Carolina Mountains Literary Festival

Save the Date for the 2024 Lit Fest:

September 5-7, 2024

Thank you to all of our authors, sponsors, donors, the town of Burnsville, participants and board members for an amazing 2023 festival. See you next year!

Crowd on opening night.
Panelists from the Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Asheville’s own Maia Toll
Keynote Presentation with Jason Mott & Amber Westall Briggs
Keynote Presentation with Jason Mott & Amber Westall Briggs
Happy Campers
Climate-aware fiction with Lauren Nero
Mr. Farrell and his captive audience
Dr. Michael Frierson
Fiction workshop
Fiction workshop led by Meagan Lucas
Britt Kauffman and Kathy Weisman enjoying the festival
Jason Mott signs his books.
Authors offerings.
Authors offerings.
Keynote Presentation with Jason Mott & Amber Westall Briggs
Crowd at the Keynote Presentation with Jason Mott & Amber Westall Briggs
Signing
Jason Mott signs.
Crowd at the Keynote Presentation with Jason Mott & Amber Westall Briggs
One of our first FRIENDs of the FESTIVAL!
Authors fellowship.
Jason Mott sporting his CMLF water bottle.
Dr. Michael Frierson’s documentary screening.
Festival board members excited about how it was going.
Darren Farrell working his magic for Yancey county kiddos.
Meagan Lucas sharing about the writing process.
Ken Chamlee’s Poetry Workshop
Hope Larson
Anne Tazewell recounts stories of her father the spy.
Intimate session with Scott Gould.
The art of writing music and fiction with Peter McDade
Lauren Nero and Hope Larson signing books.
Hope Larson signing books.
Anne Tazewell signing books
Dr. Len Lawson and Meagan Lucas signing books.
Sebastian Matthews teaching a Memoir workshop.
Shuly Cawood reading from her heart.

 

Special thanks to each of our sponsors.

Yancey Chamber of Commerce
AMY Regional Library
North Carolina Humanities Council
The NuWray Hotel
Mountain Air Community Fund
Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe
Town of Burnsville, NC
Plott Hound Books
Yancey County, NC
North Carolina Arts Council
Yancey Fund
United Community Bank
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