Upcoming Events


 
 

Monday Evenings, 30 September-28 October, 2024, 5:00-7:30 PM | Great Smokies Writing Program, UNC-Asheville
”Craft Secrets for Fiction Writers” Course
Zoom


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October 15, 2024, 7:00 PM | Charlotte Writers Club
“How to Create Compelling Characters (Who Aren't You)”
Providence United Methodist Church, Rm 104, 2810 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC


 
 

November 16, 2024, 1:30 to 4:00 PM (with a 12:45 PM mixer) | Atlanta Writers Club
“Person, Place and Thing: Easy Alchemy for Writers” Hands-on Workshop with Culley Holderfield
Georgia State University—Perimeter College: Dunwoody Campus, Building NC


 
 

24 February-3 March 2025 | Weymouth Writeaway
Weeklong Writing Workshop Retreat
Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, Southern Pines, NC


 
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221-28 April 2025 | Writeaway in Italy
Weeklong Writing Workshop Retreat
Villa Cini & Cassanova, Bucine, Tuscany, Italy


Recent Events

 
 

13-20 September 2024 | Writeaway in France
Weeklong Writing Workshop Retreat
Chateau du Pin, Champtocé-sur-Loire, France


 
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3-10 September 2024 | Writeaway in Ireland
Weeklong Writing Workshop Retreat
Carriglea House, Killarney, Ireland


Past Kudzu Queen Events

 
 

Tuesday 10 January 2023, 7:00 pm | Quail Ridge Books
Kudzu Queen Launch Party
4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, NC 27609


 
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Friday 13 January 2023, 6:00 pm | Union Ave Books
Reading and Signing
517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902


 
 

Thursday 26 January 2023, 6:00 pm | Malaprop’s Books
In-Person and Online Reading and Conversation with Heather Newton
55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801


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Saturday 28 January 2023, 11:00 am | McIntyre's Books
Regal House Publishing Showcase with Culley Holderfield & Jaynie Royal
220 Market St, Fearrington Village, NC 27312


 
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Thursday 9 February 2023, 7:00 pm | Park Road Books
Reading & Signing with Culley Holderfield
4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209


 
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Friday, February 10, 7:00 pm | Blacksburg Books
Reading and Q&A
401 S. Main Street, Suite 106, Blacksburg, VA 24060


 
 

Thursday 16 February 2023, 5:30 pm | Flyleaf Books
5:30 pm - Book Signing
6:00 pm - Reading
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Chapel Hill, NC 27514


 
 

Saturday 25 February, 5:30 pm and Sunday 26 February 2023, 10:45 am & 2:00 pm | Georgia Writers Museum Retreat
Reading, Poetry Nap Workshop & Publishing Panel
109 S Jefferson Ave, Eatonton, GA 31024


 
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Monday 27 February, 7:00 pm | Georgia Center for the Book & Eagle Eye Book Shop
Reading, Q&A and Signing
Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030


 
 

Wednesday 1 March 2023, 5:30 pm | The Twig Book Shop
Reading and Conversation with Nan Cuba
306 Pearl Pkwy UNIT 106, San Antonio, TX 78215


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Sunday 5 March 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm | The Bookstore
Reading, Q&A and Signing
118 Main St, Chico, CA 95928


 
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Monday 6 March 2023, 6:00 pm | Corkscrew Wine Bar
Reading and Conversation with Michael Jarmer
1665 SE Bybee Blvd Portland, OR 97202


 
 

Thursday 9 March 2023, 1:30-3:00 pm
Optimism Brewing Company
Regal House Author Reading
1158 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122

 
 

 
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Thursday, March 30, 7:00 pm | Watchung Booksellers
Reading and conversation with Kerri Schlottman
54 Fairfield St, Montclair, NJ 07042


Pop-up Author Soirée in NYC

Saturday, April 1, 6:00 pm | Home of Laura Simms
Reading and conversation. Wine & light hors d'oeuvres.
814 Broadway #3 , New York New York, 10003


 
 

Monday, April 3, 7:30 pm | Lost City Books
Reading and conversation with Kerri Schlottman
2467 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009


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Thursday, April 13, 6:00 pm | Hub City Books
R
eading and conversation with Culley Holderfield
Masonic Temple, 186 W Main St, Spartanburg, SC 29306


Meet the Authors Soirée

Saturday 15 April 2023, 5:00-7:00 pm | At the home of Judy Farrington Aust
Mimi Herman & Culley Holderfield Reading and Conversation. Book-themed cocktails & hors d’oeuvres.


