April 2003
Tuesday, April 1—Have lunch and conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mazine Kumin at the St. Justin Center in Asheville at Noon until 2 p.m. Cost of $25 includes catered lunch. Seating limited. Advance registration advised. Call 828-254-8111.
Thursday, April 3—Morehead State Universtiy Reading Series for 2002-03 will be held in the Morehead Kentucky Folk Center at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 5—The Knoxville Writers' Guild will be presenting The Awards Gala at the Holston Hill Country Club at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. To make reservations, call 865-428-0389 or write to PO Box 10326, Knoxville TN 37939. For more information or for dirctions to the Holston Hills Country Club, visit the website at [ Read More ]
Saturday, April 5—Writers' Workshop "Using Details in Your Writing" will be led by Cheryl Reitan. The fee for this 6 hour workshop is $30, including lunch. For further details and registration, please contact artcroft@msn.com
Saturday, April 5—Silas House will be a keynote speaker at the Tennessee Mountain Writer's Conference in Oak Ridge, TN. Appalachian Heritage will have an exhibit table set up at the Tennessee Mountain Writer's Conference in Oak Ridge, TN.
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Tuesday, April 8—Mary Lee Settle will have a reading/autograph session/ reception in the Turley Ballroom at Fairmont State College at 7 p.m. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
Thursday-Saturday, April 8 – 10—Mary Lee Settle will be presenting public reading of her work. She will also have a question/answer session with the audience and she will sign copies of her books. April 8, she will be at Fairmont State College in the Turley Center Ballroom at 7:00 p.m. April 9, she will be at the West Virginia University Insititute of Technology in room 118 in Cobe Hall at 7:00 p.m..April 10, she will be at Shepherd College in Reynolds Hall at 8:00 p.m. for her reading session and McMurran Hall for her book signing. These events are free and open to the public. For more information, see the website at [ Read More ]
Thursday, April 10—There will be a reading by Mark K. Fulk, a poet and scholar. This event is sponsored by Kentucky Christian College in partnership with the Carter County Poetry Society. Public is invited. All activities will be held on the campus of KCC. For more information, contact tcscott@email.kcc.edu
Thursday, April 10—Silas House will be on tour at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.
Thursday & Friday, April 10 – 11—Harriette Arnow Writers' Festival and Academic Conference In partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council will be held at Somerset Community College. This event will include James Baker Hall, Mary Ann Taylor-Hall, and Silas House. You may find more information and registration form on the college's website.
Saturday, April 12—The Carl Sandburg Home Poetry Celebration will take place at the Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock, N.C. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 828-693-4178.
Monday, April 14—The Writers In the Library concludes its 2002-2003 with Telling It From Tennessee, featuring journalist and non-fiction writer John Egerton and short story writer and poet Brian Griffin. The reading is free and open to the public and will be held at 7 pm in the University of Tennessee Hodges Library Auditorium. A question and answer session and book signing will follow, ending the evening will a reception.
Monday, April 14—Michael Chitwood will present a workshop and reading on the campus of Kentucky Christian College. Public invited. For more information, contact tcscott@email.kcc.edu
Tuesday, April 15—Lee Smith will be with Shannnon Ravenel at Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia. For more information on set time and agenda, contact Hollins College English Dept.
Thursday, April 17—Silas House will be on tour at Appalachian State University located in Boone, North Carolina for a reading and book signing.
Thursday, April 17—Morehead State University Reading Series for 2002-03 will take place in the Morehead Kentucky Folk Art Center at 7:30 pm. Features will be Kelly Dunaway and Peggy Spener. This event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, April 22—Silas House will be the keynote speaker at the annual Student Writing Awards Ceremony of the English Department at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY.
Thursday, April 24—The Appalachian Festival of Plays Competition will be held. For all the details, visit the website at www.ncneighbors.com/284/ or see the website for Barter Theater at [ Read More ]
Thursday – Saturday, April 24 – 26—The 12th Biennial Chattanooga Conference on Southern Literature, organized by the Arts & Education Council will take place. For full details of the Conference schedule and to register for the conference, visit the website [ Read More ]
Saturday, April 26—North Carolina Writers' Network will be holding a workshop, Razzmatazz and Memory: How to Make Your Poetry Swing, with Keith Flynn from 1-5 p.m. at the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC. The cost is $45 for members of NCWN and $55 for non-members. Directions will be sent wih registration confirmation. See the website for more information, [ Read More ]