Wiley Cash - Events | 2017 Applachian Heritage Writer in Residence

: WV Fiction Competition, AHWIR Website and Teaching Tools, Anthology Process Begins, Interview, and Anthology Readings

: Photography Exhibit Roger May’s Looking at Appalachia, Scarborough Library Reading Room, Reception September 26

5 p.m.: "Appalachian Communities at Risk: Drugs, Opioids, Families in Peril, with Dr. Chiquita Howard-Bostic," Robert C. Byrd Center
7 p.m.: Screening of Academy Award-Winning Film Norma Rae, in partnership with the Shepherdstown Film Society, Dr. Julia Sandy, Department of History, Reynolds Hall

5 p.m.: "The Appalachian Company Town, A Culture of Their Own: Mill and Coal Towns of the Mountains," Dr. Ben Bankhurst, Department of History, Robert C. Byrd Center
7 p.m.: "Stories from Appalachia with Adam Booth," Robert C. Byrd Center

7 p.m.: "A Celebration of Appalachian Storytellers and Celtic Ayres" with Gretchen Moran Laskas, Poet Laureate Marc Harshman, and Composer Georgiann Toole and Shepherd Music Department: The Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Charles Frazier Volume IX," Robert C. Byrd Center, the event sponsored by the WV Center for the Book and Shepherd University Foundation
8 p.m.: Reception, Scarborough Library Reading Room

9:30 a.m.: Wiley Cash Presentation and Reading to Martinsburg, Jefferson County, and Berkeley Springs Students at Martinsburg High School
11 a.m.: Wiley Cash Reading at Martinsburg Public Library and Reception; Bavarian Inn Lunch with AHWIR Project Co-Directors and Friends
7 p.m.: "The Writing Life, with Wiley Cash," Robert C. Byrd Center
8 p.m.: Wiley Cash Book Signing and Reception, Byrd Atrium

10 a.m.: Wiley Cash and WV Public Radio
Noon: Senior Moments Book Club with Wiley Cash
3-4:30 p.m.: Writers Master Class with Wiley Cash, Robert C. Byrd Center
6 p.m.: Fiction Competition Winners, Judges, and Wiley Cash at Domestic
8 p.m.: Scarborough Society Lecture and Awards Ceremony (Wiley Cash receives the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award and presents the Scarborough Keynote, at EOB auditorium, & WV Fiction Competition Awards are presented by Cash
9 p.m.: Reception and Book Signing in EOB Atrium

5 p.m.: A Conversation with Roger May, "Looking at Appalachia," Scarborough Reading Room and Photography Exhibit
7:30 p.m.: Square Dance at Town Run Brewing Company

All Day: Appalachian Heritage Festival Events
8 p.m.: Showcase Concert, Frank Center Theater (call 304.876.5219 for tickets) For information about Shepherdstown, lodging, and visitors’ information, visit Shepherdstown Visitors Center website at www.shepherdstown.info.

Wiley Cash2017 Appalachian Heritage Writer in Residence