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Etowah Valley Writing Program at Reinhardt University Presents 2023 Summer Residency Visiting Writers and Lecturers

JOIN ME ON JUNE 14TH, 2023 AT 7:30 PM EST. AT REINHARDT UNIVERSITY IN THE HILL FREEMAN LIBRARY AND SPRUILL LEARNING CENTER’s LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM FOR A READING OF MY DEBUT NOVEL, THE BYSTANDERS, FOLLOWED BY Q&A.

During the 2023 summer residency, visiting writers and lecturers will give craft talks, one-day workshops, lectures, and evening readings. They meet the students, have lunch and dinner with everyone, and sit around having coffee and talking about writing and publishing.

CLICK FOR FULL LIST OF VISITING AUTHORS AND DIRECTIONS.

Join Dawn Major and Helen Pitts Bradley for a conversation on the power of a writing community, the importance of being involved with writing groups and organizations, and how their involvement has benefitted their writing journey. This program will be virtual via Zoom, live streamed on our Facebook page. Join Dawn Major and Helen Pitts Bradley for a conversation on the power of a writing community, the importance of being involved with writing groups and organizations, and how their involvement has benefitted their writing journey. This program will be virtual via Zoom, live streamed on our Facebook page

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DAWN MAJOR, the author of the newly released novel, The Bystanders, will be in conversation with local author, Ann Hite, to discuss Hite’s latest haunted collection, Haints on Black Mountain, her infamous haints and haunted Southern settings. Signings will follow the discussion and Q & A. Signed copies of The Bystanders will be available, as well. Fans of author, Delilah Dawson, don’t miss this haunting experience where she discusses her novel, The Violence.

WHAT: A Novel Idea presents PARANORMAL NIGHT April 18th, 2023, 7-9 PM EST., along with Bookmiser and Vintage Pizzaria and WHO Local Authors, Ann Hite & Delilah Dawson at WHERE: Vintage Pizza (DIRECTIONS) 5510 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. Dunwoody, GA 30338

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2023 REVIVAL LOST SOUTHERN VOICES FESTIVAL SCHEDULE -March 22-25

Michael White, George Singleton, and I, along with Jon Sokol as a moderator, will be presenting in-person on William Gay’s artwork, the archive, and his writing life. The presentation begins at 1:00 P.M. EST on March 25th, 2023, on the 4th Floor of the Decatur Library. Come discover Gay’s literary landscapes and celebrate one of our great southern authors.

All of the panels are virtual via Zoom as well. Registration opens soon at: Georgia Center for the Book | Revival: Lost Southern Voices 2023

Come support the voices of the South!

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We’re delighted to welcome Dawn Major to FoxTale to celebrate the launch of her debut novel, THE BYSTANDERS on Saturday, April 29, 1pm.  Dawn will be in conversation with bestselling author Ann Hite.

 A dysfunctional family seeks a do-over in a small town, in The Bystanders, but in addition to packing their personal demons they discover the locals aren’t so welcoming. 

“The Bystanders is a deliciously dark novel. Major created a cast of characters that are at home in a Flannery O’Connor story. Readers will not put this book down until they finish the last page.” –Ann Hite, award winning author of Haints On Black Mountain  

The Bystanders is a dark coming-of-age story set in the 1980s when big hair was big, and MTV ruled. In a quiet town of annual picnics and landscapes, the Samples’s rundown trailer and odd behaviors aren’t charming the locals. The Bystanders pays homage to Americana, its small-town eccentricities, and the rural people of the Northern Mississippi Delta region of Southeast Missouri, a unique area of the country where people still speak Paw Paw French and honor Old World traditions.

Address: 105 E Main St Ste 138, Woodstock, GA 30188