Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
On September 9th, I presented at the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival!
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My first presentation of the day was at the festival itself about the book I co-authored with N.H. Senzai called FLYING OVER WATER.
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After that I was whisked away to Burnsville Elementary School to talk to the students about my Appalachian picture books. The festival had secured a grant so that each student received a free copy of, SHE SANG FOR THE MOUNTAINS.
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I finished the day signing stock at a new independent bookstore, Plott Hound Books, which is owned by renowned Appalachian cookbook author, Ronni Lundy.
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In other news, STORY QUILTS APPALACHIAN WOMEN SPEAK will celebrate its official book birthday on Friday, September 30th, and I will be speaking about this book on October 6th at School Library Journal’s Day of Dialogue. I’ll share more details about both these events next month.
Happy Fall, Y’all!