ETSU Spring Literary Festival
Schedule
Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 09:45 am to Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Reece Museum | Johnson City, TN
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The Bert C. Bach Written Word Initiative's 10th Annual Spring Literary Festival consists of two days filled with lectures, readings, and workshops which are open to both ETSU students and the public. No registration required. All daytime events will take place in The Reece Museum, and the Jack Higgs Memorial Reading ft. Ron Rash will take place in the Bud Frank Theater on Thursday (4/22) at 7 PM.
This year's visiting writers include Nickole Brown (poetry), Juan Martinez (fiction), Rose McLarney (nonfiction), and, finally, Ron Rash as its 12th Annual Jack Higgs Memorial Reading keynote speaker. The New Writing from ETSU reading will feature Dr. Scott Honeycutt, Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, and Dr. Ted Olson.
There will be student presentations for The Mockingbird and a reading featuring student writing responses to the WONDERLANDS exhibit in the Reece Museum.
For more information about our presenters: https://www.etsu.edu/cas/litlang/writingfestival/spring-literary/presenters.php.
Atlas Books, a local, independent, cooperative bookstore, will have copies of the visiting writers' books for sale on site.
There will be a keepsake poetry broadside of a Ron Rash poem for sale to fundraise for the Written Word Initiative.
Check out our schedule to plan your visit:
https://www.etsu.edu/cas/litlang/writingfestival/spring-literary/schedule.php.
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Where is it happening?
The Reece Museum, 359 Stout Dr, Johnson City, TN 37604, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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