The 2012 issue of the North Carolina Literary Review will feature North Carolina Literature into Film. The editor, Margaret Bauer, is seeking ideas for articles on film adaptations of Thomas Wolfe’s works. Send your questions or material to Margaret via email: BAUERM@ecu.edu Submission deadline: August 31, 2011.
Velva Jean Learns to Drive, by Jennifer Niven
March 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Buy Velva Jean Learns to Drive, by Jennifer Niven Review by Philip K. Jason Jennifer Niven has fashioned a delightful and probing fiction set in the remote Appalachian communities of North Carolina. We first encounter the title character, Velva Jean Hart, in 1933. She is a ten year old whose mind is […]
Sweet Read: The Peach Keeper, by Sarah Addison Allen
March 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Buy New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen does it again! Fans of Garden Spells, The Sugar Queen, and The Girl Who Chased the Moon will not be disappointed with Allen’s latest magical novel, The Peach Keeper, due to hit shelves March 22. In trademark style, Allen masterfully weaves a […]
Reynolds Price Set Bar High for Southern Lit
January 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
The literary world says goodbye to Reynolds Price, known by many as the voice of the south. Learn more about Price’s successful career by reading this New York Times article, and if you haven’t treated yourself to a Price read recently, try these:
2010 North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference
October 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The 2010 North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference November 5 – November 7 Omni Charlotte Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina The conference offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as panels, performances, readings, book sales and signings, lectures, and classes on marketing and finding an agent. The faculty includes poets Cathy Smith Bowers, Julie […]
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
August 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The 5th annual Carolina Mountains Literary Festival September 10-11, 2010 For the 5th year, the small town of Burnsville, North Carolina opens its doors to more than thirty authors and hundreds of book lovers during the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival. The festival’s theme “Coming Home” guides the selection of participating authors. Programming includes a seventeen-county […]