Join Wiley Cash for a conversation with Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, a man who Coach John Thompson wrote about as being “such a phenomenal scorer, if he missed shots, he thought it was the rims and not him.” Cash and Floyd will discuss what it was like to play under Coach John Thompson as the Georgetown basketball was on the rise, what it was like to face hometown rival James Worthy and UNC in the National Championship in 1982, and what Coach Thompson’s mentorship meant to him both during and after his fourteen-year NBA career. OLL Manheim Room on the campus of UNC-Asheville. This event is part of the Fall 2023 Common Word Community Read. For more information click here.

Join Wiley when he hosts the filming of his brother Cliff Cash’s live comedy special at historic Thalian Hall in downtown Wilmington, NC. Tickets will sell out so click here.

Join Wiley for a lecture by Dr. Adam Rothman, the director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies and co-editor of the recent book Facing Georgetown’s History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, which details the university’s history of enslavement and its recent efforts to confront its past. In his autobiography, Coach John Thompson writes about Georgetown’s slaveholding legacy, especially the sale of 272 enslaved people in 1883 that was made to save the financially struggling university. Aside from tracing the descendants of the 272 individuals, Dr. Rothman’s research explores how institutions and communities confront their shameful pasts. OLLI Manheim Roon on the campus of UNC-Asheville. This event is part of the Fall 2023 Common Word Community Read. For more information click here.

Join Wiley for a virtual in-conversation event with Dr. Benjamin Gilmer, author of The Other Dr. Gilmer. Click here to find out more.

Join Wiley when he welcomes North Carolina’s own Steep Canyon Rangers from the stage at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. Click here for tickets.

Join Wiley for a reading and book signing at the Rourk Branch of the Brunswick County Public Library.

Join Wiley for a craft talk on When the Lights Go Out by John Vercher. The event is open to members of This Is Working. Click here to find out more about this online community of writers.

Join Wiley at the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors when he’s in-conversation with Helen Ellis, author of Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge. For more information click here.

Join Wiley and several student-athletes for a robust discussion about the pressures and expectations of life as a student-athlete at UNC-Asheville. You might know these young people from the classroom, the court, or the community, but you might not know the full complexity of their lives and the responsibilities and challenges they face every day. OLLI Manheimer Room on the campus of UNC-Asheville. This event is part of the Fall 2023 Common Word Community Read. For more information click here.

Join Wiley for a virtual book talk with the High Country Writers at the Watauga County Public Library. For more information click here.

Join Wiley for an in-conversation event with National Book Award winner Charles Frazier to celebrate the launch of his new novel The Trackers. More information to come.

Join Wiley for the Friends of the Joyner Library Annual Banquet. Find more info. here.

Join Wiley for “Mental Health Behind Bars: The Role of Mental Health in the U.S. Legal System,” a lecture on the ways in which mental health is overlooked and underserved in the courts by Dr. Laura Jones, Associate Professor of Health & Wellness and Athletics Mental Health Coordinator. This event is part of UNC-Asheville’s Common Word Community Read. The spring selection is The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice by Dr. Benjamin Gilmer. Click here for more information.

Join Wiley and a number of other authors for Hub City Writers Project’s Delicious Reads. More info. to come.

Join Wiley for “How to Get Away with (Writing About) Murder,” a lecture on the explosion of true crime in popular culture by Dr. Laura Meadows, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications. This event is part of UNC-Asheville’s Common Word Community Read. The spring selection is The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice by Dr. Benjamin Gilmer. Click here for more information.

Join Wiley for the ceremony unveiling the USPS’s Ernest J. Gaines postage stamp in the Atchafalaya Ballroom in the Student Union at 620 McKinley St. on the campus of UL-Lafayette. Click here for more information.

Join Wiley for the Southern Author Expo at the Hughes Main Library in Greenville SC. Learn more here.

Join Wiley for a reading and book signing at Thornwell Books on Monday, Oct. 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Join Wiley when he reads Jill McCorkle’s iconic story “Your Husband Is Cheating on Us” for Adult Story Hour to benefit the Cape Fear Literacy Council. A Q&A will follow, hosted by personalities from our local public radio station, WHQR Public Media. Books will be available for purchase, thanks to Pomegranate Books. Click here for location, tickets, and more information.

Join Wiley for a reading and book signing at Quail Ridge Books on Monday, Oct. 17 at 7:00 p.m. A nearby meet and great for members of This Is Working will be held at 6:00 p.m.

Join Wiley for a reading and book signing at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC on Monday, Oct. 10 at 7:00 p.m.

Novelist Wiley Cash will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, at the University of Lynchburg. The reading, to be held in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom, will be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information click here.

Join Wiley for this fundraiser benefiting Literacy Connections of Wayne County. Purchase tickets here.

The Mitford Museum is planning its first annual literary weekend with a focus on nurturing NC’s literary future. Programming will focus on inspiring, encouraging, and empowering writers as we work to increase interest in reading and the literary arts. We’ll offer presentations for readers and writers alike with readings, book signings, and classes. Participating authors include Wiley Cash, Sarah McCoy, Joseph Bathanti, and others. Find information on how to register here.

Join Wiley at Ghost Hill Press at 1502 Castle Street in Wilmington, NC on Saturday, July 23 when he shares a curated collection of his favorite books for folks to discuss and purchase. He’ll spend the afternoon in the store, chatting about books and signing copies of his own work. Come grab a coffee or tea and get to know Wiley.

Join Wiley when he delivers the 2022 Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Lecture at Appalachian State University on Monday, July 18 at 3:00pm in the Rosen Concert Hall.

This in-person event is free and open to the public.  To register please click on the link below:

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Denise Kiernan, author of The Last Castle, in conversation with Wiley Cash

Join New York Times bestseller Denise Kiernan, author of The Last Castle, for an in-conversation event with Wiley Cash, Alumni Author-in-Residence at UNC-Asheville. The two will discuss how Kiernan went about researching and writing the book, including behind-the-scenes stories that were left out of the final draft. Kiernan will also discuss her career as a journalist and producer who has worked with The Village Voice and ESPN in a career that has taken her around the world.

OLLI Reuter Center Rm. 102 (Livestream Available/Registration link to come)

Join North Carolina Humanities for an interactive panel discussion examining themes from the North Carolina Reads selection The Last Ballad. You do not need to have read this selection to attend.

This panel will explore the novel The Last Ballad, a fictionalized account of the life and death of Ella May Wiggins. This event features author Wiley Cash and Dr. David Zonderman in conversation moderated by North Carolina Humanities' Board Trustee Hannah Abrams.

Register for the event here.

America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment

The Emmy Award-winning film America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment tells the story of how Carl Schenck, a German forester, came to America in 1895 to manage the forests at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Schenck not only helped restore the land there, but he also established the country’s first forestry school and helped launch the American conservation movement.

OLLI Reuter Center Rm. 102 on the campus of UNC-Asheville

Join Wiley in the AK Hines University Center Theater on the campus of Western Carolina University as part of the WCU Literary Festival. Masks will be optional.