December 15-17, 2023. Winterburrow, Hindman Settlement School.
November 30, 2023. Catherine Pritchard class zoom.
November 17-18, 2023. Gurneyfest, Lexington KY.
November 11, 2023. Kentucky Arts & Letters Day. The Berry Center, New Castle KY.
September 28, 2023, Norfolk VA. 5:30pm Reading at Slover Library.
September 7-9, 2023, Burnsville NC. Carolina Mountains Literary Festival.
August 5, 2023, Hazard KY. 3pm. Reading at Read Spotted Newt with Willie Carver
July 31, 2023, Lexington KY. Book club at Blackburn Correctional Complex.
June 8-10 2023, Amesville OH. Amesville Writers Workshop. With Ed Karshner and Megan Lucas. More info here.
April 29, 2023, Wiley's Last Resort, Letcher Co KY. Potluck Writers Workshop with MARS Collective and others.
April 25, 2023. Archives of the City of Kingsport. Lecture, "Growing Up in Circles: The Journey of A Model City Boy." Contains the story of going to 31 Pal's in one day. Watch it here.
March 29-30, Ashland KY. Paul Blazer High School reads Trampoline.
March 16-19, 2023, Athens OH. Multiple sessions at the Appalachian Studies Association annual conference.
January 26, 2023, Glenville WV. A reading at Glenville State University. Thanks to Bob Hutton for the opportunity.
November 30, 2023. Catherine Pritchard class zoom.
November 17-18, 2023. Gurneyfest, Lexington KY.
November 11, 2023. Kentucky Arts & Letters Day. The Berry Center, New Castle KY.
September 28, 2023, Norfolk VA. 5:30pm Reading at Slover Library.
September 7-9, 2023, Burnsville NC. Carolina Mountains Literary Festival.
August 5, 2023, Hazard KY. 3pm. Reading at Read Spotted Newt with Willie Carver
July 31, 2023, Lexington KY. Book club at Blackburn Correctional Complex.
June 8-10 2023, Amesville OH. Amesville Writers Workshop. With Ed Karshner and Megan Lucas. More info here.
April 29, 2023, Wiley's Last Resort, Letcher Co KY. Potluck Writers Workshop with MARS Collective and others.
April 25, 2023. Archives of the City of Kingsport. Lecture, "Growing Up in Circles: The Journey of A Model City Boy." Contains the story of going to 31 Pal's in one day. Watch it here.
March 29-30, Ashland KY. Paul Blazer High School reads Trampoline.
March 16-19, 2023, Athens OH. Multiple sessions at the Appalachian Studies Association annual conference.
January 26, 2023, Glenville WV. A reading at Glenville State University. Thanks to Bob Hutton for the opportunity.
November 2022, Lotts Creek KY. Cordia School residency. Part of Ironwood Writers Studio.
October 29, 2022, Pound VA. Red Fox Storytelling Festival. With Higher Ground friends.
October 4, 2022. Hindman Settlement School. Introducing Beth Macy.
September 30, 2022, Hazard KY. Big Ideas Festival w Ashley Blooms, Carter Sickels, Crystal Good, Mandi Fugate Sheffel, Neema Avashia. Awesome panel.
September 27, 2022. Knoxville TN, The Bottom. Reading as part of Waymakers Collective conference.
September 19, Athens Ohio. Ohio University Honors program reading Trampoline. I'll be there.
September 17, 2022, Louisville KY. IKT Congress. Presenting at an international gathering of art curators and such.
September 10th, 2022, 3pm, Johnson City TN. Johnson City Public Library. Conversation with Shawna Kay Rodenberg. Co-produced by Atlas Books.
September 9th, 2022, Cincinnati OH. Flood benefit at WordPlay with Cincy people like Hague, Hansel, Henson, Sickels.
August 28, 2022. Luigart Studios, Lexington KY. Flood benefit reading with a panoply of awesome writers for Hindman Settlement School.
August 20, 2022, Hazard KY. Reading & Victuals dinner. With Lora Smith, Annette Clapsaddle, Ronni Lundy.
July 29, 2022. Abingdon VA. Virginia Highlands Festival Writers Day. Doing two workshops, giving a reading.
July 11, 2022. Ashland KY. Kentucky Association of School Librarians.
June 27, 2022 Hindman, KY. Ironwood Young Writers Workshop.
June 14-17, 2022, Ashe Co NC. North Fork Writers Workshop.
June 13, 2022, Lexington KY. Words for the People podcast. With Crystal Wilkinson and Marianne Worthington.
May 14, 2022, Covington KY. Reading at Y'alls Hootenanny at BLDG.
