PRESENTING SPONSOR
HONORARY CHAIRS

Gene & Jean Cochrane and Charles Thomas & Micaila Milburn

Thursday, November 2, 2023  |  Charlotte Convention Center

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Melanie
Benjamin

image: Amy Bissonette

Roxane
Gay

Sadeqa
Johnson

image: Rhodes Photo LLC

Etaf
Rum

Brad
Taylor

image: Claudio Marinesco

Verse & Vino is Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation’s signature annual fundraiser. For a decade, this celebration of reading, writing and the joy of libraries – shared with a community of readers and New York Times best-selling authors – has become one of our region’s most anticipated events.

6:00 pm
Wine and cocktail hour, book sales, and book signings by the authors

7:00 pm
Dinner and Program

MENU

Fall salad with mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage with a white balsamic vinaigrette
gluten and dairy free

Land and Sea Duet: pan roasted salmon with green and golden tomato confit and chargrilled filet with a bourbon reduction, sauteed green beans and roasted potatoes
gluten free
–OR–
Barbecue Tofu with Job’s Tears (barley), succotash, roasted Roma tomato, southern green beans and baby carrots
vegan

Flourless chocolate torte (gluten free) or carrot cake

9:30 pm
Program ends with an opportunity for additional book sales and signings

Purchase individual tickets or a table of 10
Take a walk down Verse & Vino memory lane

Author Sponsor

First Edition Sponsors

Wine Sponsor

Technology Sponsor

Best Seller Sponsors

Collector Sponsors

Table Sponsors

Charles and Mary Bowman

Brown Brothers Harriman

Centene

Charlotte Hornets

Susan Daughtridge

LeRoy and Wyea Davis

Sarah Dodd

Selena Giovannelli

Molly Griffin and Bob Sink

Peter Keane

Kelso Communications

Loftin

Mecklenburg County

Caton and Charlie Morris

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

PMC Commercial Interiors

Sally and Russell Robinson

TCG Events

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