On Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 7:00 PM, John C. Campbell
Folk School and NC Writers' Network-West will sponsor The Literary Hour. At
this event, NCWN-West members will read at the Keith House on the JCCFS campus,
in Brasstown, NC. The Literary Hour is held on the third Thursday of the month
unless otherwise indicated. This reading is free of charge and open to the
public. This month's featured readers will be Joan Ellen Gage, Bob Grove, and
Carroll S. Taylor. For more information on this event, please contact Mary
Ricketson at: maryricketson311@hotmail.com.
Joan Ellen Gage is an author of humor and inspiration
written from her own unique perspective. Her recipe for her writing focuses on
staying upbeat and laughing at her own foibles. Gage’s photos are the spice in
the mix that serve to punctuate the writing and add that special garnish to her
creations.
Joan has written and published five books, Water Running Downhill,
Embracing Your Inner Cheerleader, A
Redhead Looks At 60, Trinity's Adventures in Imagination, and a special
edition of Water Running Downhill! the
Rose Edition, as a tribute to her friend Rose Macedo Kull. All of
the books are available on Amazon. Currently, Gage is working on a new book
entitled: Words of Defiance and
Empowerment.
Gage is a former administrator for the NCWN-West blog.
Additionally, Ms. Gage has two blogs, Traveling at the Speed of Now,
www.joanellengage.com,and A Redhead Blogs at 60, https://joans-zone.com/.
Bob Grove: Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bob holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Kent State University and a Master of Science degree from
Florida Atlantic University. His diversified curriculum qualified him to teach
high school courses in biology, anatomy and physiology, earth and space
science, astronomy and space science, psychology, English, journalism, and
creative writing.
Bob was an ABC-TV
public affairs director and on-air program host, and founder and publisher of Monitoring Times Magazine. He has
published 19 books and hundreds of articles in 23 magazines. Additionally, he
has published a mystery novella, Secrets
of Magnolia Manor, his memoir, Misadventures
of an Only Child, a collection of children’s stories: Adventures of Kaylie and Jimmy, and many flash fiction stories as
well as some poetry. Grove’s books can be found on Amazon.
Grove is prose critique facilitator for the North Carolina
Writers Network and a co-facilitator of the Ridgeline Literary Alliance.
Carroll S. Taylor grew up in rural West Central Georgia. A
graduate of Tift College (Mercer University) with a BA in French, she holds
graduate degrees in French and English as well as an EdS in Educational
Leadership. An educator for forty-three years, Taylor taught French, English,
Journalism, Creative Writing, and ESL, and advised students to create and
publish school newspapers and yearbooks. After retirement, she moved on to her
second career as a part-time instructor at Columbus State University, teaching
freshman composition.
Taylor is the author of two young adult novels, Chinaberry Summer and Chinaberry Summer: On the Other Side.
She is currently writing the third novel in the series, Chinaberry Summer: Down by the Water. Her books emphasize
generational storytelling and respect for the valuable role of reptiles and
amphibians in our ecosystem. One of the personal highlights of publishing her
novels was her book reading held in the childhood home of Carson McCullers.
Readers
may find her journal blog at chinaberrysummer.com, and
follow her at: https://www.facebook.com/ChinaberrySummer/. .
Carroll is a member of North Carolina Writers’ Network,
North Carolina Writers’ Network-West, and the Georgia Poetry Society.
This is a great lineup of writers and poets. I hope you have a full house that night. Thanks to the Folk School for their efforts to give writers a venue.
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