April 25, 2022. University of Pikeville. Appalachian Literature Class with Amanda Jo Runyon.
April 22, 2022. Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, Lexington KY. Future Teachers of Kentucky Dinner Honoring Helen Caise Wade
April 21, 2022. North Georgia State University. Dahlonega GA. 7pm. Public lecture.
April 7, 2022. 7pm via Zoom. Arnow Conference in the Humanities sponsored by Somerset Community College. Keynote speaker. On Zoom.
March 11, 2022. Surface Noise, Louisville KY. With Shawna Kay Rodenberg.
March 9, 2022. Danville, KY. Art Center of the Bluegrass. Noon. Lunch conversation.
February 15, 2022. Virtual Read Spotted Newt, Hazard KY. Conversation with Ashley Blooms about her new novel, Where I Can't Follow.
January 30, 2022. 3pm. Abingdon VA. Friends of Washington County Library.
October 29, 2022, Pound VA. Red Fox Storytelling Festival. With Higher Ground friends.
October 4, 2022. Hindman Settlement School. Introducing Beth Macy.
September 30, 2022, Hazard KY. Big Ideas Festival w Ashley Blooms, Carter Sickels, Crystal Good, Mandi Fugate Sheffel, Neema Avashia. Awesome panel.
September 27, 2022. Knoxville TN, The Bottom. Reading as part of Waymakers Collective conference.
September 19, Athens Ohio. Ohio University Honors program reading Trampoline. I'll be there.
September 17, 2022, Louisville KY. IKT Congress. Presenting at an international gathering of art curators and such.
September 10th, 2022, 3pm, Johnson City TN. Johnson City Public Library. Conversation with Shawna Kay Rodenberg. Co-produced by Atlas Books.
September 9th, 2022, Cincinnati OH. Flood benefit at WordPlay with Cincy people like Hague, Hansel, Henson, Sickels.
August 28, 2022. Luigart Studios, Lexington KY. Flood benefit reading with a panoply of awesome writers for Hindman Settlement School.
August 20, 2022, Hazard KY. Reading & Victuals dinner. With Lora Smith, Annette Clapsaddle, Ronni Lundy.
July 29, 2022. Abingdon VA. Virginia Highlands Festival Writers Day. Doing two workshops, giving a reading.
July 11, 2022. Ashland KY. Kentucky Association of School Librarians.
June 27, 2022 Hindman, KY. Ironwood Young Writers Workshop.
June 14-17, 2022, Ashe Co NC. North Fork Writers Workshop.
June 13, 2022, Lexington KY. Words for the People podcast. With Crystal Wilkinson and Marianne Worthington.
May 14, 2022, Covington KY. Reading at Y'alls Hootenanny at BLDG.
April 25, 2022. University of Pikeville. Appalachian Literature Class with Amanda Jo Runyon.
April 22, 2022. Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, Lexington KY. Future Teachers of Kentucky Dinner Honoring Helen Caise Wade
April 21, 2022. North Georgia State University. Dahlonega GA. 7pm. Public lecture.
April 7, 2022. 7pm via Zoom. Arnow Conference in the Humanities sponsored by Somerset Community College. Keynote speaker. On Zoom.
March 11, 2022. Surface Noise, Louisville KY. With Shawna Kay Rodenberg.
March 9, 2022. Danville, KY. Art Center of the Bluegrass. Noon. Lunch conversation.
February 15, 2022. Virtual Read Spotted Newt, Hazard KY. Conversation with Ashley Blooms about her new novel, Where I Can't Follow.
January 30, 2022. 3pm. Abingdon VA. Friends of Washington County Library.
December 8, 2021 7pm. Conversation with Gurney Norman and Bernard Clay. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, KY.
November 7, 2021. 2pm. Taylor Books, Charleston WV. With Beth Macy.
November 6, 2021. Kentucky Book Fair, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington KY.
November 2, 2021. Emory & Henry University. Spending time with Tal Stanley & Scott Sikes and their students.
October 30, 2021. Corn/Devil Night Zoom. With Wes Browne and Mandi Fugate Sheffel for The Read Spotted Newt.
October 16, 2021. Cumberland Gap TN. Gap Creek Coffeehouse with Shawna Kay Rodenberg.
October 13 & 14, 2021. Lexington KY. Transylvania University for Judy Gaines Young award.
October 5, 2021. Kentucky Great Writers Series, Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning. 7pm. With Angela Jackson-Brown and Wes Browne. Online event.
September 15, 2021. Possum Book Club with DJ Lewis.
September 1, 2021. Conversation with Crystal Wilkinson.
