Each year, North Carolina authors publish hundreds of books of all types and UNC-TV’s local literary series North Carolina Bookwatch has 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.

Don't miss a single episode of the upcoming 11th season of North Carolina Bookwatch, booking this year's most acclaimed Tar Heel authors and their latest works, Fridays at 9:30 PM, with encore episodes Sundays, at 5 PM.

This year's series includes:

Friday, July 11, & Sunday, July 13
Frances Mayes
A Year in the World

Friday, July 18, & Sunday, July 20
Rob Christensen
The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics

Friday, July 25, & Sunday, July 27
Robert Morgan
Boone

Friday, Aug 1, & Sunday, Aug 3
Eleanora Tate
Celeste’s Harlem Renaissance

Friday, Aug 8, & Sunday, Aug 10
Eric Wilson
Against Happiness

Friday, Aug 15, & Sunday, Aug 17
Wayne Caldwell
Cataloochee

Friday, Aug 22, & Sunday, Aug 24
Theda Perdue
The Cherokee Nation and The Trail of Tears

Friday, Aug 29, & Sunday, Aug 31
Bernie Harberts
Too Proud to Ride a Cow

Friday, Sept 5, & Sunday, Sept 7
Jean Anderson
A Love Affair with Southern Cooking

Friday, Sept 12, & Sunday, Sept 14
Therese Fowler
Souvenir

Friday, Sept 19, & Sunday, Sept 21
Joe Glatthaar
General Lee’s Army:
From Victory to Collapse

Friday, Sept 26, & Sunday, Sept 28
Anna Hayes
Without Precedent:
The Life of Susie Marshall Sharp

Friday, Oct 3, & Sunday, Oct 5
JD Rhoades
Breaking Cover

Friday, Oct 10, & Sunday, Oct 12
Cindy Ramsey
Boys of the Battleship North Carolina

Friday, Oct 17, & Sunday, Oct 19
Nortin Hadler
Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America

Friday, Oct 24, & Sunday, Oct 26
Tony Earley
The Blue Star

Friday, Oct 31, & Sunday, Nov 2
Louise Hawes
Black Pearls

Friday, Nov 7, & Sunday, Nov 9
Nancy Peacock
A Broom of One’s Own

Friday, Nov 14, & Sunday, Nov 16
Anna Rubino
Queen of the Oil Club

Friday, Nov 21, & Sunday, Nov 23
Shelia Moses
The Baptism

Friday, Nov 28, & Sunday, Nov 30
Clyde Edgerton
The Bible Salesman