July 2003
Thursday, March 29- Saturday, March 31—The 14th biennial Conference on Southern Literature will be held in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The conference will offer book signings, panel discussions, workshops, and more. [ Read More ]
Thursday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.—Barbara Smith, Professor Emeritus of Literature and Writing at Alderson-Broaddus College, will present a reading of her works and a writing workshop at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia. The event will take place in 206 Withers-Brandon, the Humanities Division lounge, and the public is invited to attend.
Friday, March 30 – Saturday March 31—The Kentucky Writer’s Workshop at Pine Mountain State Resort Park is featuring Crystal Wilkinson, Jane Gentry, and Ron Ellis.
Friday, March 30 – Saturday March 31—George Brosi, along with Mary Cunningham, Dianne Hamilton, Keith Jones, Robert W. Kimsey, Sara Hines Martin, Kelly L. Stone, and Memye Curtis Tucker, will be speaking at The Eleventh Annual Blue Ridge Writer’s Conference in Blairsville, Georgia. [Read more]
Friday, March 30-Saturday, March 31—The 2007 Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference will be held at the Double Tree Hotel in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Presenters include Appalachian Heritage editor, George Brosi on Friday and Nikki Giovanni on Saturday.
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Friday, March 30-Saturday, March31—Kentucky Writer's Workshop at Pine Mountain State Resort Park. This year’s workshop features fiction writer, Crystal Wilkinson, author of two short-story collections and Blackberries, Blackberries, and Water Street; poet Jane Gentry, past winner of two Al Smith Fellowship Awards and author of, A Garden in Kentucky; and outdoor author Ron Ellis, who gave us the fictionalized memoir Cogan’s Woods and edited the Kentucky anthology Of Woods and Waters. For more information contact the park at 800-325-1712 or 606-337-3066.
Saturday, March 31—The Blue Ridge Writers Conference will be held at North Georgia Technical College in Blairsville, Georgia. Presenters will include Terry Kay and Appalachian Heritage editor, George Brosi.
Sunday July 6 – Monday, 12—There will be Childrens Writing Workshops held in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. For more information, visit the website at [ Read More ]
Friday, July 11 – Sunday, July 13—Appalachian's Writer's Association Conference at Cumberland College in Williamsburg, KY. Gwyn Hyman Rubio will be the keynote speaker. For more details, see their website at [ Read More ]
Tuesday, July 15 – Sunday, July 27—The University of the South will host the fourteenth session of the Sewanee Writers' Conference. This event will provide instruction and criticism through workshops and craft lectures in fiction, poetry, and playwriting. For more information, see the website at [ Read More ]
Wednesday, July 16—Bob Sloan, public radio commentator and author of Bearksin to Holly Fork: Stories from Appalachia, will be featured on "Curtains at Eight" on WUKY 91.3. If you are not within the listening area for WUKY you can hear the audio feed online at [ Read More ]
Thursday, July 17—Steven Cope, Bob Sloan, and Charlie Hughes will read from their works at the Berea Arts Council at 7:00 pm. See [ Read More ]
Sunday, July 20 – Sunday, July 27—The Southern Appalachian Writers' Cooperative (SAWC) will meet at Wiley's Last Resort on top of Pine Mountain near Whitesburg, KY for reflection, writing, eating, and workshops, including speakers Scott Goebel, Dana Wildsmith, and Jim Webb. Visit [ Read More ]
Thursday, July 24 – Sunday, July 27—There will be a West Virginia Writers Workshop in Morgantown, WV. For more info, visit the website at [ Read More ]
Friday, July 25—Pamela Duncan, author of Moon Women and Plant Life, will do a reading and signing at the new Laurel Co. Library in London, KY, from 6:00-7:30 pm. Duncan will be introduced by author Silas House and will be accompanied by banjo and guitar-player Deborah Thompson. Visit [ Read More ]
Friday, July 25 & Saturday, July 26—Jim Wayne Miller’s play His First, Best Country will be performed by the Newport Theatre Guild in Newport, TN at 8 pm each night. Call (423) 721-0000 to reserve $10 tickets.
Sunday, July 27 – Friday, August 1—Appalachian Writer's Workshop at the Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, KY. For more information, see the website at [ Read More ]
Sunday, July 27 – Satuday, August 2—The Appalachian Writers Workshop will take place in Hindman, KY. Readings by the staff are open to the public at 7:00 pm each evening Monday through Friday. For more information, visit [ Read More ]