May 3 @ 2:30 PM Flyleaf Books Reading with Jay Bryan and Myra Rasmussen (**Please note the first Sunday date this month only.)
May 5 @ 4 PM Patricia Joslin’s Book Launch and Reading for NO PACKING NECESSARY, at The Village on Morehead in Charlotte
May 3 @ 4:30 PM Malaprop’s Bookstore Poet Quartet Featuring Joseph Bathanti, Sarah Carey, Rowe Carenen, and Richard Tillinghast
May 6 @ 6 PM Charlotte Lit presents a workshop with A. L. Sterling ‘The Personal Curriculum: Author Edition”
May 6 @ 9 AM through June 3 each Wednesday morning Grey Brown is teaching a narrative poetry class with OLLI at Judea Reform Congregation in Durham Register at this link
May 16 @ 3 PM City Lights Bookstore presents Poetry with Rick Maxson
Charlotte Lit presents Pen to Paper, Tuesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. A free weekly online gathering for writers—anyone who writes or wishes to start (or restart). Each one-hour session includes a short craft lesson and writing prompt, 30-40 minutes of writing time, and an opportunity for sharing your work. The environment is casual, supportive, and generative, and helps you develop a consistent writing practice. P2P is led in rotation by authors Kathie Collins, Paula Martinac, and Paul Reali, with guest facilitators Christine Arvidson and Luke Whisnant. Register to receive the Zoom link.
May 16 @ 10 AM Sam Ragan Awards Day at Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities in Southern Pines
May 26 @ 7 PM Final Reading for Whisk & Words: A Culinary Inspired Poetry Workshop and Reading Series, Cary Arts Center, doors at 6:30 PM, open to anyone ages 18+
May 31 @ 2PM McIntyre’s Books May Reading with Scott Owens, Rob Merritt, and Lucinda Trew