Fall Conference 2006

The North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
Reception & Induction Ceremony
Fall Conference 2006

Friday, November 10
Reception 5:30 pm
Induction Ceremony 7:30 pm

• Reception
• Induction Ceremony
• 2006 Honorees

For the first time, Fall Conference attendees have the opportunity to join in one of the North Carolina Writers' Network's most beloved programs: The Literary Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Reception.

D.G. Martin Emcee of Literary Hall of Fame Program

Historically held biennially at Weymouth Center for the Arts in Southern Pines, NC, this venerable program honors North Carolina writers whose lifelong careers demonstrate the highest level of accomplishment. This year Fall Conference attendees have the special opportunity to join in both reception and induction ceremony on-site at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel as part of Friday evening's opening programs.

Reception: Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Crystal Coast Ballroom

Friday, November 10, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Cost $35. Limited space.

Reserve your ticket in advance on your conference reservation form or call 919-967-9540.

Attendees have a rare chance to hobnob with our distinguished inductees former NC Poet Laureate Fred Chappell and poet Gerald Barrax, and to pay tribute to our third inductee mystery writer Elizabeth Daniels Squire.

Meet their esteemed presenters, conference faculty, and our master of ceremonies, columnist and Bookwatch host D.G. Martin. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and wine served.

Induction Ceremony: Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Empire Ballroom

Friday, November 10, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public and to all Conference Attendees

Presenters include NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer, James Applewhite, and Shelby Stephenson for Fred Chappell; mystery writer Margaret Maron for Elizabeth Daniels Squire; and poets Betty Adcock and Lenard Moore for Gerald Barrax.

2006 Honorees

Following is a brief biography of each inductee excerpted from text by Linda Hobson, former executive director of the NC Writers' Network.

	Gerald Barrax Gerald Williams Barrax was born in Attalla, Alabama, on June 21, 1933, and grew up in Pittsburgh after moving there with his family in 1944. He earned his B.A. from Duquesne and M.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. He was a Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at NC State University for many years. Barrax was longtime editor of Obsidian, a review of black literature, and poetry editor for Callaloo. He is considered a major contemporary influence on young writers for his attention to craft. He has published five books, among them Leaning Against the Sun, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, and he has been anthologized in more than three dozen works. Among his awards are the Raleigh Medal of Arts (1993) and the Sam Ragan Award for Contribution to the Fine Arts in North Carolina.
	Fred Chappell Fred Chappell was born on May 28, 1936, and grew up on a farm near Asheville, North Carolina. Chappell lives in Greensboro with his wife, Susan, and teaches at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His M.A. is from Duke University, where he established his reputation as a Renaissance scholar. Chappell is the award-winning author of over forty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was North Carolina Poet Laureate from 1997 to 2002, and for many years he reviewed poetry for the Raleigh News & Observer. Fred Chappell has been called by one reviewer "truly a national treasure."
	Elizabeth Daniels Squire Reporter, nationally syndicated columnist, and mystery writer Elizabeth Daniels Squire was born July 17, 1926, in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Elizabeth Bridgers Daniels and renowned newspaper editor, Presidential press secretary and biographer Jonathan Daniels. Having overcome dyslexia, Squire graduated from Vassar College. A wry humorist and intuitive student of human nature, Squire published a dozen-plus book-length works of fiction and nonfiction, the latter in such varied topics as palmistry, mail-order shopping, and heroes of journalism. Her mysteries were favorably reviewed, with the famous Peaches Dann series beginning in 1994. Her gifts were her books, her generosity, and her philanthropy.