Saturday, August 1 - Friday, November 6, 2009

Coming Up Soon

Monday, November 9, 2009
Program on Reynold Price's latest memoir, Ardent Spirits
Location: Wilson County Public Library
Time : 7:00 PM

Past Events

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
A poetry reading, featuring Garth Risk Hallberg.  Hallberg will be reading his fiction.  He is the author of the novella A Field Guide to the North American Family, available now in bookstores across North America.  He has published stories and essays in Glimmertrain, Evergreen, Slate, and many other periodicals.
Location: 1032 Bate Building, East Carolina University
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 3, 2009
A musical event, "8 Wheels and Nowhere to Go", featuring Mike Hamer and Marty Silverthorne.  Hamer and Silverthorne will perform and present original songs and poems.  Admission is free. 
Location: Emerge Gallery & Art Center, 404 S. Evans Street, Greenville, NC
Time: 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 16, 2009
EGSO (English Graduate Student Organization) Poetry Reading of Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's works.   
Location:  Tipsy Teapot, 409 S. Evans Street, Greenville, NC 
Time:  7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 23, 2009
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation, The North Carolina Estuarium, and the Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming present, "Writing Workshop:  Transforming the Visual Experience into Words", inspired by Bland Simpson's book (The Inner Islands: A Carolinian's Sound Country Chronicle).  Optional visits to surrounding islands via marine craft available.
Location:  North Carolina Estuarium, 223 East Water Street, Washington, NC
Writing Workshop Time:  9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; optional visits to islands via marine craft begin at 1 p.m.  

Pre-registration is required for both the writing workshop and boat rides.  To pre-register, send an E-mail message to David Emmerling at david.emmerling@ptrf.org

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Showing of Reynolds Price's "Private Contentment". 
Location: Sheppard Memorial Library, 530 S. Evans Street, Greenville, NC
Time:  7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Panel discussion about  (prose and/or poetry). Creative Writing Symposium
Location:  Braswell Memorial Library, 727 North Grace Street, Rocky Mount, NC
Time:  3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Sunday, August 2, 2009
Opening reception “Niobe’s Children: A Visual Poetry Series” by Gabrielle Freeman
Location: Bertie County Arts Council, 124 South King Street, Windsor, NC
Time: 3:00-5:00
Visual poetry exhibit by Gabrielle Freeman runs August 1 – August 31, 2009.

Saturday, August 15, 2009
Visual poetry workshop by Gabrielle Freeman
Location: Chowan Arts Council, 200 East Church Street, Edenton
Time: 9:00-12:00
This event is limited to 15 participants

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Discussion of Roxanna Slade with Rebecca Godwin
Location: Sheppard Memorial Library, 530 Evans Street, Greenville, NC
Time: 7:00 PM