Join us for the July installment of our Burn The Mic poetry open mic series, with featured poet Eugenia Johnson-Smith! Hosted by Claudia Love Mair 6 PM signups 6:30-7:30 Mic Wednesday July 22
Families with children in grades K-12 are invited to attend this FREE event. Enjoy food, activities for kids, books and children receive a backpack filled with school supplies! August 8th from 9:30AM to 11:30AM No registration required. Made possible by: the LG&E and KU Foundation, Whitaker Bank, Health First Bluegrass and Advantage Air
Join us for the August installment of our Burn The Mic poetry open mic series Hosted by Claudia Love Mair 6 PM signups 6:30-7:30 Open Mic Wednesday August 26
Book Launch event for Cases of Resilience by Linda Freudenberger Linda Freudenberger is a retired occupational therapist residing in Lexington, Kentucky. She is enrolled in the Bluegrass Writers Studio MFA program in Creative Writing at Eastern Kentucky University, where she received the 2026 Emerging Writer Award for Poetry. Her first chapbook, The Other Side of […]
Join us as we explore Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow by Dorian Hairston on Monday, September 14th from 6:00—7:00 PM on Zoom. The first 10 to register will receive a free copy of the book. Haven't read it? No worries, join us for an engaging conversation. The Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative continues the […]
Carnegie Classics: Pride & Prejudice Regency Romance Discussion with Gwenda Bond and Maggie Garnett Join acclaimed romance author Gwenda Bond and the Carnegie Center's resident romance enthusiast Maggie Garnett for a fun, informative discussion about all things historical romance! Help us get ready for this year's Carnegie Classics: Pride & Prejudice event as we talk […]
Join us on Monday, September 21st, from 6-7 pm, for the launch of our own Claudia Love Mair’s book, Mourning Pages: a Soulful Guide to Writing Through Grief. Written after the death of her son, Mourning Pages is a compassionate guide to using expressive writing to process grief. The book will be available for purchase […]
Frances Strickler Book Signing and Talk No Time For Sorrow Frances Strickler and Bill Carman discuss writing and researching historical fiction Tuesday Sept 22, 5:30-6:30pm
Join us for the September installment of our Burn The Mic poetry open mic series, with featured poet Mya Sophia Hosted by Claudia Love Mair 5:30 PM signups 6:00-7:00 Open Mic Wednesday September 23
“ nuanced exploration of how art, lies, and community shape female identity is lived out by characters so real, I had to remind myself that they were fictional. . . . a powerful, compulsively readable story.” —Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever From the author of The Magnetic […]
Book Launch and new work by Dr. Jonel Sallee, Normandi Ellis, and Carole Johnston Weaving magic into words, Sallee, Ellis, and Johnston have been writing together for decades and have chosen the title, “Word Weavers” in the traditions of the Native American, “Spider Grandmother,” the Egyptian Goddess, Neith, and the Celtic Goddess Arianrhod, all of […]
Leatha Kendrick’s launch of Interior with Poplar will be both a reading and a celebration of Writing in Community. In the book's acknowledgments, she recognizes the women who cared for her children and supported her while she focused on her writing. We invite you to join us, as this reading will be a celebration of […]
