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Every year, Fayetteville Library’s literary festival, TrueLit, is bigger and better.

This year the festival occupies nine days—October 22-29.

Here are some of the highlights for this year.

Sun., Oct. 22, 2:00pm
Fayetteville Public Library

Reading by Kaveh Akbar, an Iranian American poet whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, PBS NewsHour, and Poetry.

Tue., Oct. 24, 6:00pm
Fayetteville Public Library

Local historians Tony Wappel and J.B. Hogan discuss their illustrated history of the Fayetteville square,The Square Book: An Illustrated History of the Fayetteville Square.

Wed., Oct. 25, 7:00pm
Fayetteville Public Library

Kyle Kellams will interview authors James Dashner and Jennifer Holm.

Thu., Oct. 26, 6:00pm
Fayetteville Public Library

Matthew Pitt, author of These Are Our Demands and Attention Please Now, will read from his work and discuss his writing process..

Fri., Oct. 27, 10:00am
Fayetteville Public Library

Writing coach Marilyn H. Collins will offer an interactive workshop to teach writers how to create a skilled and engaging marketing presentation of their work.

Sat., Oct. 28, 2:00pm
Fayetteville Public Library

Media specialist Misty Murphy will talk about writing as a means of influencing community betterment.

Sun., Oct. 29, 2:30pm
Fayetteville Public Library

The storytelling group “That’s What She Said” will share funny and true stories of love, shame, mistakes and grace.

For the complete schedule, go here.