August 21, 2021. The Art Station, Hazard KY. 6pm. Part of a community dinner. Will read from The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell with other contributors to that Ohio University Press Appalachian food anthology. More info here.
July 19-23, 2021. Appalachian Writers Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY. Teaching a novel class. Info here.
July 17, 2021. Give A Little Gala, Grayson KY. Helping raise money for EKY Mutual Aid, at the invitation of the beloved Misty Skaggs.
July 9, 2021. Carmichael's Bookstore, Louisville, KY. With Ed Nardie White and Albert Shumake IV. Info here.
June 19, 2021. 11am. Chattanooga Writers Guild. Virtual Workshop.
May 27, 2021. WBCM Birthplace of Country Music Radio Book Club. They'll be reading Trampoline.
April 15, 2021. 6pm. Stuart Opera House, Nelsonville OH. A virtual reading with Kari Gunter-Seymour and Annette Clapsaddle. Zoom link coming here.
April 8, 2021. 7pm. Union Ave Books and Choice Health Network Harm Reduction welcome Robert Gipe to present his newest novel Pop. Robert will be joined in conversation by Lesley-Marie Buer, author of RX Appalachia. This free virtual event takes place on on Zoom. Register here.
April 1, 2021. 7pm. Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, OH. A virtual event in conversation with Pauletta Hansel. Get more info by clicking here. Listen to the thing here.
March 25, 2021. 7pm. Scuppernong Books, Greensboro NC. A virtual conversation with Leah Hampton. Sign up here.
March 11, 2021. Kingsport Public Library, Kingsport TN. Behind The Book Series. Details here.
March 2, 2021. 6pm. Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville NC. 6pm. A virtual conversation with Annette Clapsaddle. Sign up here.
November 7, 2021. 2pm. Taylor Books, Charleston WV. With Beth Macy.
November 6, 2021. Kentucky Book Fair, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington KY.
November 2, 2021. Emory & Henry University. Spending time with Tal Stanley & Scott Sikes and their students.
October 30, 2021. Corn/Devil Night Zoom. With Wes Browne and Mandi Fugate Sheffel for The Read Spotted Newt.
October 16, 2021. Cumberland Gap TN. Gap Creek Coffeehouse with Shawna Kay Rodenberg.
October 13 & 14, 2021. Lexington KY. Transylvania University for Judy Gaines Young award.
October 5, 2021. Kentucky Great Writers Series, Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning. 7pm. With Angela Jackson-Brown and Wes Browne. Online event.
September 15, 2021. Possum Book Club with DJ Lewis.
September 1, 2021. Conversation with Crystal Wilkinson.
August 21, 2021. The Art Station, Hazard KY. 6pm. Part of a community dinner. Will read from The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell with other contributors to that Ohio University Press Appalachian food anthology. More info here.
July 19-23, 2021. Appalachian Writers Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY. Teaching a novel class. Info here.
July 17, 2021. Give A Little Gala, Grayson KY. Helping raise money for EKY Mutual Aid, at the invitation of the beloved Misty Skaggs.
July 9, 2021. Carmichael's Bookstore, Louisville, KY. With Ed Nardie White and Albert Shumake IV. Info here.
June 19, 2021. 11am. Chattanooga Writers Guild. Virtual Workshop.
May 27, 2021. WBCM Birthplace of Country Music Radio Book Club. They'll be reading Trampoline.
April 15, 2021. 6pm. Stuart Opera House, Nelsonville OH. A virtual reading with Kari Gunter-Seymour and Annette Clapsaddle. Zoom link coming here.
April 8, 2021. 7pm. Union Ave Books and Choice Health Network Harm Reduction welcome Robert Gipe to present his newest novel Pop. Robert will be joined in conversation by Lesley-Marie Buer, author of RX Appalachia. This free virtual event takes place on on Zoom. Register here.
April 1, 2021. 7pm. Mercantile Library, Cincinnati, OH. A virtual event in conversation with Pauletta Hansel. Get more info by clicking here. Listen to the thing here.
March 25, 2021. 7pm. Scuppernong Books, Greensboro NC. A virtual conversation with Leah Hampton. Sign up here.
March 11, 2021. Kingsport Public Library, Kingsport TN. Behind The Book Series. Details here.
March 2, 2021. 6pm. Malaprops Bookstore, Asheville NC. 6pm. A virtual conversation with Annette Clapsaddle. Sign up here.
November 14, 2020. 7pm. Kentucky Book Festival. "Views of a Place: Writing Kentucky, Then & Now." a virtual event with Ashley Blooms, Silas House, and Karen Salyer McElmurray.
October 30, 2020. Union Ave Books, Knoxville, TN. A virtual gig with Wesley Browne. Devil Night. Corn Night.
