Sam and Mary Donnelly Haskell Margaret McMullan Robert Hamblin Robert Dalby Ben McClelland George Kehoe

2011 Southern Literary Festival hosted by Blue Mountain College  Schedule of Events Thursday, April 7 2:30 p.m. Registration  - Paschal Student Union 3:00 p.m. Traipsing Around The Mountain - Caravan Tour of Faulkner Sites of Tippah and Union Counties Sherrell Settlemires (Vans and Cars Proceed from BMC Flag Pole) 6:00 p.m. Registration - Paschal Student Union 7:00 p.m. Writing the Play Hungry: Challenges of the One-Actor Show George Kehoe Garrett Hall Auditorium 8:15 p.m. Meet and Greet - Reception in Whitfield Hall AAUW Blue Mountain/Ripley Branch Scribblers Club of Blue Mountain College Friday, April 8 8:30 Registration  - Paschal Student Union 9:00-9:50 Welcome to Blue Mountain College Opening Session Come Full Circle -- Blue Mountain College and The Southern Literary Festival Anna Quinn, SLF Executive Director Garrett Hall Auditorium 10:00-10:30 Presentation -  Berry Auditorium The Southern Literary Festival Historical Marker Dr. Bettye Coward, President of Blue Mountain College and Duane Bullard, Director of Tippah County Development Special Joint Assembly with BMC Student Body 10:45-11:15 Fiction Reading -- Dr. Margaret McMullan Garrett Hall 11:15-12:00 Workshops -- Poetry -- Turning Memory into Poetry-- Robert Hamblin FW 108 Drama-- Making Dialog Real-- George Kehoe FW113 Chilling With Margaret McMullan Mo Kwong Room 12:00- 1:00 Lunch - The Veranda, Paschal Student Union Provided by Blue Mountain College Alumni Association 1:00-1:30 Poetry Reading -- Robert Hamblin Garrett Hall 1:45-2:30 Workshops -- Fiction –Turning a Real Person into A Character and Vice Versa Margaret McMullan FW108 Creative Non-Fiction -- It's Just Like Fiction Except -- Ben McClelland FW113 Chilling With Robert Hamblin and Robert Dalby Mo Kwong Room 2:45-3:30 Roll Call - Garrett Hall Presentation of Student Award Winners --Dr. Dana Carpenter, Lipscomb University 4:00-5:00 Readings By Student Winners - Garrett Hall 5:00- 7:00 Dinner -- On Your Own 7:30 Dream Big, But Remember Where You Came From - Garrett Hall Sam Haskell Mary Donnelly Haskell 8:30 Meet and Greet Reception Provided by Delta Kappa Gamma and Tippah County Heritage Society Whitfield Parlors Saturday, April 9 9:00-9:30 Fiction Reading -- Robert Dalby Garrett Hall 9:45-10:30 Workshops-- Fiction -- Approaching a Publisher With Confidence -- Robert Dalby FW113 Faulkner-- Rooted Right Here-- Robert Hamblin FW108 Chilling With Ben McClelland and George Kehoe Mo Kwong 10:30-11:00 Creative Non-fiction Reading -- Ben McClelland Garrett Hall 11:00-11:45 Ask the Writers - Garrett Hall Panel of All Program Participants 12:00 Presentation of Officers and Host for 2012 - Garrett Hall Announcements Adjournment