Each year, North Carolina authors publish hundreds of books of all types and UNC-TV’s local literary series North Carolina Bookwatch has always brought the best and brightest of these southern scribes to the small screen—shedding light on their works, their lives, and the indelible imprint that the state has left upon them. Now, spice up your summer reading with the all-new 12th season of North Carolina Bookwatch. Don't miss a single episode featuring this year's most acclaimed Tar Heel authors and their latest works, every Sunday, at 5 PM.

July 5
John Shelton Reed and Dale Volberg Reed
Holy Smoke

July 12
Justin Catanoso
My Cousin the Saint

July 19
Todd Johnson
The Sweet By and By

July 26
Michael Walden
North Carolina in the Connected Age

August 2
Barbara Fredrickson
Positivity

August 9
Michael Davis
Street Gang

August 16
Dan Ariely
Predictably Irrational

August 23
Howard Lee
The Courage to Lead

August 30
Marianne Gingher
Adventures in Pen Land

September 6
Dan Barefoot
Hark the Sound of Tar Heel Voices

September 13
John Hart
The Last Child

September 20
Episode Preempted for Pledge

September 27
Elizabeth Edwards
Resilience

October 4
Brett Friedlander
Chasing Moonlight

October 11
Michael Malone
The Four Corners of the Sky

October 18
John Kessel
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence: And Other Stories

October 25
Reynolds Price
Ardent Spirits

November 1
Alexandra Sokoloff
The Unseen

November 8
Barry Popkin
The World Is Fat

November 15
Erica Eisdorfer
The Wet Nurse's Tale

November 22
Kate Betterton
Where the Lake Becomes the River

Novermber 29
Shelby Stephenson
Family Matters:
Homage to July, The Slave Girl

December 6
Ron Rash
Serena

December 13 - From Lenoir-Rhyne University!
Marisha Pessl
Special Topics in Calamity Physics

December 20
Paul Escott
What Shall We Do with the Negro?:
Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America

December 27
Jill McCorkle
Going Away Shoes

January 3, 2010
Roy Williams
Hard Work