October 23, 2020. Berea College. With Jesse Montgomery and his students.
October 14, 2020. Kentucky Library Association Annual Conference. Virtual keynote.
September 29, 2020. Emory & Henry College. Virtual time with Nicole Drewitz-Crockett and students.
September 27, 2020. #thebookchat. RG on Twitter with teachers from all over the country. #thebookchat is a Twitter-based reading and resource center that puts literature from a diversity of perspectives in teachers' hands and creates a space for them to talk about them and develop approaches to teaching them. So honored to be a part of #thebookchat. Thanks Joel Garza, Scott Bayer, Jessica Maunz Salfia, and Karla Hilliard.
September 16, 2020. Ohio University. Virtually with the Honors College.
August 19, 2020. Virtual Picnic at Thurber House. RG did a Zoom thing for the James Thurber House in Columbus, OH.
July 16, 2020. Ashe County, NC. Virtual time with some fine high school students. Summer reading!
July 7, 2020. WUTC interview, Chattanooga TN about the food book The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell, with Elizabeth Englehardt & Emily Hilliard.
June 26, 2020. Pine Mountain Sessions at Home. With Linda Jean Stokley, Montana Hobbs, Maurice Manning & So It Was. For the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust. RG does a reading from POP.
May 1, 2020. University of Kentucky College of Design. Virtual talk about life in the Appalaychin area.
April 29, 2020. Visit Harlan County Digital Reading. RG does a reading from Trampoline as a part of a virtual visit to Harlan County.
April 21, 2020. Virtual Fundraiser for the Appalachian Writers Week. With Ron Davis & Crystal Wilkinson.
October 30, 2020. Union Ave Books, Knoxville, TN. A virtual gig with Wesley Browne. Devil Night. Corn Night.
October 23, 2020. Berea College. With Jesse Montgomery and his students.
October 14, 2020. Kentucky Library Association Annual Conference. Virtual keynote.
September 29, 2020. Emory & Henry College. Virtual time with Nicole Drewitz-Crockett and students.
September 27, 2020. #thebookchat. RG on Twitter with teachers from all over the country. #thebookchat is a Twitter-based reading and resource center that puts literature from a diversity of perspectives in teachers' hands and creates a space for them to talk about them and develop approaches to teaching them. So honored to be a part of #thebookchat. Thanks Joel Garza, Scott Bayer, Jessica Maunz Salfia, and Karla Hilliard.
September 16, 2020. Ohio University. Virtually with the Honors College.
August 19, 2020. Virtual Picnic at Thurber House. RG did a Zoom thing for the James Thurber House in Columbus, OH.
July 16, 2020. Ashe County, NC. Virtual time with some fine high school students. Summer reading!
July 7, 2020. WUTC interview, Chattanooga TN about the food book The Food We Eat, The Stories We Tell, with Elizabeth Englehardt & Emily Hilliard.
June 26, 2020. Pine Mountain Sessions at Home. With Linda Jean Stokley, Montana Hobbs, Maurice Manning & So It Was. For the Kentucky Natural Lands Trust. RG does a reading from POP.
May 1, 2020. University of Kentucky College of Design. Virtual talk about life in the Appalaychin area.
April 29, 2020. Visit Harlan County Digital Reading. RG does a reading from Trampoline as a part of a virtual visit to Harlan County.
April 21, 2020. Virtual Fundraiser for the Appalachian Writers Week. With Ron Davis & Crystal Wilkinson.
November 23, 2019. National Council of Teachers of English. Baltimore MD. 8AM. Room 335. A reading with Crystal Wilkinson, Natalie Sypolt, and Wiley Cash. Coordinated by Jessica M. Salfia.
November 19, 2019. 6:00 pm. Loyal Jones Appalachian Center. Berea College. Berea, KY. A reading.
November 14, 2019. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY. 6pm. 108 Crabbe Library, Talking about Appalachian Reckoning with Anthony Harkins & Ivy Brashears.
November 9, 2019. Second & Main, Corbin KY, 8PM. Higher Ground 8: Perfect Buckets performance. Part of Cornbread Convocation, a fundraiser for the Appalachian Food Summit. Thanks, Kristin Smith & Sky Marietta.
November 1, 2019. Union Avenue Books. Knoxville TN. A reading as part of National Author's Day.
October 24-26, 2019. Higher Ground premiere, a new play for the Southern Foodways Alliance. Oxford, MS.
September 17-20, 2019. On The Same Page Literary Festival. Ashe County, NC. Writer-in-residence, doing workshops, readings, all kinds o' things.
