VGCC hosts Writers’ Conference
The Literary Arts Club at Vance-Granville Community College will hold its first Writers’ Conference on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in Vance County. The event is open to the public and is free of charge.
Participants will hear from professional writers about publishing and the art of creative writing.
Authors scheduled to attend include Henderson native Charles Blackburn, Jr. and Vance County Commissioner Deborah Brown. Blackburn will speak on “Writing for a Magazine” and is a contributor to Our State magazine. Brown will discuss the history behind her book, Dead-End Road.
“The Mechanics of Writing an Article, a Story, or a Book” will be the subject of a session with E. B. Alston, author of several books and columnist for the Topsail Island Information magazine.
Other guest speakers include Linda VanSistine-Yost of the H. Leslie Perry Library in Henderson, VGCC instructor Dr. Tanya Olson, Reggie Ponder of The Daily Dispatch on “Writing for a Newspaper” and historian Marion B. Williams on “Writing Your Family History.”
Lunch will be served between noon and 2 p.m.
For more information, contact VGCC instructor Marian Dillahunt-Andrews at (252) 738-3488 or dillahunt@vgcc.edu, Tanya Olson at olson@vgcc.edu, or Gertrude Marrow at ainadele@aol.com.
The VGCC Literary Arts Club was established in 2006 for the purpose of stimulating interest in, and providing a social forum for, literary arts throughout the college community. Gertrude Marrow of Henderson, an Early Childhood/Teacher Associate student, is the club’s secretary and is coordinating the conference.
