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2009 Clemson Literary Festival

& South Carolina Review Fundraiser

Thursday, Friday, & Saturday, April 2-4

The 2009 Clemson Literary Festival has partnered with Clemson University’s Presidential Colloquium to present a three-day festival, featuring readings by poets and fiction writers from across the country at various downtown Clemson locations, a book fair in Hendrix Student Center, panel discussions at McKissick Theater, and two children’s literature events at The Arts Center (city of Clemson). In line with the Presidential Colloquium theme, "Principles and Perspective in Progress," we are looking to the future, pairing both established authors with those still making a name for themselves as well as focusing on the influence of society's technological shift and the impact it is having on everything from how we publish and edit to how we teach literature and write creatively for these new mediums. While many people believe that the evolution of literature and writing are paramount to the advancement of liberal arts and personal aesthetic development, some are more reserved in their conception, so we hope the festival will provide an arena for discussion of both what we are gaining and what we are sacrificing by embracing these new technologies and trends.

Even though we are encouraging lively discussion, especially during the panel presentations, the festival's focus is to entertain and enlighten, providing a few hours of escape for those who wish to attend. The readers scheduled this year will provide a myriad of perspectives on southern literature and contemporary poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, along with children’s literature, cartooning, and illustrating. Come on out and grab a all-you-can-eat plate of our small-town festival, featuring big-town writers.

Doris Betts, George Singleton, Claire Bateman, Andrew Kozma, Mindy Friddle, Ashley Warlick, Steve Gehrke, Ashley Capps, Josh Russell, Keith Flynn, Brent Hendricks, Sarah Blackman, Keith Morris, John Pursley, Danielle Sellers, John Warner, and Ron Moran.

Kate Salley Palmer and Tatjana Mai-Wyss

All events are FREE of charge and open to the public. Please encourage friends, family, and colleagues to join us for three days full of imagination, entertainment, and discussion about the literary arts. There is no reserved seating, so come out early to get a seat.

For more information, query through this page. Also, visit the festival's official ..website.. for more information. It will be updated shortly.

The Venues are hyper-linked to maps and home pages.

Panelists: Jan Holmevik, Elisa Sparks, Cynthia Haynes, Mike Hovan (m)

Rain Location for Abernathy Waterfront Park is Self Auditorium at the Strom Thurmond Institute

4:30 Introductions – Wayne Chapman & Bill Koon

5:00 Doris Betts, Calhoun Reader

5:30 Mindy Friddle

6:00 Ron Moran

6:30 Danielle Sellers

7:00 Andrew Kozma

8:00 John Pursley

8:30 Ashley Warlick

9:00 Ashley Capps

9:30 John Warner

Panelists: Keith Flynn, Josh Russell, Ben George, Keith Morris (m)

Online pre-registration is highly encouraged for this event. Please go to http://people.clemson.edu/~gbarnet/Read-a-Rama/ to register

6:00 Claire Bateman

6:30 George Singleton

7:00 Keith Flynn

7:30 Josh Russell

8:00 Sarah Blackman

8:30 Steve Gehrke

9:00 Brent Hendricks

9:30 Keith Morris

10:00 – 10:30 - Presentation by Kate Salley Palmer, Cartoonist and Children’s author

10:30 – 11:30 - Hands-on Writing and Craft Workshops

11:30 – 12:00 - Presentation by Tatjana Mai-Wyss, children’s author and Illustrator

For questions about Read-a-Rama and Family Day call Dr. Michelle H. Martin at 656-3879.

For general festival questions, contact Adam Million, festival organizer, by phone at 864-656-5411 (office) or via email at million@clemson.edu.

*Denotes Clemson University campus location; all other venues are City of Clemson locations.

**These venues are all ages until 10:00 pm, or the end of the readings.