September 17, 2019. Ashe County Public Library. West Jefferson NC. 3pm. A reading as part of the On The Same Page Festival.
September 12, 2019, Murray State University, Murray, KY. Reading, 7:30pm, Curris Center Theater. Part of being Clinton & Mary Opal Moore Appalachian Writer-in-Residence.
July 26, 2019. Appalachian Writers Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY. Teaching novel workshop.
May 17-19, 2019. Greensboro Bound Literary Festival, Greensboro NC.
April 15, 2019. Empire Books, Huntington WV. Because Carter Taylor Seaton asked.
April 11, 2019. Tom Tom Founders Festival, Charlottesville, VA.
April 3, 2019. Higher Ground: Needle Work performance, Nelsonville OH. Sponsored by the Appalachian Funders Network.
March 26, 2019. Higher Ground: Needle Work performance, Berea College, Berea KY.
March 20-24, 2019. Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA.
March 16, 2019. Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe 7pm. 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801. Reading with other authors in Appalachian Reckoning.
March 12, 2019. Knoxville Museum of Art. 7pm. Reading with other authors in Appalachian Reckoning. Sponsored by Union Ave Books.
March 10, 2019. Sunday With Friends, Washington County Public Library, Abingdon VA.
February 7, 2019. Conversation with Gurney Norman. University of Kentucky, Lexington KY.
January 31, 2019. Marshall University, Huntington WV, 7:30 PM. AE Stringer Visiting Writers Series with Savannah Sipple.
November 29, 2018. Busboys & Poets, Washington DC. With Tom Hansell, Elizabeth Catte, Mary Anne Hitt, and Higher Ground cast members.
November 16, 2018. National Council of Teachers of English, Houston TX 3:30-4:45, Location 372F. with Jessica Maunz Salfia and Natalie Sypolt.
November 12, 2018, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, Lexington KY 6:30pm. Kicking off the Kentucky Book Festival with Willie Davis, Jeremy Dae Paden, and Maureen Morehead.
November 4, 2018 at 2pm. McIntyre's Books, Fearrington Village, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC. 27312. (919)542.3030
November 3, 2018, at 5 pm. Scuppernong Books, 304 South Elm Street Greensboro NC 27401 336.763.1919
October 25, 2018. Hurricane High School, Hurricane WV. Working with the students of Sarah Krause. 10am - 1pm.
October 12-14, 2018. Southern Festival of Books. Nashville TN, with Lee Martin.
September 28, 2018. Voices Celebratory Reading, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY.
September 14-15, 2018. James Agee Conference for Literature & Arts. Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville TN. With Charles Dodd White, Kelle Jolly, Roger May, Jon Sealy. RG will be keynote speaking 6 pm September 14th at the Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville. The event is free and open to the public.
August 16, 2018. Noon. Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development annual conference. Christopher Conference Center, Chillicothe OH.
August 15, 2018. Noon. Harlan Women's Club. Dairy Queen Harlan, Kentucky.
July 23-28, 2018. Appalachian Writers Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY. The grand person of them all.
July 18, 2018, Malaprops Books, Asheville NC.
July 18, 2018. UNC-Asheville, Asheville, NC. 11am -2pm. Power of Place NEH Summer Institute.
June 21-23, 2018. Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium, Lexington, KY.
June 17, 2018. Sugar Hill Brewing Co., St. Paul, Virginia. 4pm.
June 14, 2018. Taylor Books, Charleston WV. With Elizabeth Catte.
May 19, 2018. Ohio University, Athens, OH. 10am-Noon. Presentation on Dawn Jewell and Higher Ground, Rural Women Studies Association conference. With Elana Scopa Forson, Devyn Gracyn Creech.
May 8-30, 2018. Furman University, Greenville SC. Writer-in-residence.
May 2, 2018. Coffeetree Books, Morehead, KY, 6pm, a reading.
April 21, 2018. West Virginia Council on Teachers of English, Morgantown, WV. Keynote speaker.
April 20, 2018. 123 Pleasant Street, Morgantown WV. Due to the organizational acumen of Glenn Trenchmouth Taylor.
April 19, 2018. Apollo Pizza, Richmond, KY. Reading. Opening for James Beard award winner Ronni Lundy.
April 18, 2018. UNC-Asheville, Asheville NC. Work with classes of Erica Abrams Locklear and a public reading.
April 6, 2018. Mercantile Library, Cincinnati OH. 414 Walnut St., 5-7pm. With Michael Henson. Contact: Amy Hunter, ahunter@mercantilelibrary.com
April 6-8, 2018. Appalachian Studies Association conference, Cincinnati, OH.
