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Sewing Holes Heads to Spalding

 

Spalding_University's_LogoSpalding University’s Festival of Contemporary Writing (Louisville, KY), the state’s largest fall-spring reading series, takes place May 23-30, featuring readings by faculty, guests, and alumni of Spalding University’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program.

Starting at 3:45 pm Friday, May 29, the Brown Hotel (335 W Broadway) will host a Celebration of Recently Published Books by Alumni with a book signing (Brown Hotel, Citation Room, 335 W. Broadway.) including Darlyn Finch Kuhn and her book, Sewing Holes. Featured books will be provided by Carmichael’s Bookstore.

 About the program: Spalding’s four-semester, low-residency MFA in Writing Program combines superb instruction with unparalleled flexibility. The program offers concentrations in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children and young adults, screenwriting, and playwriting. Students begin the semester in the spring, summer, or fall with a 10-day residency in Louisville or abroad, then return home for an independent study with a faculty mentor for the rest of the semester. Students may customize the location, season, and pace of their studies. See spalding.edu/mfa for more information.

Tonight’s the Night!

Twisted Road to publication square

We are really looking forward to seeing you tonight!

Join the owner of Twisted Road Publications, Joan Leggitt, and authors Pat Spears and Darlyn Finch Kuhn as they share their stories of the long and winding road to publication – a mix of persistent dreaming, cautionary tales, and a belief in the power of community.  The authors will also read from their novels, Dream Chaser (Spears) and Sewing Holes (Kuhn).  Learn how you can submit your work to the Southern Gothic Revival Short Fiction Contest, to be judged by Dorothy Allison.  Joan would also love to hear what you’re working on.

Tuesday, May 26th, 6:30 p.m., Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd., Downtown Orlando.  Please come, and bring a friend!

A Double Dose of Pat Spears

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Litlando is in for a treat!  Pat Spears, author of Dream Chaser and the upcoming It’s Not Like I Knew Her, will join Scribbler Darlyn Finch Kuhn and publisher Joan Leggitt at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26th for The Twisted Road to Publication at the Orange County Public Library’s downtown branch.  Each author will read a bit from their novels, and Leggitt will share how she started her publishing company and what she’s looking for in a manuscript.

Then the next night, Wednesday, May 27th, Pat Spears will feature with fellow Twisted Road Publications author Glenda Bailey-Mershon (Eve’s Garden) at 6:30 p.m. for Wordier Than Thou at Stardust Video and Coffee in Winter Park.  Tiffany Razzano will host this prose and storytelling open mic that is the talk of Florida. Join in!

Glenda