 
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Sunday 30 April 2023, 1:00 pm | Cameron Art Museum
Book Buzz Author Event
3201 South 17th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina 28412


 
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Friday 5 May 2023, 6:00 pm | Sunrise Books
The Whistlestop Tour: Mimi Herman, Susan Reinhardt and Kerri Schlottman
1101 N. Main St., Suite 202, High Point, NC, 27262


 
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Saturday 6 May 2023, 1:00 pm | Page 158 Books
The Whistlestop Tour: Mimi Herman, Kerri Schlottman & Susan Reinhardt
415 South Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587


 
 

Saturday 6 May 2023, 6:00 pm | Scuppernong Books
The Whistlestop Tour: Mimi Herman, Susan Reinhardt and Kerri Schlottman
304 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27401


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Sunday 7 May 2023, 11:15 am - 12:15 pm| Shalom Hall, Myers Park Baptist Church
Kudzu Queen Reading & conversation, open to all
1900 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC 28207-2582


 
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Sunday 7 May 2023, 5:30-7:00 pm | M. Judson Booksellers
Mimi Herman and Susan Reinhardt
130 South Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601


 
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Wednesday 31 May 2023, 7:00 pm | Yonder: Southern Cocktails and Brew
Sour Mash Celebration of Southern Fiction, Mystery and Music
Mimi Herman, Culley Holderfield, Katy Munger and The Kudzu Ramblers
114 West King Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278


 
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Sunday 11 June 2023, 5:00 pm | Scuppernong Books
Writing Historical Fiction with Mimi Herman, David Wright Faladé and Culley Holderfield
304 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27401


 
 

Tuesday 13 June 2023, 7:00 pm | Quail Ridge Books
Conversation with Kathleen Grissom, author of Crow Mary
4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, NC 27609


 
 

Saturday 12 August 2023, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | National Book Festival
North Carolina Center for the Book Booth
The Kudzu Queen represents North Carolina in the Library of Congress “Great Reads from Great Places” Program
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C.


 
 

Wednesday 30 August 2023, 6:30 pm | Zoom

Join North Carolina Humanities to hear author Mimi Herman and English professor Marc Cohen discuss Mimi’s book The Kudzu Queen. Mimi and Marc will spend an hour talking about The Kudzu Queen, especially invasive species, women’s roles in society, and rural life in World War II-era North Carolina. This program will be recorded and made available on YouTube afterward.

Book discussion questions available here.


 
 

Sunday 22 October 2023 / Tennessee State Museum
Humanities Tennessee presents The 35th annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word℠!
Tennessee State Library & Archive, & Bicentennial Mall, Nashville, Tennessee


Saturday 21 October 2023, 9:30 am-5:00 pm / Joseph-Beth Booksellers
2:00 pm Writing Nonfiction & Historical Fiction Panel in The Writers’ Room
161 Lexington Green Circle # B, Lexington, KY 40503


 
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Saturday 28 October 2023, 10:00 am / Old Orchard Creek General Store
Old Orchard Creek General Store
9350 NC-194, Lansing, NC 28643, USA


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Thursday 2 November 2023, 10:00 am / Country Club of Whispering Pines
Book Club Bruncheon
2 Clubhouse Blvd, Whispering Pines 28327


 
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Thursday 11 April 2024, 7:00 pm | Quail Ridge Books
Conversation with Gerry Wilson, Author of That Pinson Girl
4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, NC 27609


Saturday 20 April 2024, 10:30 am | North Carolina Writers Network Spring Conference
Launching Your Book into a World of Readers
MHRA Building, 1111 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, NC 27412


 
 
 
 

Sunday 5 May, 2024, 2:00 pm | People’s Book
Conversation with Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Author of Red Clay Suzie
7014-A Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912


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Tuesday 16 July 2024, 2:00 PM | Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities
The Kudzu Queen at the James Boyd Book Club
555 East Connecticut Avenue, Southern Pines, NC, 28388


Saturday 24 August 2024, 7:15 PM | “Bull City Press Presents” Reading Series
Book Signing and Reading with Julia Ridley Smith, Arielle Hebert and Golden Age Comedy
Mettlesome Theater, Golden Belt, 800 Taylor Street, Suite 9-156, Durham, NC, 27701