April 5, 2018 Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville. 2720 Frankfort Ave., 7pm. Contact: Kate Weiss, kate@carmichaels.com
March 31, 2018 Brier Books, Lexington KY. 4pm. 319 S Ashland Ave, (859) 523-6404
March 30, 2018. Ohio University, Athens OH
March 16, 2018. Professional Development Day, Big Sandy Community & Technical College, Prestonsburg KY. Talking about storytelling.
January 24, 2018. Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, KY, a reading.
November 19, 2019. 6:00 pm. Loyal Jones Appalachian Center. Berea College. Berea, KY. A reading.
November 14, 2019. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY. 6pm. 108 Crabbe Library, Talking about Appalachian Reckoning with Anthony Harkins & Ivy Brashears.
November 9, 2019. Second & Main, Corbin KY, 8PM. Higher Ground 8: Perfect Buckets performance. Part of Cornbread Convocation, a fundraiser for the Appalachian Food Summit. Thanks, Kristin Smith & Sky Marietta.
November 1, 2019. Union Avenue Books. Knoxville TN. A reading as part of National Author's Day.
October 24-26, 2019. Higher Ground premiere, a new play for the Southern Foodways Alliance. Oxford, MS.
September 17-20, 2019. On The Same Page Literary Festival. Ashe County, NC. Writer-in-residence, doing workshops, readings, all kinds o' things.
September 17, 2019. Ashe County Public Library. West Jefferson NC. 3pm. A reading as part of the On The Same Page Festival.
September 12, 2019, Murray State University, Murray, KY. Reading, 7:30pm, Curris Center Theater. Part of being Clinton & Mary Opal Moore Appalachian Writer-in-Residence.
July 26, 2019. Appalachian Writers Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY. Teaching novel workshop.
May 17-19, 2019. Greensboro Bound Literary Festival, Greensboro NC.
April 15, 2019. Empire Books, Huntington WV. Because Carter Taylor Seaton asked.
April 11, 2019. Tom Tom Founders Festival, Charlottesville, VA.
April 3, 2019. Higher Ground: Needle Work performance, Nelsonville OH. Sponsored by the Appalachian Funders Network.
March 26, 2019. Higher Ground: Needle Work performance, Berea College, Berea KY.
March 20-24, 2019. Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA.
March 16, 2019. Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe 7pm. 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801. Reading with other authors in Appalachian Reckoning.
March 12, 2019. Knoxville Museum of Art. 7pm. Reading with other authors in Appalachian Reckoning. Sponsored by Union Ave Books.
March 10, 2019. Sunday With Friends, Washington County Public Library, Abingdon VA.
February 7, 2019. Conversation with Gurney Norman. University of Kentucky, Lexington KY.
January 31, 2019. Marshall University, Huntington WV, 7:30 PM. AE Stringer Visiting Writers Series with Savannah Sipple.
November 29, 2018. Busboys & Poets, Washington DC. With Tom Hansell, Elizabeth Catte, Mary Anne Hitt, and Higher Ground cast members.
November 16, 2018. National Council of Teachers of English, Houston TX 3:30-4:45, Location 372F. with Jessica Maunz Salfia and Natalie Sypolt.
November 12, 2018, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, Lexington KY 6:30pm. Kicking off the Kentucky Book Festival with Willie Davis, Jeremy Dae Paden, and Maureen Morehead.
November 4, 2018 at 2pm. McIntyre's Books, Fearrington Village, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC. 27312. (919)542.3030
November 3, 2018, at 5 pm. Scuppernong Books, 304 South Elm Street Greensboro NC 27401 336.763.1919
October 25, 2018. Hurricane High School, Hurricane WV. Working with the students of Sarah Krause. 10am - 1pm.
October 12-14, 2018. Southern Festival of Books. Nashville TN, with Lee Martin.
September 28, 2018. Voices Celebratory Reading, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY.
September 14-15, 2018. James Agee Conference for Literature & Arts. Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville TN. With Charles Dodd White, Kelle Jolly, Roger May, Jon Sealy. RG will be keynote speaking 6 pm September 14th at the Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville. The event is free and open to the public.
August 16, 2018. Noon. Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development annual conference. Christopher Conference Center, Chillicothe OH.
August 15, 2018. Noon. Harlan Women's Club. Dairy Queen Harlan, Kentucky.
July 23-28, 2018. Appalachian Writers Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY. The grand person of them all.
July 18, 2018, Malaprops Books, Asheville NC.
July 18, 2018. UNC-Asheville, Asheville, NC. 11am -2pm. Power of Place NEH Summer Institute.
June 21-23, 2018. Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium, Lexington, KY.
June 17, 2018. Sugar Hill Brewing Co., St. Paul, Virginia. 4pm.
