Jennifer Bean Bower
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May 10, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. - Book discussion and signing at Reidsville Public Library. Admission is free. To learn more visit: http://www.rcpl.org/

May 1, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. - Lecture on Maynard Field: North Carolina's First Commercial Airfield at Reynolda Manor Branch Library for the Forsyth County Genealogical Society. Admission is free. For more information visit: https://forsythgen.org/

March 8, 2018, at 12:30 p.m. - Celebrate Women's History Month by attending my lecture on Viola Gentry at the James Library/ Rockingham Community College. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information visit: www.rockinghamcc.edu/library/

November 11, 2017 - "The Salem Photographer & The Siamese Twins" was presented a Publication Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians.

October 28, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. - Come see me at Bright Leaf Books where I will be reading from Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem. Book signing to follow. For more information visit: www.brightleafbookshop.com

October 27, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. - Enjoy a parlor game and a few tales of murder, mystery, and mayhem, at Korner's Folly. Tickets are $5.00 and include an adult beverage. Learn more at: www.kornersfolly.org

October 25, 2017, at 7:00 p.m.
- Join me and three other authors at the 4 on 4th Local Author Series. Hosted by Winston-Salem Writers and Bookmarks, the free event will be held at Bookmarks Bookstore. For more information visit: www.wswriters.org or www.bookmarksnc.org 

March 14, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. - Lecture on Maynard Field: North Carolina's First Commercial Airfield at the Kernersville Museum. Admission is free. For more information visit: www.kernersvillemuseum.org

November 5, 2016 - "From Tobacco Field to Battlefield: Harvey Lee "Bud" Hicks and The Battle of the Bulge" received a Publication Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians. 


June 14, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. - Presentation on Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem for the Friedland Moravian Women's Fellowship. Book signing to follow. 

June 11, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier book signing at the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame.

June 4, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. - Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem book signing at Costco in Winston-Salem. 

April 29, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. - Join me for "Dinner and A Slice of History" at the International Women's Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The presentation will focus on Viola Gentry's triumphs and tragedies in the world of aviation. Book signing to follow. Admission is $15.00 for members/$17.00 for non-members. RSVP by April 27. For more information visit: http://www.iwasm.org

October 29, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me at the Alpha Chapel in Historic Bethania where I will share a few tales of murder, mystery and mayhem. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information visit: http://townofbethania.org/

October 17, 2015 - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier was presented the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award by the North Carolina Society of Historians.

September 20, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier book signing and walk around at the Winston Salem Air Show.

September 19, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. - Book signing at the SIBA Trade Show with The History Press in Raleigh, NC.

July 22, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. - Tune in to 600 WSJS to hear me and J. R. Snider discuss Viola Gentry and her contributions to aviation. 

July 2015 - "Through Time, Tide, and Turmoil" was awarded First Place in the Winston-Salem Writers Flash Fiction Contest.

June 16, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. - Tune in to 1490 WLOE/1420 WMYN  (Rockingham County Radio), to hear me and Mike Moore talk about Viola Gentry on the Celebrate NC radio show. To learn more, please visit:
http://www.wloewmyn.com/Program_Highlights.html

June 8, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me at Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville, NC, where I will be talking about and signing copies of North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier. For more information visit: http://www.malaprops.com/

May 2, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:oo p.m. - Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day by visiting me, and a host of other authors, at Page After Page Bookstore in Elizabeth City, NC. To learn more, please visit: http://www.pageafterpagebook.com/

April 11, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. - Come visit me at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro where I will be signing copies of my latest book, North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier. For more information visit: http://www.scuppernongbooks.com/

April 9, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. - Animal Adventures in North Carolina book talk and signing for the Kernersville Noon Book Club. I will be joined by Nora Aker, co-owner of All-A-Flutter Butterfly Farm.


May 8, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. - Please join me at the King Public Library, where I will be telling stories from the book, Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem (talk will be accompanied by historical photographs and music). Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information visit: http://www.nwrl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=213&catids=126&Itemid=411

April 12, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. - Come out to the Community Arts Café (Underground Theatre) to see a staged reading of my play, One Good Deed, which won First Place in the 2014 Winston-Salem Writers 10-Minute Play Contest. Admission is $5.00 for Winston-Salem Writers Members and $7.00 for nonmembers. For more information visit:  http://communityartscafe.com/ or http://wswriters.org/

March 2014 - One Good Deed was awarded First Place in the Winston-Salem Writers 10-Minute Play Contest.


October 24, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. - Please join me at the New Winston Museum, as I deliver a few tales of murder, mystery and mayhem. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information visit: www.newwinston.org

September 13, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. - Come see me, and a host of other authors, at the Central Library's Local Author Fair. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. For more information visit:  http://www.forsyth.cc/library/?StoryID=18686  

October 2012 -
Animal Adventures in North Carolina was given a five star review and presented with a bronze award by Readers' Favorite.

March 2012 - Under contract for a biography on an early North Carolina aviatrix. The book will take over a year to complete. Stay tuned!







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