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Friday, August 27 – Sunday, August 29, Write Wild at Wildacres, Wildacres Conference Center, Little Switzerland, NC. The facilitator, Barbara Kidd Lawing, is a North Carolina native and has been organizing writing retreats for 20 years. She is a creative writing teacher and freelance editor. Workshop cost is $190.00. For more information, click here.
email: bklawing@earthlink.net
phone: 704-875-6112.
Friday, September 10 – Saturday, September 11, Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, Burnsville, NC. “Coming Home” is the theme for the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival’s 2010 celebration of reading, readers, books, and writers. Tony Early, author of Jim the Boy, is the event’s featured author. Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, Paul Cuadros, Judy Goldman, Wayne Winkler are among the authors in attendance. See their website for more details, click here.
Saturday, September 18, 9:00am-3:00pm (central time) – Kentuckians Reading Kentuckians, Giles House, Columbia, KY. This annual event is held at Giles House, the home of Kentucky author Janice Holt Giles, and is sponsored by The Giles Society. At this event participants may read from their own work or the work of any Kentucky author. Readings begin at 9:00am (central time) and continue until 3:00pm. Food and drink may be purchased at Giles House during the noon break, or bring your own picnic and lawn chairs. The Giles Society is dedicated to preserving Giles' work and to restoring her home and grounds for use as a workshop/retreat center. If you would like more information or wish to participate in this year's readings e-mail KathySkaggsPoet@aol.com.
Monday, October 4 – Friday, October 8, Writing Stories that Work, with Carol and Bill Henderson, Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC. The Powerful Narrative is a fresh look at how basic story elements power both fiction and nonfiction. An intensive, deep-diving workshop examining the practical side of today's writing life: your "platform" as a writer, and how to use low-cost or free web tools to build it. Registration is open, but spaces are limited, so sign up soon. Contact cd.henderson@gmail.com, or click here for more information.
Thursday, October 28 – Friday, October 29, Emory & Henry's 29th annual Literary Festival, Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia. Events begin at 2:30 Oct. 28 with papers by Katherine Ledford and Chris Green. That evening at 7:30 Anne Shelby will read from her work. On Oct. 29 Roberta Herrin will present a third paper at 2:30, followed by a public interview with Shelby conducted by Marianne Worthington.
All these events are free and open to the public. They will be held in the Board of Visitors Lounge in the Van Dyke Center on the College's campus.
Thursday
2:30 p.m. - paper by Katherine Ledford, Appalachian State University
3:30 p.m. - paper by Chris Green, Marshall University
7:30 p.m. - Anne Shelby reads from her work
Friday
2:30 p.m. - paper by Roberta Herrin, East Tennessee State University
3:30 p.m. - public interview with Anne Shelby conducted by Marianne Worthington, University of the Cumberlands
For more information, see EHC’s website: http://www.ehc.edu/litfest/
Friday, April 4 – Saturday, April 5, 2011, A Celebration of the Life and Work of Mildred Haun, Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee.
Saturday, April 9, 2011, Redbud Writers’ Row, Union College, Barbourville, KY. Authors interested in participating may contact: Diana Mills, diana.mills@unionky.edu for event and registration information.
