Malaprop's Bookstore / Café presents: Tom Maxwell author event and Q&A led by Mark Capon of Harvest Records. Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Free event! Malaprop's will be onsite selling books.

Maxwell's book, A Really Strange and Wonderful Time, is the first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like Ben Folds Five, Superchunk, and Squirrel Nut Zippers.

TOM MAXWELL is a writer and musician. A product of the fertile Chapel Hill music scene, he was a member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers from 1994 to 1999. Tom’s song “Hell” peaked at Number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, propelling the band to multi-Platinum status. His songs have appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, a Super Bowl commercial, an Academy Award–nominated documentary, and a Tony Award–winning soundtrack. He has also scored for movies, television, and commercials. Maxwell’s writing has appeared in Slate, Salon, Longreads, The Bitter Southerner, Our State Magazine, College Music Journal, Southern Cultures, The Oxford American, and The Library of Congress, among other places. He is a member of the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.