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2006 Carolina Mountains Literary Festival? |
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It all begins of a misty Friday morning. |
"Your
imagination and your hard work paid off and hundreds of people are now
better off because of it. Already, I'm thinking of next year...
Your were only partly right when you said if you build it they will come: you have to build something worthwhile if you expect a crowd like you attracted to the first ANNUAL Carolina Mountains Literary Festival." (approx. 350 people attended) Perry Deane
Young
festival author Hanged by a Dream |
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"Given the participation and enthusiasm I observed, I think this celebration of the written and spoken word will very soon become a mainstay in the region, as it should." Gloria Houston
festival author The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree |
Volunteers help at the welcome table in front of Barbara Webster's newly unveiled quilt and the many festival authors' books. |
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 Dr
Lloyd Bailey happily signs copies of his book of Yancey County history
at the History Museum Annex named in his honor. |
"...you all pulled off an amazing event: beautifully organized, orchestrated, arranged. . . and SO well attended. And what seemed obvious to me (and best of all) was that everyone seemed so very relaxed and happy to be there...Thank you for reminding me of the joy of LOVING literature ... and for reminding me of a few writers and poets I need to finally enjoy." Peggy Weaver
Librarian at Asheville High School |
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"It was fun. And had a very nice spirit about it. Congratulations!" Tommy Hays
festival author The Pleasure Was Mine |
Ron Rash reads from Saints at the River as a part of the Together We Read program on Saturday Morning. |
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 Barbara
Webster's quilt is revealed in the Town Center Foyer. |
"I loved every minute of it. I mean, every minute... Hard work did it. No other way it could happen." Dot Jackson
festival author Refuge |
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"The Carolina Mountains Literary Festival was a huge success and I am honored to have been a part of your inaugural event. I only hope the participants in my workshop enjoyed it as much as I did. It was great to be around old friends, meet new ones and share our love of writing and reading. You and the entire committee did a fantastic job! I'll be glad to help any way that I can in next year's festival. Thanks for a fantastic weekend!" Pat Riviere-Seel
festival author & workshop leader President, NC Poetry Society |
Isabel Zuber speaks about "The Writing Life" in a session at the Design Gallery. She is the author of Salt. |
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David Schulman reads from his novel The Past is Never Dead in the Library Annex. |
"I was
honored to be a part of the banquet. And I was mighty proud to say to visitors
that I was from Burnsville."
Rev. Maggie
Lauterer
1st Presbyterian Church of Burnsville giver of the banquet invocation |
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| "...just
this year I applied for a TRAC scholarship for my MFA and one of the things
I said in my essay is that there is no center for the literary arts in
Yancey or Mitchell County. This weekend was proof positive that we need
such a center, and that there is so much talent right in our own backyards.
Bravo for bringing the hermit writers out of the woodwork!"
Katey Schultz
Yancey County resident |
"I know
it sounds strange, but I woke up today feeling like it was Christmas morning
because the festival was finally here. I know it wasn't a present
just for me, but I did enjoy myself."
Bethany
Roundtree
Yancey County
resident
as preface to reading at the
open-mic |
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More smiling volunteers, without whom this festival never would have been so successful. Thank you again!
photo credits to Bob Brandt of the Yancey County Literacy Council (with the exception of this last one, to Ed Seel) |
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