BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Asheville: literary\, next 7 days (Thu Sep 17 to Wed Sep 23\, America/New_York). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subscr ibe rather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https ://caldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains i nformation from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/asheville-nc/next-7-days-literary.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Asheville: literary\, next 7 days (Thu Sep 17 to Wed Sep 23\, America/New_York). Rolling: the window moves forward every day\, so subsc ribe rather than download. Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (http s://caldiscovery.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information from CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0 . X-WR-CALNAME:Asheville · literary · next 7 days · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:On The Same Page Literary Festival @ Ashe County Public Library DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260829T221457Z UID:2bludp5cksmeoig0iok9259k4i@google.com CATEGORIES:festival,literary DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a celebration of reading and writing with this year's On The Same Page Literary Festival. For more information\, visit https://as hecountyarts.org/on-the-same-page-literary-festival/.The festival is co-sp onsored by Ashe County Arts Council and Ashe County Public Library and is made possible through the generous support of SkyLine/SkyBest and the Page Turners. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T221457Z X-SOURCE-NAME:ashecountyarl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.arlibrary.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Campus Common Read Discussion Groups DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTSTAMP:20260902T060356Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53823599438851 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:What is democracy? Discussion groups of Democracy May Not Exis t But We'll Miss It When It's Gone will be happening all over campus the w eek of Sept. 14-18. Please make sure to join one (or two)! Look for the si gn-up link in your email\; pick a group that fits your schedule\; and join the conversation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T060356Z LOCATION:All over campus! URL:https://events.warren-wilson.edu/event/campus-common-read-discussion-g roups?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Warren Wilson College Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.warren-wilson.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Silent Book Club Every 1st & 3rd Thursday - DURHAM DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T121931Z UID:10003865-1789668000-1789677000@dssolvr.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Silent Book Club Every 1st & 3rd Thursday – DURHAM\n\n\nThe 1st & 3rd Thursday Monthly! BYO book 🙂 – Meet & chat 6:30-7\; Silent reading 7- 8\; Chat 8 – ?\; $8 cocktails all day long! Dog Friendly. \n\ n\n\nSilent Book Club – Durham \nJoin us for an evening of literary cama raderie at DSSOLVR’s Durham taproom! Every 1st & 3rd Thursday Monthly\ , starting @ 6:30 pm\, the @SilentBookClub convenes to celebrate the joy o f reading with fellow book lovers. $8 cocktails and $6 shots all day long ! \nCome read and mingle with new\, bookish friends! Bring whatever book y ou happen to be reading\, read in companionable silence (for about an hour )\, then share about it with your table mates. \nSchedule: \n– Meet and chat until 6:30 – 7:00 \n– Silent reading 7:00 – 8:00 \n– Chat abo ut reading 8:00 – ??? \nForget your book? DSSOLVR has a community booksh elf in their taproom you can grab one from! Have some books you want to ge t rid of? Leave a few on the community bookshelf for other readers to enjo y! \nRSVP HERE!! LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T121931Z URL:https://dssolvr.com/event-detail/silent-book-club-every-1st-3rd-thursd ay-durham-2/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:DSSOLVR X-SOURCE-URL:https://dssolvr.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Campus Common Read Discussion Groups DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260902T060356Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53823599439876 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:What is democracy? Discussion groups of Democracy May Not Exis t But We'll Miss It When It's Gone will be happening all over campus the w eek of Sept. 14-18. Please make sure to join one (or two)! Look for the si gn-up link in your email\; pick a group that fits your schedule\; and join the conversation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T060356Z LOCATION:All over campus! URL:https://events.warren-wilson.edu/event/campus-common-read-discussion-g roups?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Warren Wilson College Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.warren-wilson.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An Honest and Vulnerable Look at Resistance Inside Prisons DTSTART:20260918T210000Z DTEND:20260918T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T060746Z UID:3669 CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:In A Clean Hell\, Eric King presents a clear picture of surviv al under the most restrictive levels of state repression.