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Friday, June 12 - Appalachian Heritage Featured Author Reading. A panel of writers will speak and read in honor of Jim Wayne Miller, Featured Author of the Summer 2009 issue of Appalachian Heritage. This includes his widow, Mary Ellen Miller; former Appalachian Center director, Loyal Jones; and Morris Grubbs, editor of the Jim Wayne Miller reader forthcoming from the University Press of Kentucky. He is also the editor of Conversations with Wendell Berry and Home and Beyond: An Anthology of Kentucky Short Stories. The reading will be held in conjunction with the Alumni Office during the Summer Reunion, as both Jim Wayne and Mary Ellen Miller are alumni of Berea College and will take place in the Appalachian Center Gallery in the Bruce Building on the Berea College campus. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m. and the reading will begin at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 12 - Sunday June 14 – Mountain Heritage Literary Festival at Lincoln Memorial University. The Mountain Heritage Literary Festival is in its fourth year, and among the many speakers is Denise Giardina, this year’s keynote speaker. For more information on the Festival, please click here.
Sunday, June 14 – Friday, June 19 – Tinker Mountain Writers' Workshop at Hollins University. Choose from a variety of workshops led by a remarkably talented faculty. Space is limited. For more information, please visit www.hollins.edu/tmww.
Monday, July 6 – Thursday, July 9 and Monday, July 13 – Thursday, July 19 – Knoxville Writers’ Guild Summer Workshops at Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Hardin Valley campus. Fees range from $20+ (for members) to $28+ (for non-members) and can be paid online via credit card or PayPal or by sending a check or money order to Knoxville Writers' Guild P.O. Box 10326 Knoxville TN 37939 For more information please visit http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/
Thursday, July 16 - Sunday, July 19 - 13th annual West Virginia Writers' Workshop at West Virginia University. The West Virginia Writers' Workshop is a four-day conference including workshops, panel discussions, public readings, and lectures. This year's award-winning faculty includes Mark Brazaitis, James Harms, Patricia Henley, Jon Hoppenthaler, Shara McCallum, Paula McLain, and Richard Wiley.
Sunday, July 26 – Friday, July 31 – 32nd annual Appalachian Writers Workshop at Hindman Settlement School. The Writers Workshop provides an opportunity for aspiring and accomplished writers to immerse themselves in a community of people who appreciate Appalachian literature and who hail from and/or write about the region. Writers of varying skill levels are encouraged to attend. You need not live in the region to apply. All activities take place on the historic campus of Hindman Settlement School. Evening readings and dances are open to the general public at no cost. Read more.
Thursday, October 1-Friday, October 2 – Appalachian Heritage Festival, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Appalachian Heritage will be exhibitors for the keynote address and the Appalachian Heritage Awards event Thursday night at Erma Byrd Hall and Friday at the Frank Theater for the Appalachian Heritage Concert Festival. Editor George Brosi will participate also in a Friday event called, “The Appalachians: Writers and Renegades with George Brosi and Silas House.” Silas is the featured author for the 2009 event.
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>.