified business consultant passionate about youth development\, social advocacy\, and creating meaningful impact through purpose-driven leadership. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nAt the start of a worldwide pandemic; a tragic car accident changed my life forever. This is the story of how God’s grace brought me through survivor’s guilt\, spinal surgery\, and divorce during unprecedented chaos. While I struggled to cope with the passing of the other driver; I fought to keep my dignity\, faith\, and strength intact. The trauma of unsaid accusations and investigations was a source of daily pain and fear. I didn’t feel like I had the right to complain because I had walked away with my life. The first surgery of my life took place on election day in 2020. With all the threats of violence and political division\, there could not have been a scarier time to close my eyes to the world and trust that I would wake back up. \n\n\n\nBefore and after the surgery; I had tremendous doubts about my physical healing. God’s grace sustained my mental well-being\, which resulted in overall healing. As I struggled to complete a graduates degree and home school teenage twins; my oldest child became a mother. There was nothing ordinary about my first grandchild’s birth. In fact\, a lot went wrong while I sat patiently on the sidelines begging God to “tag me in”. \n\n\n\nAs I learned to trust HIM more and more\, I found solace in HIS grace. I found hidden treasures in peaceful places. This story is for the person that seemingly lost everything and everyone\, all at once. Only; they held on long enough to experience GOD’s grace. Each morning that they GOD up\, and put one foot in front of the other\, they saw more and more to be thankful for. They never ever gave up. Even when it hurt so bad\, they would question what it actually meant to be a survivor. \n\n\n\nThis story is about understanding and receiving GOD’s grace. It’s about its perfect timing. It’s about letting go and letting GOD. It’s about leaning not on your own understanding. This story is therapy and GOD’s way of letting me feel what I needed to feel\, in order to close those gaping wounds. I’ve never cried so deeply or felt such gripping fear. I’ve also never felt such joy and restoration. \n\n\n\nThis is not a religious book; it’s about faith. It’s about a knowing that only GOD’s child can cultivate and receive. This story starts out being about a failure to yield but ends with love that knows no bounds. URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/author-event-lisa-james/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Author Event,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/14.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20251227T171420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251227T171432Z UID:10002769-1769020200-1769023800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club: The Spear Cuts Through Water DESCRIPTION:Our fantasy selection for January is The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nTwo warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds. \n\n\n\nThe people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons\, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace. \n\n\n\nBut that god cannot be contained forever. \n\n\n\nWith the aid of Jun\, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past\, and Keema\, an outcast fighting for his future\, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children\, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. \n\n\n\nBoth a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity\, legacy\, and belonging\, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you’ve ever read before. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/fantasy-book-club-the-spear-cuts-through-water/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20260106T012117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T012119Z UID:10002776-1769452200-1769455800@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Mystery Book Club: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers DESCRIPTION:Our mystery selection for January is Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\nA lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto\, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties. \n\n\n\nVera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah\, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone\, Vera is not needy\, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. \n\n\n\nThen one morning\, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand\, a flash drive. Vera doesn’t know what comes over her\, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would\, she sort of . . . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron. Why? Because Vera is sure she would do a better job than the police possibly could\, because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands. Vera knows the killer will be back for the flash drive; all she has to do is watch the increasing number of customers at her shop and figure out which one among them is the killer. \n\n\n\nWhat Vera does not expect is to form friendships with her customers and start to care for each and every one of them. As a protective mother hen\, will she end up having to give one of her newfound chicks to the police? \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nIf you purchase the audiobook through Libro.fm\, send your receipt to hello@scholarandscribe.com to be added to the club. Same\, if you order through Bookshop.org! \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/mystery-book-club-vera-wongs-unsolicited-advice-for-murderers/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T193000 DTSTAMP:20261014T193631 CREATED:20260106T011304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T011306Z UID:10002775-1769538600-1769542200@scholarandscribe.com SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club: Diving into the Wreck DESCRIPTION:Our poetry selection for January is Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich. If you haven’t already\, please complete the form and be sure to purchase your copy at Scholar & Scribe to read beforehand…and get 10% off when you do! \n\n\n\n“I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the damage that was done / and the treasures that prevail.” These provocative poems move with the power of Rich’s distinctive voice. \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and connect with fellow book lovers. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nJoin the Club! URL:https://scholarandscribe.com/event/poetry-book-club-diving-into-the-wreck/ LOCATION:GA CATEGORIES:Book Club ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://scholarandscribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR