Casey Cep, New York Times best selling author, talks about the incredible story of a Baptist minister accused of murdering five of his family members who was himself murdered at the funeral of his last victim, the lawyer who defended both the reverend and the vigilante who shot him, along with Pulitzer-Prize winner Harper Lee's own attempt to write a book about the case.

Rufus Edmisten, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, NC Attorney General and Secretary of State, Democratic nominee for governor in 1984 and, many say, the most colorful politician in North Carolina’s last 50 years, talks about his new book, “That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Heel Politics, Watergate and Public Life”

Casey Cep, New York Times best selling author, talks about the incredible story of a Baptist minister accused of murdering five of his family members who was himself murdered at the funeral of his last victim, the lawyer who defended both the reverend and the vigilante who shot him, along with Pulitzer-Prize winner Harper Lee's own attempt to write a book about the case.

Larry Tise, Wilbur and Orville Wright Distinguished Professor of History at East Carolina University from 2000 to 2015, talks about the history and culture of the region we call the “Outer Banks” his new book “Circa 1903: North Carolina’s Outer Banks at turn of the Dawn of Flight.”

Elizabeth Marie Melchionna, rector at the Chapel of the Cross, talks about her experiences as leader of one of Chapel Hill’s oldest and most influential churches.

Howard Covington, author of “Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase”, He talks about the new book and the University of North Carolina during the years between World War I and the Great Depression

Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, talks about the continuing work at the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel and about her new book, “Masada From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth.” More info at http://huqoq.web.unc.edu/

Elaine Neil Orr, professor of English at North Carolina State University and the author of “Swimming Between Worlds”, talks about the new book and the two worlds on the American South in 1959 and the worlds of Nigeria.br /

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She will be a guest on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch at 11am on Sunday, July 28, and 5pm Tuesday, July 30.

Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina led a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.br /

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She will be a guest on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch at 11am on Sunday, July 21, and 5pm Tuesday, July 23.

Gene Nichol, Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor at the UNC Law School, director of the UNC Poverty Center (2008-2015) and author of “The Faces of Poverty in North Carolina: Stories from Our Invisible Citizens.” He talks about the new book and the consequences of rampant poverty in North Carolina.