SEPTEMBER 2
Decatur Book Fest
"Longings, Passions and Heartaches," a panel with Leesa Cross-Smith and Jamie Quatro, (12-12:45, History DeKalb County Courthouse)
SEPTEMBER 18
Main Street Books | Davidson, NC
Author Luncheon
Davidson Icehouse, 12 pm
SEPTEMBER 20
Park Road Books | Charlotte, NC
Reading and Signing, 7PM
SEPTEMBER 25
Quail Ridge Books | Raleigh, NC
in conversation with Elaine Neill Orr, 7PM
SEPTEMBER 26
Flyleaf Books | Chapel Hill, NC, 7PM
SEPTEMBER 29
Scuppernong Books | Greensboro, NC
in conversation with Jonathan Ward, 7PM
OCTOBER 4
Malaprop's Bookstore | Asheville, NC, 6PM
OCTOBER 12
Southern Festival of the Book | Nashville, TN
NPL Auditorium Instructions for Not Giving Up: Novels of Survival
with Silas House and Hannah Pittard
2:00-3:00 pm
OCTOBER 15
9TH ANNUAL BIBLIOFEAST BOOK & AUTHOR DINNER
6:00-9:00 PM
Maggiano’s Little Italy, SouthPark Mall, Charlotte, NC
OCTOBER 24
Hub City Press Book n' Brew Celebration
RJ Rockers Brewery, Spartanburg, SC
OCTOBER 25
M Judson Bookstore | Greenville, SC
NOVEMBER 7
Reading and conversation with Kevin McIlvoy | Charlotte Center for Literary Arts, 7-8:30
Beyond Our Beginnings: A Conversation on Place, Writing, and Community, With Bryn Chancellor, Patrice Gopo and Eric Smith.
10 am – 12 noon, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, main branch
NOVEMBER 17
Embodied Writing: Breaking New Ground through Movement
with Felkenkrais practitioner Brenda Sorkin,
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Charlotte Center for Literary Arts
DECEMBER 5
DECEMBER 12
Reading Between the Wines book club, 6:30, Charlotte
JANUARY 21
Foxcroft Book Club
11:30 a.m. Charlotte, NC
JANUARY 29
Avondale Book Club, 7:30 pm.
Avondale Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC
FEBRUARY 14
In conversation at “Write Like You Mean It” gathering, 10:30 a.m.
Main Branch, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library
FEBRUARY 20
Novel Women Book Club, 10:30 a.m.
Charlotte, NCFEB 23
Conversation with Elaine Neill Orr at the North Carolina Book Festival
12:00 pm, CAM Raleigh, 409 W. Martin Street
MARCH 22
"Intertwined Lives," with Randall Klein and Inman Majors at the Virginia Festival of the Book
2:00 pm, Barnes & Noble, Barracks Road Shopping Center, Charlottesville, VA
AWP Writers Conference, Portland, OR
Reimagining Tragedy: What Happened Here?
With Nan Cuba, Adrianne Harun, Claudia Salazar and Sunil Yapa
MARCH 30
Annapolis Book Festival
APRIL 6
Fountain Books, Richmond, VA, 6:30 p.m.
APRIL 9
Reading and Conversation,
Cannon Memorial Library, 6 p.m.,
Concord, NC
APRIL 16
Why There Are Words reading, 7 - 9 p.m.
Asheville, NC
APRIL 18
APRIL 23
Windsor Run Speaker Series
3:00 pm, 2010 McKee Rd, Matthews, NC
Read Like a Writer: The Craft of Close Attention
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Charlotte Center for Literary Arts
APRIL 25
Lunch with an Author and workshop: "The Art of Dialogue"
N.C. Writers’ Network Spring Conference
APRIL 27
MAY 10
Conversation with Emily Pease, 7 pm
Park Road Books, Charlotte
Book Talk, 6:30 pm League of Women Voters Education Center,
1817 Central Avenue, Charlotte
MAY 21
JUNE 1
St. Mary’s College Bookstore, 2 p.m.
Notre Dame, IN
JUNE 25
Conversation with Jessica Handler,
7 pm Main Street Books, Davidson, NC
JULY 26
Bookies Book Club
10:30 a.m., Charlotte, NC
AUGUST 17
In conversation with Jonathan Ward,
11AM Matthews Public Library, Matthews, NC
SEPT 18
Why There Are Words reading
7 p.m. Malvern Books, Austin, TX
SEPT 19
Conversation with Nan Cuba,
5 p.m. Twig Book Shop, San Antonio, TX
Park Road Books, Friends of Queens Library Author Series
7 p.m., Charlotte, NC