Author Talks

Montillo Zoom Talk 8 February 2023

Roseanne Montillo will give an author talk via Zoom on Wednesday night about her latest book, Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century. You can register on the FayLib website. www.faylib.org, Click on Events, then Calendar. Click on February 8, scroll down to the bottom of the list of

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Author Talks

Poplar Bluff Author Fair—March 4, 2023

The Poplar Bluff (Missouri) Library will hold their Eighth Annual Author Fair on Saturday, March 4, 2023, from 10 am to 2 pm. The purpose of the event is to connect authors with new readers and for library patrons to discover new books they would like to read. Individual authors and literary organizations can apply

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Local Author News

Poetry Reading Thursday, October 13, 2022

Two Friends Bookstore in Bentonville, Arkansas, is hosting a poetry reading on Thursday, October 13, at 6 pm. The event will feature local poets Gerald Sloan, Melissa M. Frye, Dewayne Keirn, and Gloria Williams Tran. They will read selections from Mid/South Anthology, published by Belle Point Press. The anthology features forty writers from Arkansas, Oklahoma,

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Author Talks

Hartney Conversation at Village Lake Writers May 11

     Arkansas writer Nancy Hartney (If You Walk Long Enough) will be at Bella Vista Public Library with the Village Lake Writers Wednesday, May 11 am to present  “A Conversation About Writing Tools.      Hartney points out that “not all folks are at the same point in their writing lives. Therefore we’ll be personalizing

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Local Author News

If You Walk Long Enough Virtual Author Talk November 4

Nancy Hartney will speak virtually at the Springdale Public Library on November 4 at 6:00p- 7:30 pm. The discussion will center around authorcraft and storytelling as a way to explore writing, culture, and history.  Her debut novel, If You Walk Long Enough, is set during the Vietnam War and the tumultuous social issues of that

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General

Sean Fitzgibbon Book Talk at Fayetteville Public Library October 9

Sean Fitzgibbon speaks on his upcoming graphic novel about the Crescent Hotel’s strange incarnation as the Baker Hospital, “What Follows is True: Crescent Hotel.” His in-person presentation at 2:00pm on October 9, offered free at the Fayetteville Public Library, is a documentary-style graphic nonfiction exploration of this controversial Eureka Springs, Arkansas, legend. As an artist, 

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Author Talks

Ozarks Writing Festival with Two Friends Books and Cafe

The first annual Ozarks Writing Festival takes front and center June 26 -27 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Two Friends Books, newly opened, presents the Festival, celebrating writers in the Ozarks through readings, signings and book sales. Indie-published, self-published, or traditionally published authors are invited. Best part, authors keep 100% of materials sold at the Festival. See

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Author Talks

Poetry and Pitchers (of Suds) Happy Hour

Poetry Happy Hour with Bill McCloud at Gotahold Brewing, April 8th, 5:30 p.m. Gotahold Brewing has chosen the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow (WCDH) as their #TipsforTransformation benefactor during the month of April, National Poetry Month. Poetry Happy Hours will be held at 5:30 pm CDT every Thursday in April in the beer garden at Gotahold. The

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Author Talks

Colson Whitehead Virtual Lecture November 12

Award Winning Author Colson Whitehead Appears Virtually in NW Arkansas Crystal Bridges welcomes acclaimed author Colson Whitehead in this virtual lecture centered on his award winning novel, The Nickel Boys, an exploration of life under Jim Crow told from the perspective of two boys in one of the country’s most notorious juvenile correctional institutions. This

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Three Virtual Events for Writers and Readers

2020 Virtual Conference for Readers and Writers Sponsor: Nimrod International Journal Date: Currently underway. Closing date: November 18, 2020 Cost: All panel discussions, craft talks/workshops, readings, and Q&As are free and open to the public, but donations are requested. One-on-One Critique Sessions range in price from $15-$25. Activities: virtual panel discussions, craft talks/writing workshops, Q&As,

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