Author Emily Colin will discuss her book "The Memory Thief" with host D.G. Martin on "North Carolina Bookwatch" at noon today (Sunday, Jan. 20) on UNC-TV.

Although a young woman begs her mountain-climbing husband not to take on Mount McKinley in Alaska, he goes anyway, promising, "I will come back to you."

But, as she feared, he falls to his death. Still, that promise to return is haunting. Learning how it is fulfilled is the backbone of Colin's "The Memory Thief." The action moves from Wilmington to the Swiss Alps, Colorado, Chapel Hill, and the Wildacres Retreat in the North Carolina mountains.

An encore airs Thursday, Jan. 24, at 5 p.m.

"Bookwatch Classics" (programs from earlier years) airs Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. on UNC-MX, a digital cable system channel (Time Warner No. 172 or No. 4.4).

A grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council provides crucial support for North Carolina Bookwatch.

For more information or to view prior programs, visit the Web page www.unctv. org/ncbookwatch

Montgomery County

The Montgomery County Library system announces upcoming events.

Exercise to videos at lunch at the Troy Library every Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning Monday, Jan. 28, at noon. Try out and preview different exercise videos, including walking, dancing and tai chi. Routines will last about 30 to 40 minutes.

The Troy branch offers a "Red Hot Romance" reception on Saturday, Feb. 9, from noon to 3 p.m. Meet and greet six romance authors, including Jennifer Delamere; Teresa Greene; Beth Williamson, also known as Emma Lang; Brenda Stokes Lee; Tressie Lockwood and Dahlia Rose. These authors write science fiction, erotic, historical and Western romances.

Teens can create a video promoting the teen summer reading program, "Beneath the Surface," and enter the North Carolina Video Challenge. Winners will receive $275, and the library will receive $125. The challenge is open to all teens ages 13-18 and to all teen groups.

Get more information at http://www.cslpreads.org or call (910) 572-1311. The deadline for entries is Friday, Feb. 22.

For further information, emal linda.lamp@srls.info/.

Poetry Competition

The Lanier Library, of Tryon, announces that the 2013 Sidney Lanier Award Poetry Competition is now in progress, and the deadline for entries to be received is Feb. 15.

For entry forms and additional information about the competition, visit the Lanier Library's website at www.lanierlib.org.