What's What
Things We Like This Week
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WHAT TO BLOG: Storied Charlotte this week features Avery Caswell's novel Salvation, which is based on a true story about two African American girls who were abducted by a traveling evangelist from their home in the Druid Hills neighborhood in Charlotte in 1971.
WHAT TO POD: Charlotte Readers Podcast: Episode 233, guest hosted by novelist Sarah Archer, features Joani Elliott, author of The Audacity of Sara Grayson, in which Sara Grayson, a 32–year-old greeting card writer, is tasked in her mother’s will to write the final book in her bestselling suspense series.
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 CHARLOTTE WRITERS CLUB
August 18, 7:00 p.m. Suffrage 101. Charlotte Writers' Club North and Main Street Books Davidson present a virtual celebration of the 101st anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Newbery Honor author Carole Boston Weatherford, Davidson Professor of History Emerita Dr. Sally McMillen, and documentary filmmaker Jinna Kim will be in conversation with journalist Pam Kelley about the complexities of the women's suffrage movement. Info
August 27 (and every 4th Friday), 6:45 - 9 p.m. LIVE Open Mic Night for CWC Members to read their work. Mug's Coffee, 5126 Park Road, Charlotte.
DATE CORRECTION: September 25, 2:00 p.m. Finding a Story, a virtual writing workshop with Jill McCorkle.
Learn more about these events at charlottewritersclub.org.
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NC WRITERS' NETWORK
Online Game Night, August 12, 7 p.m. A progressive night of entertainment! Writers will be randomly assigned to a game room and switch rooms every twenty minutes. All writers will get to play in all rooms. This is a members-only event. Register here. Games include:
- Collaborative story: Build a tale sentence by sentence over the course of the evening with tens of other writers!
- Lit-Triv Pursuit: Test your knowledge of North Carolina books and authors with a fast-paced, challenging game of trivia!
- Obit Mad Libs: Create obituaries for fake humans, working off prompts!
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FLATIRON WRITERS ROOM, ASHEVILLE
Our sister organization in Asheville has a great class lineup this fall, too! Here are three to check out:
Intermediate Screenwriting, 8 sessions, begins Sep. 8, with Maryedith Burrell
Learn To Pitch Your Book, Saturday, Sep. 11, with Agent Maggie Cooper (online)
Collage Technique, Sunday, Sep. 12, with Sebastian Matthews
Find more from Flatiron Writers Room here.
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FRIENDS OF CHARLOTTE LIT
19th Annual James River Writers Conference, Online, October 8-10, with pre-conference master classes on Friday, October 8. Classes, agent one-on-one meetings, and "First Pages Panel" with literary agents. Info
Wisdom Wednesdays at The Center: On Belonging, August 18, noon. Joseph "Piko" Ewoodzie, Jr., Ph.D. , Malcolm O. Partin Associate Professor of Sociology at Davidson College, in conversation with Angela Gala. There is lot of talk about the importance of belonging in our lives. But how do we go about belonging and with whom? What does it matter for our lives? Info
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OTHER HAPPENINGS
NEW! Martin Settle: Book Release: Teaching During the Jurassic: Wit and Wisdom from an Old Hippie Teacher. Mahlon Adams indoor pavilion in Freedom Park, Sunday, August 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Please note: proof of vaccination and face mask required; socially-distanced seating provided. RSVP, please, to masettle@uncc.edu.
NEW! Waterbean Poetry Night at the Mic returns! Wednesday, August 25, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Hosted by Leslie Rupracht and Jonathan Rice. Waterbean Coffee-Huntersville, Northcross Shopping Center, 9705 Sam Furr Road. Info
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NEW! Steel Creek-area memoir writer seeks writing buddy and critique partner. Email admin@charlottelit.org and we'll get you connected.
18th Annual Literary Competition, Arts Council of York County. Highlighting the best in short stories and poetry from across the Southeast United States. Deadline: Friday, August 27. Awards ceremony and readings: Thursday, November 4, 5:30 p.m. Info
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CHARLOTTE LIT'S MISSION is to celebrate the literary arts by educating and engaging writers and readers through classes, conversations, and community.
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Charlotte Lit is a community, open to all. Through our programming and practices, we consciously reach out to non-majority and under-represented groups and individuals.
— Charlotte Lit's Statement of Inclusivity, adopted by our Board of Directors
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