It’s a very packed weekend in terms of events, so let’s get to those first:

16 (Friday) 6:30 pm: (Non-genre event) McIntyre’s Books hosts bestselling Norwegian thriller novelist Jo Nesbo. More info: http://www.fearrington.com/village/event.asp?id=2317

16 (Friday) 7 pm: Celebrate the third anniversary of local independent bookstore Flyleaf Books at their open house, with Jill McCorkle reading from “My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places”. More info: http://www.flyleafbooks.com/event/flyleaf-anniversary-open-house-and-book-launch-jill-mccorkle-and-my-bookstore-writers-celebrat

17-18 (Saturday and Sunday) — NC Comicon at the Durham Convention Center with a long list of guests and a great artist’s alley lineup: http://nccomicon.com/

at the Durham Convention Center with a long list of guests and a great artist’s alley lineup: http://nccomicon.com/ 17 (Saturday) 3 pm — Quail Ridge Books hosts Morgan Keyes for a reading and signing of new “ages 10 and up” fantasy novel, Darkbeast. More info: http://www.quailridgebooks.com/event/morgan-keyes-new-fantasy-darkbeast

17 (Saturday) 4 pm — “Comics and Cookies” at Chapel Hill Comics, celebrating the success of two local Kickstarters, Alex Wilson (the Eagle Award winning comic “The Time of Reflection!”) and Sylvia Toth (Golden Age Bakery!). More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/484854638201840/

17 (Saturday) 8 to 10 pm — Pittsboro’s Davenport and Winkleperry hosts a book release party for “A Steampunk’s Guide to Sex” with local contributors: https://www.facebook.com/events/462488663795324/

19 (Monday) 6:30 pm — Local author Mark L. Van Name will host a NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) related writing workshop at the Cameron Village Library.

Meanwhile this week also saw two new local author ebook releases: