A hand-painted 1972 Bluebird bus will roll into town today, carrying a team of storytellers, including Neil Gaiman, author of “Coraline” and “Stardust.”
The bus is traveling across the southeast for the Unchained Tour, which supports local, independent bookstores.
Flyleaf Books on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was instrumental in bringing the tour to Chapel Hill.
Featuring artists, musicians, writers and performers, the tour stops tonight at the Varsity Theatre on Franklin Street.
Four raconteurs — Gaiman, Edgar Oliver, Dawn Fraser and Peter Aguero — will tell their stories in front of a live audience at the sold-out event.
Aguero, a musician and storyteller, said that supporting independent bookstores is important, but there is another message behind the show.
“The more I travel, the more people are all the same,” he said. “The purpose of this is to unhook yourself and be with other people.”
He said his favorite part of performing is the exchange of energy between the performer and the audience — something that is not possible with a movie, computer or cellphone.
Aguero said the addition of Gaiman sets the tour apart from others he has done.
