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Sept. 12-14, 2013
the 8th annual festival

117days until
Our Festival

Major Sponsor

MANY THANKS TO
North Carolina Arts Council
This project is supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowments for the Arts.

A Festival of Ideas

NEW - Check out our series of Book Reviews on our blog!

Thank You Sponsors!

Banquet Sponsors
Bubba & Susan Crutchfield
 
Author Hospitality Sponsor
Young & McQueen Grading
 
Workshop Sponsor
 
Author's Friend
Walter & Ann Savage
The Cullom Family
Carolyn & David Cort
The Parkway Playhouse
Off The Beaten Path Bookstore
 
Road Scholar Sponsor
This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

Book Lover
Lucy Gregory Doll

In Memory of Dottie Buker

Bookmarks
 
TAKE ME THERE

 

Burnsville, North Carolina
book festival, literary festival, Western North Carolina, Charlotte Book Festival
Good literature can immerse a reader in another landscape, time, or perspective.  In 2013, the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival showcases authors and works that transport us.  

Come to Burnsville, North Carolina September 12 through 14 and book a first class ticket to your choice of literary destinations.

We are pleased to announce planning is well underway, beginning with our keynote Banquet Speaker...

         Elizabeth Kostova
               author of The Historian
                                 The Swan Thieves
               and a new 2013 book?



Elizabeth Kostova is the winner of the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.  She also received the 2006 Book Sense award for Best Adult Fiction and the 2005 Quill Award for Debut Author of the Year.

2013 AUTHORS - so far! 
(More confirmations will be announced in the coming weeks.)
 
Elizabeth Kostova Holly Iglesias Abigail DeWitt Charles F. Price Fred Bahnson
Stephanie Powell Watts Bob Watts Sharon Webb Katey Schultz Elizabeth Hudson
Susan Ketchin Mallory McDuff Dale Neal John Santa Keith Flynn
Kane Smego Katherine Soniat Janie De Vos Myra McEntire Chris Schweizer
Bobby McMillan Susan Woodring



Stay tuned!
 

This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.