September 2009
Friday, September 11 – Saturday, September 12 – The Carolina Mountains Literary Festival will be held in Burnsville, North Carolina. More information can be found here: http://sites.google.com/site/cmlitfest/.
Saturday, September 26 – Voices from the Hills: a Celebration of Appalachian Writers will be held at Northern Kentucky University. The celebration will include a roundtable discussion about Appalachian literature, a memorial luncheon for Danny Miller, and readings from Appalachian writers such as Wendell Berry and Frank X Walker. Questions about the event should be sent to Bob Wallace at wallacer@nku.edu<mailto:wallacer@nku.edu>.
Saturday, September 26 – Journalist and memoirist Jason Howard is offering a nonfiction workshop, “Writing Memoir,” at the Appalachian Center in Berea from 9 AM to noon. In addition to class-time, the workshop will feature a manuscript critique and a 20-minute individual conference. Howard is the coauthor of Something’s Rising and the editor of the anthology We All Live Downstream. The former senior editor for Equal Justice Magazine in Washington, D.C., his works have appeared in publications such as The Louisville Review, Paste, Appalachian Heritage and Kentucky Living. He is also acquisitions editor at MotesBooks. Registration is $50; space is limited. The registration deadline is September 19th. To register or for more information, contact Jason at kynatureboy@gmail.com