Charlotte arts ’18-19: Literary events
CPCC
April 5-14, 2019: Sensoria: A festival celebrating literature and the arts with poet/essayist Hanif Abdurraqib appearing April 11; sensoria.cpcc.edu/events/
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation
Nov. 1: Verse & Vino 2018. Fifth annual fundraiser for the public library, featuring five New York Times best-selling authors. Confirmed at press time: Paula McLain (“Love and Ruin”); Casey Gerald (“There Will Be No Miracles Here”); Julia Reed (“South Toward Home”); Elliot Ackerman (“Waiting for Eden”).
Charlotte Writers Club
Sept. 18: Randell Jones.
Nov. 20: Patrice Gopo.
Dec. 18: Jeff Jackson.
Feb. 19, 2019: Kathy Izard.
April 16: Dannye Romine Powell.
May 21: Judy Goldman.
Davidson College
315 N. Main St., Davidson; www.davidson.edu/the-arts/literary-arts
Sept. 25: Janet Mock. The Reynolds Lecture by the writer/host/producer/advocate and author of “Redefining Realness.”
Lenoir-Rhyne
www.lr.edu/public-events/visiting-writers-series
Sept. 27: Laila Lalami.
Oct. 4: Li-Young Lee.
Oct. 25: Ken Liu.
Nov. 8: Matthias Goritz and Aaron Coleman.
Nov. 15: Juan Felipe Herrera.
Jan. 21, 2019: Joshua Bennett.
Feb. 7: Armistead Maupin.
Feb. 28: Anne-Marie Fyfe and Cahal Dallat.
March 7: Louise Penny.
March 21: Kao Kalia Yang.
April 3-6: Naomi Shihab Nye.
Women’s National Book Association Charlotte
Oct. 15: Bibliofeast: Kathryn Schwille, Elaine Neil Orr, Sue Halpern, Lee Zacharias, J.T. Ellison, Donna Everhart, Webb Hubbell.