It’s not often that a book reader is able to meet, much less have a conversation with a favorite author. It’s rarer still to be able to mingle with 40 accomplished writers, but that is on the agenda for the SouthWord Literary Feast.
Hosted by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and presented by the Southern Lit Alliance, the two-day event will take place Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4, at UTC, Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Lindsay Street Hall.
Author/poet Wendell Berry is the keynote speaker on Friday evening and Southern Lit Alliance Executive Director Linda LeVan said that dinner is sold out.
LeVan said SouthWord is unusual for several reasons.
“The Fellowship of Southern Writers is unique in that it is peer-reviewed. These are Southern writers who are considered at the top of their league and to have 40 of them able to make it is something special.”