Sam Williams, a Sparta resident, is newly published by Rosenberry Books in Pittsboro, NC. Rosenberry Books is a made by hand book publisher. Art illustrations which are woodcuts for the book entitled Garden Snippets were executed by Diane Katz of Pittsboro. This is Sam's second poetry collection, the first being By This Christmas Moon, a collection of Christmas themed poems. He is a retired English teacher from Blount County, Tennessee. The new garden themed poems were written in Sparta where Sam gardens; he is a NC and Tennessee Master Gardener. He will be at the Blue Ridge Gallery of Fine Arts for a two day book signing on August 20 from 11am until 5pm and on Sunday, August 21 from 1pm until 5pm. The gallery is location on Pine Swamp Road, at 103 Gallery Lane. For more information call the gallery at 336-372-1711.