June 14, 2018. Taylor Books, Charleston WV. With Elizabeth Catte.
May 19, 2018. Ohio University, Athens, OH. 10am-Noon. Presentation on Dawn Jewell and Higher Ground, Rural Women Studies Association conference. With Elana Scopa Forson, Devyn Gracyn Creech.
May 8-30, 2018. Furman University, Greenville SC. Writer-in-residence.
May 2, 2018. Coffeetree Books, Morehead, KY, 6pm, a reading.
April 21, 2018. West Virginia Council on Teachers of English, Morgantown, WV. Keynote speaker.
April 20, 2018. 123 Pleasant Street, Morgantown WV. Due to the organizational acumen of Glenn Trenchmouth Taylor.
April 19, 2018. Apollo Pizza, Richmond, KY. Reading. Opening for James Beard award winner Ronni Lundy.
April 18, 2018. UNC-Asheville, Asheville NC. Work with classes of Erica Abrams Locklear and a public reading.
April 6, 2018. Mercantile Library, Cincinnati OH. 414 Walnut St., 5-7pm. With Michael Henson. Contact: Amy Hunter, ahunter@mercantilelibrary.com
April 6-8, 2018. Appalachian Studies Association conference, Cincinnati, OH.
April 5, 2018 Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville. 2720 Frankfort Ave., 7pm. Contact: Kate Weiss, kate@carmichaels.com
March 31, 2018 Brier Books, Lexington KY. 4pm. 319 S Ashland Ave, (859) 523-6404
March 30, 2018. Ohio University, Athens OH
March 16, 2018. Professional Development Day, Big Sandy Community & Technical College, Prestonsburg KY. Talking about storytelling.
January 24, 2018. Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, KY, a reading.
December 6, 2017, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Honors college guest speaker.
November 16, 2017, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Guest speaker, Erik Reece, Appalachian Literature class.
September 18, 2017, Empire Books & News, Huntington WV. Writers Can Read series.
July 18, 2017, FunFest, Friends of the Library Reading, Kingsport, TN.
July 11-13, 2017, The Appalachian Writing Project, Breaks Interstate Park, Breaks, VA.
June 23, 2017, Wytheville Chautauqua Festival, Wytheville, VA.
May 23, 2017, Kentucky Great Writers Series, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, Lexington, KY. With Crystal Wilkinson and Marcia Thornton Jones.
April 28, 2017, Appalachia: An American Story, Cincinnati Art Museum, Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement at Northern Kentucky University. With Silas House, Bianca Lynne Spriggs, Malcolm J. Wilson, and Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman.
April 19, 2017, Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University, Boone NC.
April 12, 2017 East Tennessee State University Creative Writing Festival, Johnson City, Tennessee
April 7-8, 2017 Tennessee Mountain Writers, Oak Ridge, TN
April 4, 2017, The Western Carolina University Spring Literary Festival, Cullowhee, NC.
March 30, 2017, Apollo Pizza Introducing Maurice Manning, Kayla Rae Whitaker, Anne Shelby. A fundraiser for the Hindman Settlement School.
March 9, 2017 Hutchins Lecture, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
February 26, 2017 Words Festival at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
November 16, 2016, Coffee Night Writers, University of Virginia’s College at Wise. With Rita Quillen.
October 27, 2016, Delcamp Visiting Writer, Transylvania University.
July 31, 2016, Appalachian Writers Week, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY.
June 25, 2016, Appalachian Young Writers workshop, Harrogate, TN.
April 21, 2016, Lincoln Memorial University, Mountain Heritage Literary Festival, Harrogate TN.
March 22, 2016, University of Mississippi, Oxford Conference for the Book, Oxford, MS.
November 16, 2017, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Guest speaker, Erik Reece, Appalachian Literature class.
September 18, 2017, Empire Books & News, Huntington WV. Writers Can Read series.
July 18, 2017, FunFest, Friends of the Library Reading, Kingsport, TN.
July 11-13, 2017, The Appalachian Writing Project, Breaks Interstate Park, Breaks, VA.
June 23, 2017, Wytheville Chautauqua Festival, Wytheville, VA.
May 23, 2017, Kentucky Great Writers Series, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, Lexington, KY. With Crystal Wilkinson and Marcia Thornton Jones.
April 28, 2017, Appalachia: An American Story, Cincinnati Art Museum, Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement at Northern Kentucky University. With Silas House, Bianca Lynne Spriggs, Malcolm J. Wilson, and Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman.
April 19, 2017, Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University, Boone NC.
