On Thursday, February 18, the North Carolina Literary Map, NC Literary Review, and the NC Writers’ Network hosted the online NC Quarantine Literary Tour: a mountains-to-sea virtual journey to fictional places created by some of the state’s most accomplished authors. The archived video of that event can be viewed here. The NC Quarantine Literary Tour […]
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Thomas Wolfe Memorial Award Announces Short List
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The Thomas Wolfe Memorial Award has released their short list, and it includes authors who will be familiar to members of NCWN. The Thomas Wolfe Memorial Award is presented annually for printed works that focus special attention on Western North Carolina. This year’s finalists are: Robert Beatty, Willa of the Wood, a Serafina series thriller […]
Festival to Honor Wilma Dykeman
Friday, May 4, 2018
This year’s Laughing Heart Literary Festival will honor NC Literary Hall of Fame inductee Wilma Dykeman: In partnership with Malaprop’s Bookstore, The Laughing Heart Literary Festival is an annual literary festival that brings together writers and readers from the Appalachian region, providing an intimate setting for all to share the experience of books. The festival […]