Department of English

The Visiting Writers Series is named in honor of the late Hughlene Bostian Frank (class of 1968), a 2013 Appalachian Alumni Association Outstanding Service award recipient, past member of Appalachian's Board of Trustees and ASU Foundation, long time member of the College of Arts and Sciences Advancement Board and generous supporter of Appalachian State University. 

Admission to all events is free and open to the public. 

Campus COVID-19 protocols will be in effect at all events. For the latest information, including public access to university events, please see https://www.appstate.edu/go/coronavirus

PARKING is free on campus after 5 p.m. We recommend the Library Parking Deck on College Street (from King Street, turn down College Street at the First Baptist Church; opens at 5:30 p.m.). To reach the Student Union, cross College Street and follow the walkway between the chiller plant and the University Bookstore, passing the Post Office and entering the Student Union on the second floor. For further parking information or a map, please see parking.appstate.edu.

Book sales will follow each event.

Book Purchasing

To purchase books by the VWS authors, visit: https://bookstore.appstate.edu/c-144-visiting-writers-series.aspx. 

Resources

University Library Resources on the fall 2021 authors is available at:  https://guides.library.appstate.edu/vws/fall2021 

Contact

For further information on the fall 2021 season, please email Susan Weinberg, weinbergsc@appstate.edu. 

Fiction Writer Leah Hampton

Thursday, September 16, 2021
Craft talk: 3:30-4:30  p.m.   
Talk title: "'Why Do the Work?' How field research and disciplined craft enhance your fiction"
Reading: 6-7 p.m.   
Table Rock Room, 201-B Plemmons Student Union

https://leahkhampton.com/

Fiction Writer Ashleigh Phillips

Thursday, September 30, 2021
Craft Talk: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Talk Title: "On Becoming a Writer"
Reading: 6-7 p.m.
Table Rock Room, 201-B Plemmons Student Union