“How to Write a Sentence” and Other Wednesday Links
Welcome to Wednesday. For those of you not in the Triad (or the Triad’s media market), Winston-Salem’s NPR station (WFDD) yesterday morning broadcast an interview with Press 53 founder Kevin Watson,...
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The excellent North Carolina Miscellany blog greeted me this morning with this post about the “faculty of generalizing” and the mountains around Asheville, site of the 2011 Fall Conference, November 18...
View ArticleThe Good Kind of Problem to Have
Last Friday night I stopped by Press 53′s ‘New Poetry Launch Party’ in downtown Winston-Salem . . . well, I should say I tried to stop by. The event drew such a crowd that the best I could do was...
View ArticleWhy You Should Attend the 2012 Spring Conference: #4
Throughout the week, we’ll be counting down the Top 5 reasons you should register for the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2012 Spring Conference in Greensboro, NC, on Saturday, April 28. Reason Number...
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Press 53 Promotes Books for Soldiers
Our friends at Press 53 are running the following special promotion. Buy a book from a North Carolina press today, and give something to the men and women in the armed forces: For every book you...
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Winston-Salem Hit with Poetry in Plain Sight
A collective of our friends in Winston-Salem have announced a new initiative: Poetry in Plain Sight. From the press release: Poetry in Plain Sight is an innovative program created to bring poetry to a...
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Announcing the 2014 SIBA Book Award Finalists
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has announced the finalists for the 2014 SIBA Book Award, and there are several Tar Heel writers and one North Carolina small press among the distinguished...
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SIBA Announces 2014 Book Award Winners
Cathy Smith Bowers The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has announced their 2014 Book Award Winners. Two North Carolina residents and a North Carolina-based press are among those honored....
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NCWN Sponsors Poetry in Plain Sight
The North Carolina Writers’ Network is a proud sponsor of September’s Poetry in Plain Sight Program. Poetry in Plain Sight brings poetry to downtown Winston-Salem. Four poems are chosen each month and...
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NC LIVE Brings 1,200 New e-Books to Patrons
From the North Carolina State University Libraries: RALEIGH, NC – NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide public and academic library consortium, is experimenting with a new e-Book project that gives North...
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Meet the Fall Conference Exhibitors
Bull City Press The North Carolina Writers’ Network 2014 Fall Conference runs November 21-23 at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel in Charlotte. Registration is now open. You may already know the weekend is...
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Spring Conference Exhibitors: Part 2
On Thursday, we introduced six exhibitors who’ll be joining us for the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2015 Spring Conference, April 18 at UNCG. Here’s who else will be there: Since 1932, the North...
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Meet Our Fall Conference Exhibitors: Part III
Over the past two weeks we’ve introduced many of the exhibitors who’ll be at the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2015 Fall Conference, November 20-22, in Asheville. Here’s the third and final...
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Meet Our Spring Conference Exhibitors – Part 3
Pre-registration for our 2016 Spring Conference closes on Sunday. So there’s still time to register at a great discount, and ensure your place in what promises to be a fun, full day of sessions,...
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Shakespeare 24/7 at NC Museum of History
Starting May 7 and running through May 30, the North Carolina Museum of History will showcase the traveling exhibit First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare. This touring exhibit is on offer from...
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Fall Conference Exhibitors: Part 2
Last week we introduced five exhibitors who’ll be at the North Carolina Writers’ Network 2016 Fall Conference, November 4-6, at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley. Among its many programs, Fall...
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Introducing Spring Conference Exhibitors: Part 2
This week and next, we’re introducing those exhibitors who’ll be joining us at our 2017 Spring Conference on Saturday, April 22, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. To read Part 1 of...
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Prime Number Offers Indivisible Poetry and Prose
Issue #107 Some literary journals have one or two editors whose reigns span decades. Over time, the publication takes on their voices and comes to display the tastes, passions, and yes, the blind-spots...
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Introducing Our Fall Conference Exhibitors: Part 4
Maybe attendees at our Fall Conference show up for the classes, but we feel they stay—and keep coming back for—the camaraderie. That’s where our exhibit hall comes in: a chance for conferencegoers to...
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Press 53 and the World as It Is
If you’ve been to a North Carolina Writers’ Network event in the past seven years (at least), you’ve seen Press 53 represented in our exhibit hall, on our panels, and in our Critique Service and...
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