\nThis in-store e vent with author and former political prisoner Eric King is being organize d in collaboration with the Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair (September 18-20). Presenting material from his recent book A Clean Hell: Anarchy an d Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon\, Eric will discuss on t he impact of resistance behind bars: what it looks like\, what consequence s prisoners face\, and the long-term effect on prisoners and their familie s. \nEric King is an anarchist who was imprisoned in 2014 for acts of sol idarity with the Ferguson\, Missouri\, uprising. While in federal custody Eric was indicted for a self-defense incident at FCI-Florence. Eric took i t to trial and is one of the few people to ever win at Federal Trial. Afte r his victory Eric was sent to the Federal Supermax\, ADX\, an experience documented in his book A Clean Hell. During his time in prison Eric coedit ed the political prisoner anthology Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners (AK Press\, 2023). Eric survived years of documented physical and psychological torture and made it out of prison with heart and soul intact. Eric is an activist\, antifascist\, and lovin g father and husband. He lives in Denver\, CO.\nThe Another Carolina Anarc hist Bookfair is an annual celebration of anarchist ideas and literature\, offering three days of workshops and tabling with music performances at n ight. Learn more at https://acabookfair.carrd.co/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T060746Z LOCATION:1022 Haywood Road\, Asheville NC 28806 URL:http://firestorm.coop/events/3669-an-honest-and-vulnerable-look-at-res istance-inside-prisons.html?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Firestorm Books X-SOURCE-URL:https://firestorm.coop/events/2576-asheville-animal-rights-re ading-group.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Asheville Animal Rights Reading Group DTSTART:20260919T170000Z DTEND:20260919T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T221507Z UID:3590 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Animals—loved\, exploited\, endangered\, revered\, killed\, abused—who are they? Can we really know\, and isn't each individual and not a representative of an entire species? Join participants to discuss th ese and many\, many other questions around the furred\, the four-legged\, the winged\, finned\, webbed\, the tiny and the large\, and humanity's int eractions with\, responsibility to and for them. This group takes an anima l-rights based philosophy\, and looks at fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry an d even articles to learn\, to enjoy\, and to figure out how we might be be st of service to helping and saving these species we share the world with. \nReading Schedule\nSeptember: Zoopolis by Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka \nOctober: Beasts of Burden by Sunaura Taylor\nPlease note: this group is aware of the intersection of oppressions and strives to find books and art icles related to animal rights and connected struggles—but as an animal rights group\, non-humans are the primary focus. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T221507Z LOCATION:1022 Haywood Road\, Asheville NC 28806 URL:http://firestorm.coop/events/3590-asheville-animal-rights-reading-grou p.html?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Firestorm Books X-SOURCE-URL:https://firestorm.coop/events/2576-asheville-animal-rights-re ading-group.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book + Art | Fiction and Photos of Appalachia DTSTART:20260919T203000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T002548Z UID:10007474-1789835400-1789840800@www.ashevilleart.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:September’s Book + Art lecture features an author and artist couple\, Stephanie and Jeff Whetstone. Stephanie will speak about her deb ut novel Deep Belly of the Earth a haunting\, intimate story of friendshi p\, marriage\, motherhood and the fierce pull of home set in a Kentucky c oal mining community\, while her husband Jeff Whetstone\, Professor of Pho tography at Princeton\, will speak about his latest collection of photogra phs of Appalachia\, including the one on the cover of Deep Belly of the Ea rth. \nSYNOPSIS of Deep Belly of the Earth\nAva Maynard makes the difficul t decision to leave her small coal mining town in Eastern Kentucky to mak e a life for herself and her son\, Joshua\, in the city. Her husband\, Col lis\, won’t leave the mountains\, even though he has been laid off from his job as a miner. When tragedy strikes\, Ava reluctantly slips back into her spot in this troubled world\, relying on her deepest friendships to g uide her. \nAuthor Bio\nStephanie Whetstone earned her BA at Duke and her MFA in Creative Writing from UNC-Greensboro\, where she was Fiction Editor of the Greensboro Review. She has been a fellow at Virginia Center for th e Creative Arts and Hambidge\, and a Peter Taylor Scholar at the Sewanee W riter’s Conference. Her fiction has appeared in Tulip Tree Review\, Wacc amaw\, Waypoints\, Drafthorse\, the Anthology of Appalachian Writers\, and Narrative. A native of Kentucky\, she now lives in Brooklyn. \nJeff Whets tone imagines rural America through the lenses of mythology and biology. W hetstone’s work has been exhibited internationally and has received revi ews in ArtForum\, Art in America\, the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, a nd the Los Angeles Times. Whetstone earned his MFA from the Yale School of Photography in 2001\, where he received the George Sakier Prize for Photo graphy. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, as well as a fellowship f rom the North Carolina Arts Council\, his work is in the permanent collect ion of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Whitney Museum of American Art \, the Nasher Museum\, the Nelson Atkins Museum\, the Cleveland Art Museum \, the Yale Art Gallery\, the New York Public Library\, and the North Caro lina Museum of Art. Whetstone is a Professor of the Practice of Art at Pri nceton University. \nPurchase Tickets\nPre-Order and Purchase Book LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T002548Z LOCATION:Asheville Art Museum\, 2 South Pack Square\, Asheville\, NC\, 288 01\, United States URL:https://www.ashevilleart.org/event/book-art-deep-belly-of-the-earth/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Asheville Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.ashevilleart.org/event/antique-car-show END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September - Book of Night DTSTART:20260920T190000Z DTEND:20260920T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T221537Z UID:event_316120245@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Black Cat Book Club\nLet's discuss Book of Night by Holly Blac k! LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T221537Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/black-cat-book-club/events/316120245/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Black Cat Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flooded Poetry & Prose DTSTART:20260921T223000Z DTEND:20260921T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T182146Z UID:1675-1790015400-1790019000@floodgallery.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Poetry & prose open mic every Monday at 6:30 PM\, starring YOU plus occasional Featured Readers!\nAll styles of poetry/spoken word are w elcome! Eight minutes per reader. Supportive listening room in a gallery s etting. \nStay for POETRY PIEROGI afterwards\, 7:30pm to 9pm\, all experim ental poetry. \n(Call Carlos at 828-273-3332 if you’d like to be a featu red poet.) \n    . \n. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T182146Z LOCATION:Flood Gallery Fine Art Center\, 802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200\, Ash eville\, NC\, 28803\, United States URL:https://floodgallery.org/event/flooded-poetry-prose-29/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Flood Gallery Fine Art Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://floodgallery.org/poetry END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POETRY PIEROGI DTSTART:20260921T233000Z DTEND:20260922T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T182146Z UID:1691-1790019000-1790024400@floodgallery.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:POETRY WITH NO FORMULA. \nANY RECIPE. \nA poem can be anything .\nA whisper. A riot.\nA dream. A glitch.\nA love letter to the future.\nA bowl of something\nYou’ve never tasted. \nPOETRY PIEROGI IS EXPERIMENTA L.\nALL MEDIUMS. ALL VOICES. REFUSAL REQUIRED.\nNO PERMISSION NEEDED. \nEv ery Monday after Flooded Poetry\, at the Flood Gallery\, 802 Fairview Rd\, Suite 1200\, River Ridge Center\, East Asheville. \nCONTACT\ninfo@poetryp ierogi.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T182146Z LOCATION:NC URL:https://floodgallery.org/event/poetry-pierogi-12/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Flood Gallery Fine Art Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://floodgallery.org/poetry END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weekly Trans Writing Circle DTSTART:20260922T213000Z DTEND:20260922T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T221507Z UID:3610 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:A creative writing and co-working group for trans\, non-binary \, and gender nonconforming people with independent long and short form pr ojects.\nHang out\, write\, and pick other participants' brains when you f eel blocked! This space will occasionally include workshops to boost our s hared knowledge of the writing and publishing process.\nWant to teach a wo rkshop? Reach out to facilitator Ari by whispering your idea into the wind or by coming to a session and offering it to the group! LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T221507Z LOCATION:1022 Haywood Road\, Asheville NC 28806 URL:http://firestorm.coop/events/3610-weekly-trans-writing-circle.html?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:Firestorm Books X-SOURCE-URL:https://firestorm.coop/events/2576-asheville-animal-rights-re ading-group.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weekly Critique DTSTART:20260923T220000Z DTEND:20260924T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T185821Z UID:event_316385545@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:AVL Writers\nThis is the standing weekly critique. Bring anyth ing new you're working on to share with the group. If you don't have a pro ject to share\, you are most welcome to attend\, discuss\, and get inspire d.\n\nFor our group discussion\, please bring at least 8-10 printed copies of your piece. That way\, we can all read through each other's work and p rovide feedback.\n\nSharing our creative efforts is an important part of t he writing process. I'm really looking forward to reading what you've been working on. Don't worry if it's still a rough draft.\n\nIf you're having trouble finding us\, look for a placard on the table with the group's name .\n\nIf you would like to join our group email list for updates regarding contests\, events\, and more [you can sign up on our website](https://avlw riters.com/). LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T185821Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/avl-writers/events/316385545/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=asheville-nc X-SOURCE-NAME:AVL Writers END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR