“The struggle of [the novel’s] deftly-drawn young characters to navigate the monumental changes—cultural and personal— that the civil rights movement brought to the South is rich and compelling.”
– Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author about “Swimming Between Worlds”

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, March 28, 2018
NC State Literary Readings Series presents Elaine Neil Orr and John Kessel
Talley Student Union
Hatteras-Okcracoke Suite
2610 Cates Ave
Raleigh, NC 27606
7:30pm

Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Quail Ridge Books
4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 828-1588
7:00pm
Contact: René Martin
rene.martin@quailridgebooks.com

Saturday, April 7, 2018
McIntyre’s
220 Market Street
Fearrington Village
Pittsboro, NC 27312
(919) 542-3030
11:00am
Contact: Pete Mock
Pete@fearrington.com

Monday, April 9, 2018
The Barn at Reynolda Village
106 Reynolda Village
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
7:00pm
**Books sold by Bookmarks

Monday, April 11, 2018
Flyleaf Books
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (Historic Airport Rd)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 942-7373
7:00pm
Contact: Amanda Ibarra
amanda@flyleafbooks.com

Saturday, April 14, 2018
Park Road Books
4139 Park Rd.
Charlotte, NC 28209
(704) 525-9239
Charlotte, NC
2:00pm
Contact: Megan
events@parkroadbooks.com

Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Regulator Bookshop
720 Ninth Street
Durham, NC 27705
(919) 286-2700
7:00pm
Contact: Amy Spaulding
regulatorevents@gmail.com

Sunday, April 22, 2018
Hub City Books
186 West Main St.
Spartanburg, SC 29306
2:00pm
Contact: Leena Dbouk
leena@hubcity.org

Thursday, April 26, 2018
Page 158 Books
415 Brooks St Unit B
Wake Forest, NC 27587
6:30pm
Contact: Sue
sue@page158books.com

Monday, April 30, 2018
Malaprop’s
55 Haywood St.
Asheville, NC 28801
(800) 441-9829
6:00pm
Contact: Melanie McNair
melanie@malaprops.com

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Blue Ridge Books
428 Hazelwood Ave.
Waynesville, NC 28786
3:30pm/4pm
Contact: Allison Lee
Allison.blueridge@gmail.com

Thursday, May 3, 2018
The Davidson Icehouse Restaurant
Author luncheon hosted by Main Street Books
Davidson, NC
12:00pm – 1:30 pm

Saturday, May 5, 2018
The Country Bookshop
140 NW Broad Street
Southern Pines, NC 28387
5:00pm
Contact: Kimberly Daniels
kimberlyddaniels@gmail.com

Friday, May 11, 2018
Sunrise Books
7 Hillcrest Place
High Point, NC 27262
6:00pm
Contact: Angela
336-397-3755

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Fountain Bookstore
1312 East Cary Street
Fountain Bookstore
Richmond, VA 23219
6:30 pm
Contact: Kelly Justice
info@fountainbookstore.com

Friday, May 18, 2018
Phi Beta Kappa Association of Wake County
Raleigh, NC
6:30pm

Saturday, May 19, 2018
Greensboro Bound: A Literary Festival

Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Read It Or Not Bookclub
with Lynn Rhoades
Winston-Salem, NC
7:00pm

Saturday, June 16, 2018
Sip’n’Sign Summer Book Club
Pedelar Wine & Beer
Raleigh, NC
5-7pm

Thursday, June 21, 2018
A Cappella Books
acappellabooks.com
208 Haralson Ave NE
Atlanta GA 30307
Elaine Neil Orr in Conversation with Jessica Handler
7:00pm
Contact: Frank Reiss, Owner
404-681-5128

Friday, July 6, 2018
Litchfield Books
11421 Ocean Highway
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
11am-Noon, author talk & Q&A
Noon, luncheon, restaurant TBA
2 pm, in-store book signing
Contact: Vicki
(843) 237-8138
litchfieldbooks@att.net

Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Bookmarks Bookstore
Event with emphasis on book clubs
Joint-event with Charlie Lovett
Details TBA
Contact: Jamie Southern
http://www.bookmarksnc.org/

July 19 – 22, 2018
NC State University
NCWN Squire Summer Writing Residency and Workshop

Labor Day weekend
AJC/Decatur Book Festival
(details to come)

September 6-9, 2018
Bookmarks Book Festival
2018 is here
Contact: Jamie Southern
http://www.bookmarksnc.org/

Monday, October 15, 2018
Bibliofeast

Tuesday, October 16, 2018
RCMWS event
Details TBA

Saturday, October 20, 2018
Wake Forest Literary Festival
Speed-dating event
Hosted by Page 158 Books
Details TBA

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018
Kentucky Book Festival
Details to come

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
African Writers book club
Noon to 3:00pm

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, evening
Millbrook Methodist Church Book Club
Raleigh

Saturday, March 2, 2019
Feast of Authors Luncheon
Quarter Moon Books
Topsail, NC
**Booked by Caitlin Hamilton Summie

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The Book Club
10:00am

Tuesday, April 2, 2013
WUNC-FM (NPR)
“The State of Things”
324 Blackwell St., Suite 600
Durham, NC 27701
Contact: Alex Granados
919-445-9183
agranados@mail.wuncfm.unc.edu
www.stateofthings.org

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 – 6:00 p.m.
Barnhill’s
Discussion, Q&A, and Signing
811 Burke St.
Winston-Salem, NC
Contact: Stacy Castanedo
336-602-1383
stacy@onlyatbarnhills.com
www.onlyatbarnhills.com

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 – 7:30 p.m.
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Reading and Signing, with Lee Smith Introducing
3522 Wade Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27607
Contact: Rene Martin
919-828-1588
rene.martin@quailridgebooks.com
www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9780425261309

Thursday, April 11, 2013 – 7:00 p.m.
Park Road Books
Discussion, Q&A, and Signing
4139 Park road
Charlotte, NC 28209
Contact: Frank Burleson
704-525-9239
frankburleson@parkroadbooks.com
www.parkroadbooks.com

Saturday, April 13, 2013 – 11:00 a.m.
McIntyre’s Fine Books
Reading, Q&A, and Signing
220 Market St.
Fearrington Village Center
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Contact: Keebe Fitch
919-542-3030 (store)
keebe@fearrington.com
www.mcintyresbooks.com

Thursday, April 18, 2013 – 7:00 p.m.
Regulator Bookshop
Discussion, Q&A, and Signing
720 9th St.
Durham, NC 27705
Contact: Tom Campbell
919-286-2700
regulatorbookshop@gmail.com
www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/elaine-neil-orr

Saturday, April 20, 2013 – 2 p.m.
Flyleaf Books
Discussion, Reading, Q&A, and Signing with Refreshments
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Contact: Jamie Fiocco
919-942-7936
Jamie@flyleafbooks.com
www.flyleafbooks.com

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 – 6 p.m.
NC State Alumni Association
Dinner, Reading, and Signing, with Jill McCorkle
Ticket required
NCSU Centennial Campus
2450 Alumni Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27695
Contact: Ginny Hall
919-515-0517
Ginny_Hall@ncsu.edu

Saturday, April 27, 2013 – 7:00 p.m.
Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café
Discussion, Q&A, and Signing
55 Haywood St.
Asheville, NC 28801
Contact: Alsace Young-Walentine
828-254-6734
alsace@malaprops.com
www.malaprops.com/event/elaine-neil-orr-presents-different-sun-novel-africa

Thursday, May 2, 2013 – 6:00 p.m.
Hub City Bookstore
Discussion, Q&A, and Signing
186 West Main St.
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Contact: Erin Haire
864-577-9349
erinhaire@gmail.com
http://hubcity.org/bookshop

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 – 4:30 p.m
Discussion, Q&A, and Signing
THE COUNTRY BOOKSHOP
140 NW Broad St
Southern Pines, NC 28387
Contact: Kimberly Daniels
910-692-3211
kimberlyddaniels@gmail.com

Friday, May 17-25, 2013
Spalding University Brief-Residency MFA Program, Elaine on faculty,
Louisville, Ky.

Friday, May 17, 2013
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST
Live in-studio
WRFL-FM
“Accents”
3475 Lyon Dr. #75
Lexington, KY 40513
Host: Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
Contact: Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
cell 859-806-1785
katerina.klemer@gmail.com
http://katerinaklemer.com/ownaccent/

Sunday, May 19, 2013 – 5:15 p.m.
Celebration of New Books, Spalding University
Brown Hotel, 16th Floor Gallery
335 W. Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202
Contact: Katy Yocom, 503-873-4400

Thursday, June 20, more details to come
Reading/discussion with the Greensboro Public Library
Contact: Beth Sheffield
sheffield@greensboro-nc.gov

Saturday, June 29, 2013 – 2:00 p.m.
Reading and Signing
The Fountain Bookstore
Richmond, Virginia
Contact: Kelly Justice
804-788-1594

Friday, Sept. 6, 2013
Teaching a class, preliminary to BOOKMARKS. Details to come.

Saturday, Sept.7, BOOKMARKS
Winston-Salem, N.C.
BOOKMARKS
709-C South Marshall Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Contact: Ginger Hendricks
336-460-4722
ginger.hendricks@bookmarksbookfestival.org
www.bookmarksbookfestival.org

Sept. 19, 2013, Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South
Reading and Q&A
Durham, NC
Cost: Free, but RSVP and we’ll send directions
Contact: RCWMS, rcwmsnc@aol.com, www.rcwms.org, 919-683-1236

Saturday, Sept. 28,, 2013 – 1-4:30 p.m.
CNF Workshop, Community Writing Workshop Series, Jacar Press & the Nazim Hikmet Festival (registration required)
Public Reading, 5:00 p.m.
Turkish House
303 East Durham Rd., Cary, N.C.
Contact: Richard Kraiwiec
jacarpress@gmail.com

Saturday, October 12, 2013 – 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Southern Festival of Books
“In and Out of Africa: Slavery, Missionaries and Brave New Worlds,” with Margaret Wrinkle
Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room
Nashville, Tennessee

Friday, Nov. 8, 2013
Reading
City Lights Bookstore
3 E Jackson St, Sylva, NC 28779
(828) 586-9499

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 – 7:00 pm
27 Views of Raleigh Reading, Raleigh, N.C.
African-American Cultural Room, NC State University
Contact: Sheila McKoy-Smith
ssmckoy@ncsu.edu

Friday, November 15 – 11:30am
Reading and Writing Talk by Award Winning Novelist Elaine Neil Orr
The Wild Fig Bookstore
1439 Leestown Rd, Lexington, KY 40511
Contact, Crystal Wilkinson
(859) 381-8133

Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013
Spalding University Brief Residency MFA in Writing, Fall Residency
Cross-genre Lecture in Fiction and Creative Non-fiction
Louisville, Kentucky

Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014
Walter Magazine, Dinner and Reading with Four North Carolina Writers
With Jill McCorkle, Wilton Barnhardt, and Allan Gurganus
Umstead Hotel, Research Triangle Park
Contact: Liza Roberts
Liza.Roberts@WalterMagazine.com

Jan. 24-26, 2014
New Voices 2014
Misty Valley Books
Chester, Vermont
Contact: Lynne Reed
mvbooks@vermontel.net

March 6, 2014
Opening Doors to Literacy
Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association
Little Rock, Arkansas
Details to come

May 13, 2014
Historical Book Club of North Carolina
Guest Author
Greensboro Country Club
Greensboro, N.C.
Details to come

Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014
Public Reading
Main Building, Alamance Community College,
Graham, NC

Sunday, April 6, 2014
“Crossing Oceans: Southern Writers in Other Worlds,” with Angela Davis-Gardner
North Carolina Book Festival,
Hunt Library, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Watts Street Baptist Book Club
Durham, NC

April 18-20, 2014
Alabama Book Festival (schedule to be announced)
Montgomery, AL

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Book Club
Millbrook Methodist Church,
Raleigh, NC

July 13-18, 2014
“Finding Your Life through Writing It”
Cullowee Mountain Arts,
Western Carolina University,
Cullowee, NC

July 26, 2014
“Global North Carolina Literature” Panel
North Carolina Writers’ Conference
Asheville

Aug. 21, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Shepherd’s Vineyard Book Club

Friday Aug 29, 2014 – 10:00 a.m. – noon
Wonderland Book Club,
Center for Excellence,
3803-B Computer Dr. Suite 106,
Raleigh, NC
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 – 7:00 p.m.
The Book Club with Nancy Henderson-James,
Durham, NC

Oct. 1, 2014 – 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon and talk,
North Raleigh United Methodist Church
Raleigh, NC

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 – 7:00 p.m.
“Living and Writing, Writing and Lying,” a conversation,
Scuppernong Books,
Greensboro, NC

Nov. 8, 2014 – noon
American Academy of University Women Author Luncheon,
Wilmington, NC

Monday, March 23, 2015
Edenton Street Baptist Church Book Club,
Raleigh, NC

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 – 6:00 p.m.
Dinner and author talk
Friends of The Barton College Library,
Wilson, NC

June 24 – July 6, 2015
Teaching and lecturing in Athens and Crete,
Spalding University’s Brief Residency MFA Program

Monday, Nov. 9, 2015
Books on Roslyn,
Winston-Salem, NC

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015
Featured Speaker,
Third Thursday Open Mic,
Raleigh, NC