Reading Between the Wines 

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Reading Between the Wines is an evening of delectable wines and craft beer,

savory hors d’oeuvres and literary engagement.

For information about this event, call us at 919-735-1990. 

Thank You 

Featured Guest - D.G Martin 

D.G. Martin is host of UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Bookwatch,”

the state’s premier literary series. 

A graduate of Davidson College and Yale Law School and a former Green Beret, Martin practiced law in Charlotte for 20 years before joining the University of North Carolina, where he served as Vice President for Public Affairs and chief legislative liaison. Since his retirement he has served in interim leadership positions at UNC-Pembroke, North Carolina Central University, Trust for Public Land, Triangle Land Conservancy, North Carolina’s Clean Water Management Trust Fund, and as President of the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund. About 40 North Carolina newspapers carry his weekly newspaper column that features books, politics, and related topics. In May 2008 Wingate University awarded him an honorary degree.  He and Harriet have two children and four grandchildren. His son Grier Martin serves in the North Carolina House of Representative.

Want to eat like the locals? D. G. Martin has spent years traveling the major roadways of North Carolina, on the lookout for community, local history, and, of course, a good home-cooked meal. In North Carolina's Roadside Eateries, D. G. is your personal tour guide to more than 100 notable local roadway haunts that serve not only as places to eat but also as fixtures of their communities. 

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Built in 1883, this elegant home contains Italiante influences with a polychrome slate roof. The exterior is painted in the original colors of Downing Straw, Rookwood Green, and Indian red. The downstairs interior has been largely restored using reproduction Victorian wallpapers. The current homeowners, Jewel and Randy Sauls, purchased this elegant structure in 2000. 

Preview the Frank K. Borden Home

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Literacy Connections of Wayne County

2001 East Ash Street - Suite D 

Goldsboro, NC    27530

*Checks payable to Literacy Connections of Wayne County

Thank You 2019 Sponsors

 The proceeds from this event support Literacy Connections in its mission to help adult learners in Wayne County learn the literacy skills to succeed in our community. 

The Ellen and Munroe Best 

Family Foundation

Gary & Carol Smithwick

AccuCopy of Goldsboro

The Borden Foundation

The Buzz Around Wayne County

John Best

Crown Screening

Friends of the Steel

Memorial Library

Geoff & Lee Hulse

Goldsboro News Argus

Goldsboro Wayne Travel & Tourism

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InJoy Thrift Store

Randy and Jewel Sauls

KS Bank

O'berry & Lewis

Pat Preston

Tiffany Creech

WGTV

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