April 12, 2017 East Tennessee State University Creative Writing Festival, Johnson City, Tennessee
April 7-8, 2017 Tennessee Mountain Writers, Oak Ridge, TN
April 4, 2017, The Western Carolina University Spring Literary Festival, Cullowhee, NC.
March 30, 2017, Apollo Pizza Introducing Maurice Manning, Kayla Rae Whitaker, Anne Shelby. A fundraiser for the Hindman Settlement School.
March 9, 2017 Hutchins Lecture, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
February 26, 2017 Words Festival at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
November 16, 2016, Coffee Night Writers, University of Virginia’s College at Wise. With Rita Quillen.
October 27, 2016, Delcamp Visiting Writer, Transylvania University.
July 31, 2016, Appalachian Writers Week, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman KY.
June 25, 2016, Appalachian Young Writers workshop, Harrogate, TN.
April 21, 2016, Lincoln Memorial University, Mountain Heritage Literary Festival, Harrogate TN.
March 22, 2016, University of Mississippi, Oxford Conference for the Book, Oxford, MS.
March 16, 2016, New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, VA. 2 pm reading and discussion with Andrea Kleine (Calf), and Ellen Urbani (Landfall) as part of the Virginia Festival of the Book.
January 17, 2016, Washington County Public Library, Abingdon, VA. A reading at 3 pm on a Sunday afternoon. Should be nice.
January 5, 2016, Low-residency MFA program, West Virginia Wesleyan University, Buchannon, WV. RG leads a workshop on voice and reads.
December 11, 2015, Keynote speech, Kansas Farmers Union, Topeka, KS. Topeka!
November 20-22, 2015, Troublesome Creek Writers Retreat, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, KY. RG facilitates writing retreat. Sign up here.
November 19, 2015, 9:25am. English class, Big Sandy Community College, Pikeville, KY. RG reads and discusses. At the invitation of Shawna Kay Rodenberg.
November 16, 2015, Keynote speech, Arts in Education Conference, Milennium Centre, Johnson City, TN. RG speaks. More info here.
November 14, 2015, 1 PM, Old Capitol Building, Kentucky Book Fair, Frankfort, KY. RG will discuss Appalachian literature with Chris Scotton, David Joy, and Karen Salyer McElmurray. RG will also sit a table, sign books, etc.
November 9, 2015, National Novel Writing Month workshop, Harlan Public Library, Harlan, KY. RG leads a writing workshop.
October 19, 2015, Appalachian Studies class, University of Kentucky. RG reads, fields questions. At the invitation of Kathy Newfont.
October 17, 2015, Books By The Banks, Cincinnati, OH. RG reads, discusses, sits at a table and smiles. With Neil Carpathios, poet and editor of Every River on Earth: Writing from Appalachian Ohio.
October 15, 2015, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. RG reads at the invitation of the EKU Appalachian Studies program.
October 10, 2015, Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN. RG reads, signs, eats hot chicken.
October 8, 2015, Emory & Henry Literary Festival, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA. RG reads from Trampoline and performs with the Higher Ground community theater group.
September 13, 2015, 3pm, Union Avenue Books, Knoxville. RG will be reading with Jesse Graves and Denton Loving.
September 9-10, 2015, Appalachian Symposium, Berea College. RG will be on a panel with Amy Greene, Glenn Taylor, and Charles Dodd White at 9:45 am on Thursday the 10th, with a book signing to follow.
June 18, 2015, Highland Summer Conference, Radford University, Radford, Virginia. RG will be doing an evening reading.
May 31, 2015 Morris book shop, Lexington, Kentucky. A 2pm start. Books will be read and signed by RG live.
May 27, 2015 Holler Poets 84, Al's Bar, Lexington. It's the 7th anniversary show and RG will be reading with Mary Ann Taylor-Hall and musician Chris Sullivan. 8pm start. No holds barred.
April 30, 2015 Pages & Pints authors series, Apollo Pizza, Richmond, Kentucky. Robert Gipe will be reading with Robert Dean Johnson and David Joy. Eat more pizza. Drink better beer.
April 22, 2015 Thomas More College, Cincinnati. Robert Gipe will be participating in the Words Festival. Reading at 6:45 pm.
April 9-12, 2015 Higher Ground community performances, Cumberland, Kentucky. Robert Gipe will be part of the cast of Higher Ground 5: Find A Way, an original musical drama created by the people of Harlan County, Kentucky. Call 606-589-3129 for more information or to reserve tickets.
March 26-29, 2015 The annual conference of the Appalachian Studies Association, Johnson City, Tennessee. Robert Gipe will be presenting at the ASA conference in a session on Book Arts. The ASA Conference will also see the launch of his debut novel, Trampoline. A full schedule of events can be found here.
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