Elizabeth Edwards, along with author John Grisham, will speak to reporters in Chapel Hill Wednesday about the upcoming North Carolina Literary Festival.

The festival, to be held Sept. 10-13, will feature more than 100 writers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jane Stancill reports.

The wife of former Sen. John Edwards has been in the public eye a good bit recently. She appeared on Larry King Live last week. During the weekend, she opened her new Chapel Hill furniture store, called Red Window.

At the festival on Sept. 12, Elizabeth Edwards will speak about her latest book, "Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life’s Adversities."

VACATION LOCATION: Less than a month into her term as governor, Gov. Beverly Perdue went on a weeklong vacation with her husband at an "undisclosed location" out of state. It's not all fun though. Instead of, say, a John Grisham page-turner, she's apparently reading state budget books on the beach. A Time to .. Cut Spending?

FILING FILL: The bills keep coming. Legislation introduced at the General Assembly this week would outlaw a hallucinogenic herb, make high schoolers take art, let the governor appoint the schools superintendent, deny bail to illegal immigrants, and end a subsidy for out-of-state athletes. More than 335 bills have been filed so far.

THROWING LONG: U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, a Democrat from Waynesville, did some pretty public trash talking about the stimulus bill, criticizing Democratic leaders for not getting more GOP buy-in. They hit back with criticism of his record on the Washington Redskins. But Shuler, who is mulling a run for Senate in 2010, may be thinking of other opponents.

IN OTHER NEWS: A Fayetteville Observer reporter joins the growing ranks of blogger-reporters. No bathrobes spotted in the press room at the legislature, yet. ... President Obama chatted about the Duke-Carolina game at a White House roundtable, but he studiously avoided taking sides. There's your bipartisanship. ... The legislature is considering a resolution to honor former lobbyist Roger Bone. It's one bill he wouldn't have had to lobby on.