@bigfootbooksnc
A NEW boutique bookstore/coffee shop in Marion, NC’s downtown social district, offering a curated selection of used and some new books, coffee, espresso drinks, hot tea, gifts, and more! OPEN Wednesdays-Sundays 1pm-9pm
Where should #HiddenHistorian Heather Leah explore here in #McDowellCountyNC when she is visiting us this weekend? Reply with your best ideas!!
AND RSVP now & let us know you’re coming to her author talk & book signing Saturday 3/14 at 2pm: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/heath...
#WNC #MarionNC
You can follow JR Garcia’s walk and support him by liking his “STEP IN FAITH” FB page: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
#SaveOurChildren #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC #WNC
MARION MAN MARCHING TO D.C.: Did you know there’s a man marching from his home here in #MarionNC, all the way to Washington, D.C., to “bring awareness of the atrocities against CHILDREN”?
His name is JR Garcia, and this photo was taken of him by Kristy Neff in North Wilkesboro, NC, on March 3.
Yes, you lost an hour of sleep this morning. Come get some caffeine! 🤣 Open 1-9pm.
#DaylightSavingsTime #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC #WNC
Happy #InternationalWomensDay (March 8)! We just want to give a shout out to some of the AMAZING women business owners right here in downtown #MarionNC.
This is not a complete list, but so many businesses right here on Main Street (and E. Court St. 😅) are run by some incredible women, y’all!
Thank you!!!
Happy 62nd birthday to American author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis, born on this day (3/7) in 1964.
#BretEastonEllis #LessThanZero #AmericanPsycho #TheRulesofAttraction #Writing
Pilots are taking off at #MountMitchell—the highest point in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River—and there have been a few crashes. One pilot reportedly broke his back after crashing in some trees. 🙏
We’ve been learning all about gliding from pilots who’ve been coming into the shop! #WNC
MARION FIRST IN FLIGHT? Did you know that glider pilots from across the country are here in western North Carolina this weekend for a gliding event known as the “Carolina Wave Project”?
#CarolinaWaveProject #MountMitchell #WNC
and a 7,000-unit container yard of hemlock and native ornamentals.
The bio goes on and on!
You do NOT want to miss this opportunity to hear from an amazing storyteller sharing her book “An Appalachian Life: A Storyteller’s Perspective.”
Read the full bio: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/cathe...
Catherine’s career path has taken her to 40 years’ private, institutional, & community #mentalhealth practice. She also spent 25 wonderful yrs as the owner-operator of the #GlenfiddichTreeFarm producing #FraserFir Christmas trees, seedlings, & transplants for other growers …
Her career goal was the #ForeignService, but she did not pursue that, opting instead to manage programs in two federal anti-poverty agencies: #HUD’s #ModelCities Program and the Office of Economic Opportunity.
First published at age 12 in “The Laurel,” the University of North Carolina at Asheville’s creative writing magazine, Catherine Shealy attended #UNCA and #MarsHillCollege simultaneously. Catherine earned her undergraduate degrees at age 18.
Catherine Shealy has one of THE MOST FASCINATING biographies we have ever read: She was born in a 100-year-old log house in eastern #BuncombeCountyNC. She lived there with her mother and father for six years until they moved into a house her mother built.
All this month we have AMAZING WOMEN AUTHORS coming to Marion to share their books and stories with us — starting TODAY (Saturday 3/7) AT 2PM with Catherine Yael Serota Shealy, coming to us all the way from Flag Pond, Tennessee!
www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/cathe...
#AppalachianLife
“No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Happy birthday to English poet #ElizabethBarrettBrowning, born on this day (3/6) in 1806.
#God #GoodBooks #Poet #Poetry
(Yes, we are trying to incentivize you to READ BOOKS WRITTEN BY WOMEN!)
Offer is good on our used books only. Sale ends Sunday, March 29! Come see us today — open 1-9pm.
#WHM2026 #WHM26 #McDowellCountyNC #MarionNC #WNC
It’s World Book Day! (Well, in some parts of the world, anyway 😅)
We announced in our email newsletter yesterday that ALL THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH we’re selling books by female authors buy 1 get 1 (by any author, of equal or lesser value) for HALF PRICE.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WorldBookDay #WNC
“At first she sold Xeroxed copies of the book in a local bookstore before it was published by TarcherPerigee in 1992. She contends that creativity is an authentic spiritual path.”
#JuliaCameron #TheArtistsWay #Spirituality #Creativity
“In 1978, reaching a point in her life when writing and drinking could no longer coexist, Cameron stopped abusing drugs and alcohol, and began teaching creative unblocking, eventually publishing the book based on her work: ‘The Artist's Way.’
#TheArtistsWay
“[Julia Cameron] met Martin Scorsese while on assignment for Oui Magazine. They married in 1976 and divorced a year later in 1977. Her memoir ‘Floor Sample’ details her descent into #alcoholism and #drugaddiction, which induced blackouts, paranoia and psychosis.
#JuliaCameron #MartinScorsese
Happy 77th birthday to American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist Julia Cameron, born on this day in 1948.
#JuliaCameron #TheArtistsWay #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2026 #WHM26
Starting THIS SATURDAY 3/7 at 2pm with Catherine Yael Serota coming to us all the way from Flag Pond, Tennessee.
Catherine has one of THE MOST FASCINATING biographies we have ever read ...
www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/cathe...
#CatherineYaelSerota #FlagPondTN #WNC
March is Women’s History Month, and all this month we have amazing women authors coming to Marion to share their books and stories with us!
www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2026 #WHM26 #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC #WNC
GOOD NEWS: “A route connecting the Pisgah National Forest to [Old Fort, NC] has reopened after being forced to close for 18 months.”
www.wspa.com/news/local-n...
#OldFortNC #McDowellCountNC #PisgahNationalForest #WNC
Available for pre-order on @bookshop.org now!
bookshop.org/a/115933/978...
“The popular book series based on #Disney Tim Burton’s The #NightmareBeforeChristmas is growing with a third installment. Titled ‘Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen,’ the new novel by [WNC author] #MeganShepherd hits shelves in July 2026.”
www.fantasylandnews.com/2026/03/03/s...
Just use the code WHM26 at checkout (and don’t forget to select Bigfoot Books & Brews as your bookstore to support through Bookshop!) to save 20% this month.
For Women’s History Month this month, Bookshop is offering a great 20% off deal on more than 200 titles by women authors, and the great thing is: these are all books recommended by other independent bookstore owners like us!
👉 bookshop.org/info/womens-...
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #WHM2026 #WHM26
Two more modern authors celebrating a birthday today 3/2 (in addition to Dr. Seuss!): John Irving (born in 1942) and Tom Wolfe (1930-2018), not to be confused with the great western North Carolina author Thomas Wolfe (no relation).
#JohnIrving #TomWolfe #PrayerForOwenMeany #DrSeussDay